grassroots innovation Archive

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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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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12 June

un-course on ways of knowing, feeling and doing

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un-courtseUn-course on ways of knowing, feeling, doing In view of huge response to the course, I have to try to ensure they those who might contribute more in the discussions are selected. I m mentioning a...

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

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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...

africa, compromise, consensus, democracy, developemnt, dissent, entreprenurship, finance commission, frugal life, gujarat model, simple life, trade Leave a Comment

18 May

Ten things Modi can do to sustain enormous societal expectations:

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Ten things Modi can do to sustain enormous societal expectations: a) Champion Look East policy: visit USA after visiting China, Russia, Japan, Malaysia, S Korea, Ethiopia, Uganada, Kenya etc., President Mukherjee who triggered it earlier can...

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07 May

Third International Conference on Creativity and Innovations at Grassroots [ICCIG], January 19-22, 2015 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

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French Announcement Invitation for the Third International Conference on Creativity and Innovations at Grassroots [ICCIG], January 19-22, 2015 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Giving voice, visibility and velocity to creativity and innovative potential of common people...

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07 May

Ahmedabad Declaration issued on the concluding day of ICCIG 2, IIMA dec 2012: a plea for giving voice, visibility and value-add to the creativity and innovation at grassroots

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Ahmedabad Declaration Second International Conference on Creativity and Innovation at Grassroots December 2012, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India Grassroots innovations evolve in response to local problems but not always the ones faced by the innovators...

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04 May

an outstanding artist from keshod, gujarat and mobile phone inventors and a teacher who charges fine for absence, but no fees for presence

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met an outstanding sand artist using canvases for making sculptures and portraits G T Jhalawadia, at Keshod, Jungagadh district, thanks to arjun bhai innovator of fly ash and other brick making machines, we will have his...

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