The Power of Good Forbes India 25 Mar 2022 https://1drv.ms/b/s!AiXYIRE1zsialAyDnEmeBygGN601?e=vrkJbH
Rohini Nilekani invests in people, not projects. While currently supporting close to 80 civil
society organisations—in sectors as diverse as access to justice, climate change, gender equity, independent media, governance and animal welfare—she is keen to learn from each one of them.
In 2020-21, she donated about `70 crore in her personal capacity, up from `58-odd crore the previous year, as per data on the Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies
website. In 2017, she and husband Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of IT services major
Infosys, signed the Giving Pledge, committing to donate half their wealth toward philanthropy.
Nilekani has the ability to take risks, and back unconventional causes when many would rather be in their comfort zones. “Indian philanthropists need to become bolder, lead with trust, and look for new areas to fund,” she says. “There are a thousand things that need
philanthropic capital to come into.”