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ET | Time to Unlock Silver Abundance
Synopsis: India is still seen as a young country, but its demographic advantage is nearing an end, with the share of working-age population set to decline after 2030 and the elderly population expected to rise sharply. By 2047, India will have around 300 million senior citizens, and within decades could have the world’s largest ageing […]
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SSIR | Does Everything in the Social Sector Need to Scale?
by Tanya Kak For at least two decades, one question has structured much of how philanthropy and the social innovation ecosystem think about change: Can it scale? The question appears in grant applications, accelerator programs, and strategy documents. It makes sense: If a solution works for one community, surely the ethical imperative is to help many more? […]
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Press Release | Supported by Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, a New Public Observation Tower Project Planned at Bannerughatta Biological Park, Bengaluru
Through a grant of INR 5 Crore, the project aims to enhance visitor experience and increase conservation awareness, and visitor engagement Bengaluru, March 24, 2026 — Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies (RNPF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bannerughatta Biological Park (BBP), a unit of the Zoo Authority of Karnataka, Government of Karnataka, to support […]
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Rohini Nilekani at 2026 Indiaspora Forum
TRANSCRIPT: Namaste everyone, how are you? Good. I know you had a good meal and like Shweta said, those of you who want to take a small nap, well, I’m going to challenge you because I know who’s on the panel after me and I think they’re going to win by keeping you awake and […]
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Alliance Mag | Saving citizenship
Samaaj, Sarkaar, Bazaar: Three Hindi words and a simple theory to stabilise our civic equilibrium Inevitably perhaps, the world is churning. As this special feature makes clear, fears around declining democracy, failing institutions, and accelerating climate risk abound, and at first glance there are no easy answers. That said, after three decades working in the […]
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IE | Rohini Nilekani writes: Indian philanthropy can step in to mitigate climate disasters’ effects
Whether in education, healthcare, skill building, agriculture or any other sector, there are severe climate adjacencies that will have to be addressed urgently. Philanthropy can provide both the high-risk capital and the patient capital needed to rethink the future. Can you recall when you last sent a cheque to organisations for disaster relief? If this […]
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Fortune India | Disaster management demands new thinking: Rohini Nilekani
Climate-related disasters are no longer one-off incidents. While one hears about havoc caused by cyclones, floods and landslides during monsoons every year, extreme heat during summers has become a way of life too. In fact, 85% of districts in India are exposed to floods, droughts and cyclones. Around 40% of districts have witnessed hazard-type reversals […]
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TNIE | Need Long-term Community Resilience
Shift from relief-centric disaster model key as climate shocks grow more frequent, says philanthropist Rohini Nilekani. As climate shocks grow more frequent and overlapping, India must urgently shift from a relief-centric disaster model to one that builds long-term community resilience, says Rohini Nilekani, Chairman of Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies. In an interview with TNIE, she says that millions […]
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MoneyControl | India’s Green Economy Opportunity
India’s green economy is more than a climate agenda, it has the power to drive the country to its self-sufficiency goal by mid-century. However, many important labour-intensive value chains remain untapped and underfunded, slowing India’s economic progress. In this episode of Unusual Suspects, we put the focus back on what really matters – not just […]
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NDTV | The New Climate Resilience Playbook
TRANSCRIPT: Reporter: Viewers, we live in an age where global warming feels more personal than the next door Instagram story. Whether it’s the air of cities, whether it’s the scorching summers in Chennai, or the biting cold winter in Delhi, or the harsh monsoons in Mumbai, people feel it everywhere. But perhaps that’s not the starting point. And I’m […]