Educational Innovations Archive

08 October

creating an Innovation Playground: corporations and/with communities

Written by anilg

Creating innovation Playground When clouds do not rain: getting ready for the drought of innovations or a flood of creativity Information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, then how are we missing the connections...

community, coporation, innovation, services, standards Leave a Comment

26 August

dont scale up Jugaad, india is doomed then

Written by anilg

there could be nothing farther from truth than the claim in this news. India and Nif India certainly dont want to scale up #jugaad mindset at all; that will be the undoing of indian creative and...

Remembering Kalam: through idols or ideals?

Written by anilg

Deification of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam legacy will be the greatest disservice to his memory. Having his statues on crossroads would not make him more venerated. We killed Gandhi, many times...

dr apk abdul kalam, education, honey bee network, innovation, legacy, nif, science, technology 1 Comment

05 July

A sanctuary of sustainable frugal innovations: nine lessons for in-situ incubation

Written by anilg

There is a very welcome upsurge of entrepreneurial interest among the young people in the recent years. Several initiatives from universities, state and central governments and private sector have been taken to smoothen the journey...

hunger, incubation, innovation, sanctuary of innovation, sristi, start up, state Leave a Comment

21 April

‘Don’t teach your children, they observe you all the time’

Written by anilg

I want to continue the discussion on how do we educate our children, particularly pre-school and primary school children. I can never get tired of recalling what my grandfather,...

AUTHENTIC, education, HYPOCRICY, PARENTING Leave a Comment

11 April

Pre-school children: let them see the context, not content

Written by anilg

There is a very strong urge among young parents to put their children in different kinds of school right from 2-3 years. The notion is that if children don’t start early, they might be left behind....

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05 April

Education matters, so what if policy planners are indifferent!!!

Written by anilg

Education matters despite policy neglect! ‘Kaju katri khao, teacher’, said the student ( will you eat cashew sweet ?), Teacher asked, ‘from where did you get this?’ and took one piece. ‘A rich man had died...

education, iima, rte Leave a Comment

30 March

Going beyond the confines of constrained imagination: joining hands with a social movement

Written by anilg

I am often asked: if an innovation does not scale, is it any good? Such questions are a product of a mindset that does not recognize the legitimacy of niche specific needs. Let us take the...

education, honey bee network, iima, odd balls, rte, Street urchins Leave a Comment

26 March

Celebrating soliloquy amid endless chattering

Written by anilg

Celebrating soliloquy amid endless chattering Today in the age of endless conversations, chatter, social media exchange; how do we celebrate dialogue with oneself? I m asking this question because I see that not many people are...

CREATIVITY, dialogue within, inovation, rashtrapati bhavan Leave a Comment

19 October

Twenty-five years of web and the Honey Bee Network:

Written by anilg

Twenty-five years of web and the Honey Bee Network: The cross-cultural exchange of knowledge before the invention of world wide web by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 took place slowly but perhaps more attentively. The surfing culture...