Rural Development – Organizational theory and learning in Organizations Archive

27 July

fifteen global inclusive Innovation Challanges

Written by anilg

Global Innovation challenges-1: a call for creative connections with children, youth and women When any society learns to live with solvable problems by reinforcing inertia, indifference and also internalizing helplessness, then imagination gets stifled first. Once...

children, education, health, honeybee network, inclusive innovation, sristi, unicef, women 6 Comments

02 August

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

27 April

Anatomy of farmers suicide: Need for recasting agriculture policy

Written by anilg

Every time there is a tragedy, the parliament discusses the issue and then business resumes as usual. I hope things will change this time. Not because in the presence of thousands of people, a farmer...

change, farmer, policy, suicides by farmers, sustianable agriculture Leave a Comment

19 October

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

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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...

Stolen Childhood: greatest robbery of this century

Written by anilg

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,...

Remembering Lal Bahadur Shastri: Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan

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Remembering Lal Bahadur Shastri: Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan Few people remember that October 2 is birth day of Shastri apart from Bapu. It is not surprising that our text books have not done justice...

gandhi, jai jawan, operation flood, shastri Leave a Comment

18 September

What can a District Collector do to promote innovations: an open letter

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What can a District Collector do to promote innovations: an open letter Dear District Collector I have had the chance to meet many of you at LBSNAA foundation program during the last five years. LBSNAA Mussoorie...

DIF, district collector, district innovation fund, DM, honey bee network, iima, improvement in education, innovation, invention, nif, open, school, sristi 1 Comment

16 September

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: building upon past mistakes

Written by anilg

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

29 July

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

Written by anilg

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

06 July

Will new budget 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...

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

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