Administrative Innovations Archive

13 July

Making budget more responsive to the aspirations of the youth

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Making budget more responsive to the aspirations of the youth There have been several welcome announcements in the budget that deserve appreciation, even if some of them are symbolic and segmented. For instance, the venture capital...

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12 July

Wanted four Research Associates/innovation champions

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Wanted three or four Research Associates/innovation champions Post graduates in social or natural sciences with keen eye for detail, patience with impossible deadlines, and willingness to enjoy workaholic schedule; Experience in editing, communication and research...

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06 July

Will new budget support creative communities and young inventors?

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Will new budget support creative communities and young inventors? The entrepreneurship and people’s knowledge are two themes, which recur repeatedly in the manifesto of the ruling party. And yet, there has not been any...

budget, communities, innovation, youth, youth budget 1 Comment

29 June

Frugal innovation is not just about affordability

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Frugal innovation is not just about affordability There is a global interest in frugal innovations, particularly emerging from the grassroots level under the constrained environment of material resources. We have received more communications in the last...

baseof economic pyramid, bop, engineering, frugality, gian, honey bee network, innovation, institutions, nif, not jugaad, sristi, TECHPEDIA.IN 1 Comment

22 June

Infectious innovation: Spreading a virus

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Infectious innovation: Spreading a virus In last two weeks, I had the privilege of spreading infection of innovation virus in several parts of the country. The foundation programme for the current batch of IAS probationers had...

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22 June

Primary Education reforms that India cant wait for

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Primary education reforms that India can’t wait for There is a considerable anxiety and a little bit of cynicism at all levels of educational systems about the seriousness with which government really wants...

children, education, india, innovation, policy, reforms, school, teachers Leave a Comment

17 June

uncourse on knowing, feeling and doing: a 12 year old young guest tomorrow

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tomorrow, we might have twelve year old girl Chaaya as guest in my class at IIMA, 820pm, how do we overcome inertia, how did she identify a social problem, find a solution, suggest it to nif...

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14 June

lessons from haryana: 33rd shodhyatra part 2

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02 June

Redirecting development: Some Lessons from 33rd Shodhyatra

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Redirecting development: Some Lessons from 33rd Shodhyatra Walking through the villages in Mahendragadh district, Haryana was very reassuring in certain aspects and bewildering in other. We did not come across even a single malnourished child...

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02 June

Beyond Gujarat model

Written by anilg

Beyond Gujarat Model There are many elements of gujarat model which haven't been studied enough. Gujaratis reached Africa much before British reached there. As Hirschman argued in a seminal paper on civilising influence of commerce, the...

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