Interview
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 […]
Interview
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 […]
Others
Press Release | As Climate Disasters Become the New Normal, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies Releases a New Study that Calls for a Shift from Relief-Centric Response to Community-Led Resilience in India
Study underscores India’s escalating climate disasters and calls for long-term investments in community-led resilience Feb 17, 2026 | Mumbai, India – Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies (RNP) today released a comprehensive new study titled ‘Resilience: Moving Beyond Surviving Climate Disasters to Supporting Communities to Thrive’, calling for a shift in how India approaches disaster preparedness and climate […]
Keynote
Pratham@30: Address by Rohini Nilekani
Rohini Nilekani, chairperson of Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, reflects on Pratham’s 30-year journey of aligning its goals with ‘Samaaj, Sarkaar and Bazaar’.
Interview
IE – Edex | Rohini Nilekani’s new nook champions the joy of play
Grounded in early childhood research, Rohini Nilekani’s new ‘blank’ book encourages adults to let go, reduce anxiety, and embrace play as the cornerstone of lifelong learning Many adults among us were children who couldn’t wait to grow up, only to realise later that something precious was left behind along the way. That realisation often came […]
Interview
The Philanthropist | A Joyful Responsibility: Rohini Nilekani’s Philanthropic Journey through White Spaces and Hopeful Futures
Rohini Nilekani did not arrive at her philanthropy with answers, but with questions. There is a particular kind of discipline in journalism: the discipline of not knowing. “You’re trained in the willingness to say, ‘I don’t yet understand this. Tell me more.’” As a young journalist covering crime, courts, and environmental struggles, Rohini learned to […]
Interview
TNIE | Clean Slate: Rohini Nilekani’s New Book is an Invitation to be Playful
Many adults among us were children who couldn’t wait to grow up, only to realise later that something precious was left behind along the way. That realisation often came with a question – if the early years really mattered so much, why were we in such a hurry to control them? That sense of loss, […]
Panel
WEF 26 | Business Case for Nature
Nature-based solutions have moved from aspiration to necessity as climate shocks and biodiversity loss intensify. Every $1 invested in restoring degraded land can generate an estimated $7-$30 in economic benefits, making the case for scaling natural infrastructure in land and ocean ecosystems both urgent and compelling. As economies tighten and priorities compete, what does it […]
Article
SSIR | Climate Adaptation Means Building Social Infrastructure
By Tanya Kak, Portfolio Lead – Climate & Environment Picture a mangrove at low tide, its roots holding the shoreline together, sifting silt, breaking waves, and making a home for life that most of us will never see. From a distance, it reads as one green band on the horizon; up close, it is an […]
Article
ET | Why we should disconnect from digital devices and reconnect with Mother Nature
Almost every morning, from November to February, we can expect magic to happen outside our bedroom window in Koramangala, a leafy suburb in Bengaluru. A male Asian paradise flycatcher, with twin white ribbons in his tail, alights on the lagerstroemia tree branch, chirps out its arrival, and swings into a preening routine. Occasionally diving delicately and deftly […]