Educational Innovations Archive

19 October

Will government support creative communities and young inventors?

Written by anilg

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 declaration in...

Stolen Childhood: greatest robbery of this century

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Stolen Childhood: greatest robbery of this century There couldn’t be a more opportune moment for remembering millions of children who toil in cotton fields, brick making Bhatta, construction industry, roadside dhabas and restaurants and above all,...

MOM to Mars: will mangalayan make life of ‘mangli’ girl better?

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MOM to Mars: will mangalayan make life of ‘mangli’ girl better? The entire country celebrated the unique achievement of Indian space scientists when in the first attempt, the Mangalayan reached the orbit of Mars. Naturally, the...

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: building upon past mistakes

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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: building upon past mistakes An extremely appreciable focus on providing toilet in every school can be a game changing intervention for improving public sanitation and in directly for educational enrolment and retention, particularly...

adaptability, bharat, cleanliness, education, gandhi, india, learning, mistakes, public policy, sabarmati, sanitation, school, swachh, toilet, uniform design, water 1 Comment

07 September

a tribute to inspired teachers

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A tribute to inspired teachers Every year India honours school teachers for their outstanding contribution based on their applications. Should any teacher really be applying for such honours? Shouldn’t it be the responsibility of parents, fellow...

anil, education, gupta, hbn, honey bee network, innovation, inspired, teacher 1 Comment

15 August

Theory of green grassroots frugal innovations

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There has been a considerable confusion created by many scholars who have not used the terms carefully and therefore, have made the task of cumulation of knowledge difficult. Honey Bee Network has used the term grassroots...

at and from grassroots, cumulation of knowledge, Grassroots innovations, informal sector, innovations for, theory, traditional knowledge, transition economies 1 Comment

10 August

How to attract talented scholars to science

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How to attract talented scholars to science There is a widespread feeling in the country that we are not able to attract the best students to science and if some of them are mobilised, then...

developemnt, doctoral students, fellowship, gurl, hrd, indian, PhD 4 Comments

29 July

BRICS by Bricks: need for new values and ethos for BRICS development bank

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BRICS by brick: An emerging new pole in the world Recent agreement, among BRICS nations [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa] to develop a new development finance institution is a highly welcome step. A unipolar...

bank, brazil, brics, china, CULTURE, ethics, india, russia, south africa, world bank Leave a Comment

21 July

Sustaining Frugal green innovations: a new paradigm of empathetic and evocative ecosystem

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Sustaining Frugal green innovations: a new paradigm of empathetic and evocative ecosystem Frugality is not just about affordability. Even I had not stressed enough about circularity (that is, cradle to cradle approach of not developing a...

communities, empathy, extreme effordability, frugal innovation, honey bee network, paradigm change, policy, start up, youth Leave a Comment

21 July

how not to support start ups

Written by anilg

there are several problems with these policies: a) unless we decide to invest in student ideas when they are still students, that is, they r in their colleges and not when they join incubators, we will...

entrepreneurship, government, innovbaion, msme, start up Leave a Comment

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