Roshni Nadar

“Philanthropy is all about sharing. If there's an opportunity to collaborate, we will. Collaborating just for finance is pointless. It has to be like a business collaboration.”

“Having such high-profile parents could be intimidating, but really, they've let me do my own thing and evolve as a person. When I changed my major from economics to film, they were cool about it.”

“When students get into a great university, it's a huge aspirational lift for their village. These students become beacons of hope.”

“HCL and Wipro are largely controlled by one family, so a strife with the board is not possible.”

“Our aim is to set some kind of benchmark and standards for transparency and governance in private philanthropy.”

“When we look at really good high-performing companies abroad, they are always at the back of an extremely high-performing board, and that is something which is very lacking in this country.”

“Media really excited me. As an undergrad, I majored in radio, television, and film and did internships with CNBC and CNN. My first job was at Sky News in London.”

“Of course I have my father guiding me, and I have people who I have actually grown up with and who advise me.”

“The largest expense in our philanthropy is capital expenditure because we are building these institutions. This institution-building idea stems from my father because he has the experience of building a company from scratch.”

“I am privileged to have the kind of platform I do and the kind of support I do. A lot of women in this country don't have that.”

“Most of India is rural; there is a huge population in India not being tapped for their excellence. They have no access to great universities.”

“As a first-generation inheritor, the first mandate is to preserve our family wealth and hopefully increase it.”

“I graduated from Kellogg. I studied social enterprise.”

“I am the CEO of HCL Corporation, and, of course, a large part of my time does get spent in HCL Corporation, whether it is in actively managing our investments or perhaps even the governance and accountability and really seeing the strategic direction forward for HCL Corporation.”

“I personally think that people who are inheriting the wealth must have an agreement on how that wealth will flow from generation to generation, how they would like to spend it, and have similar philosophies around philanthropy to ensure continuity and scaling up.”

“My day starts with my son and finishes with my son, and in between, I get to do everything else.”

“Exposing children to nature, especially at an early age, keeps them grounded.”

“The success of SSN in South India inspired us to create an institution in North India.”

“My mother and father are exceptionally proud Indians. They always wanted to contribute, to give back philanthropically, especially in the field of education.”

“I did not want to be an engineer or be in information technology, and my parents were supportive of my decision.”