March 1, 2009
Article
In Favour of Basic Education – Betting on the bottom-up – Rohini Nilekani
Just recently, I happened to be standing outside a rather new-looking government school, high up on a scraggy hillock in Kolar district in South India. Two young boys, aged about 12, were our curious onlookers and we picked up conversations. One I knew to be a student, because he wore a school uniform, often the […]
December 12, 2008
TV Show
Uncommon Ground | Sunil Mittal and Aruna Roy on Generating Rural Jobs
This is an edited version of Rohini Nilekani’s Uncommon Ground, where she brings together titans of industry and leaders of civil society to explore eight themes that are highly relevant for our future development. In this episode, she moderates a discussion on employment with Sunil Mittal, Chairman and group CEO, Bharti Enterprises, and Aruna Roy, […]