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Slowly, ideas lead to ideology, lead to policies that lead to actions.
Nandan Nilekani
My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle's house in Dharwad, and I spent about six years there. So at a very young age, I was away from my parents. I developed an amount of independence and learned to stand on my own feet.
Nandan Nilekani
Congress is my ideological home; I come from a Nehruvian family.
Nandan Nilekani
Bangalore needs a honest, passionate and hard-working MP, and I will be that MP.
Nandan Nilekani
I am proud of the fact that my wealth is completely transparent.
Nandan Nilekani
My background is putting in large systems that change lives... The right kind of systems can bring honesty and efficiency.
Nandan Nilekani
It's because Gandhi believed in villages and because the British ruled from the cities; therefore, Nehru thought of New Delhi as an un-Indian city.
Nandan Nilekani
Indian higher education is completely regulated. It's very difficult to start a private university. It's very difficult for a foreign university to come to India. As a result of that, our higher education is simply not keeping pace with India's demands. That is leading to a lot of problems which we need to address.
Nandan Nilekani
I think politics is the biggest lever of change in India.
Nandan Nilekani