After quitting the rat race, Nachiket Mor explored small-town India for a new deal in financial inclusion; now he is taking up a wider agenda
Nachiket Mor must have felt the hands of destiny on the day he was named. His namesake in Katha Upanishad swapped the promise of worldly wealth, power and glory for the knowledge of life after death.
One answer is that the world of ideas and academics could have answers for the problems that bog the development sector. T. Sundararaman, executive director of National Health Systems Resource Centre, recalled a session with Mor a while ago. “I was so impressed with the way he asked questions. They were so sharp, incisive. The questions themselves brought a lot of clarity. They added a lot of value,” he said.
(This story appears in the 04 December, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)