Our aim is to set some kind of benchmark and standards for transparency and governance in private philanthropy. Roshni Nadar More Quotes by Roshni Nadar More Quotes From Roshni Nadar My day starts with my son and finishes with my son, and in between, I get to do everything else. Roshni Nadar get everything day son Schools like Doon or Lawrence in Sanawar didn't decide to create leaders when they started. Look at their alumni list today, and you have a former prime minister, Olympic gold medallist, army generals, cabinet ministers, and leaders in different spheres. Some kind of training started at the school level itself that helped create leaders. Roshni Nadar look you today school I did not want to be an engineer or be in information technology, and my parents were supportive of my decision. Roshni Nadar parents technology decision want Institutions need a lifetime to realize their potential. Roshni Nadar potential realize need lifetime 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. Roshni Nadar i-am women support country When students get into a great university, it's a huge aspirational lift for their village. These students become beacons of hope. Roshni Nadar great university village hope Exposing children to nature, especially at an early age, keeps them grounded. Roshni Nadar early nature age children My mother and father are exceptionally proud Indians. They always wanted to contribute, to give back philanthropically, especially in the field of education. Roshni Nadar proud mother education father 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. Roshni Nadar job me sky television Along with my dad, my mother's pretty high up there. She's a star! Her interests are so diverse - she's an art collector and a sports enthusiast. Roshni Nadar dad mother sports art 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. Roshni Nadar parents cool me economics 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. Roshni Nadar direction i-am accountability time The important thing for my father bringing me on the board of HCL Technologies was to expose me to our largest asset, which is HCL Technologies. Roshni Nadar important-thing me important father 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. Roshni Nadar back good look country HCL and Wipro are largely controlled by one family, so a strife with the board is not possible. Roshni Nadar board possible strife family I am not interested in the technology business, at least not in getting hands-on. Roshni Nadar interested i-am technology business To make a difference, you have to have large aspirations. Roshni Nadar make-a-difference make difference you 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. Roshni Nadar will finance business opportunity It was only when I started handling Treasury Operations that I realised all of a sudden just how much wealth we have. That is a huge responsibility, so I decided to get on with it and learn how to manage it, because I am a single child and have no siblings to share the responsibility with. Roshni Nadar i-am child wealth responsibility I graduated from Kellogg. I studied social enterprise. Roshni Nadar graduated studied enterprise social
