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Giving Away A Billion Books: Rohini Nilekani at TEDxGateway

4,157 views · Published 12 February 2013 · 15:09 · Indexed 29 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2013 · Education

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Rohini Nilekani is Founder-Chairperson of Arghyam, a foundation she set up with a private endowment, to work on water and sanitation issues in India. She is also Founder-Chairperson of Pratham Books, a charitable trust which seeks to put "A book in every child's hand." 

An ex-journalist, author and philanthropist, Rohini has been deeply involved with development issues for more than a decade. She is currently a member of the Audit Advisory Board of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. She sits on the Boards of many non-profits, notably ATREE (the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment) and Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services. Rohini has authored two books published by Penguin India- a novel - Stillborn - and also a non--fiction account of dialogues she moderated between social and corporate leaders called Uncommon Ground.
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