DNA Papers

AWARD:

1. Prez appreciates innovation from the grassroots, Mar-2013
2. Celebrating irreverence in every innovation, Nov-2012
3. Tapping the creativity of common man, May-2012
4. Innovators today, leaders of tomorrow, Apr-2012
5. Exploring Gandhian tech interpretations, Apr-2012
6. Nurturing innovations for further growth, Mar-2012
7. Managing margins- Hearing the unheard, Mar-2012
8. Join the fight against corruption, Nov-2011
9. Five lessons that creative kids can teach us, Nov-2011
10. IGNITE’10 Unleashing the power of creative young indians, Oct-2010
11. Social Challenges awards of Rs 20cr a gandhian legacy, Sept-2010
12. Dissent, disagreement & diversity are agenda for NIC, Sept-2010
13. Listening to the heart & not to the mind, Jan-2010
14. One can make a big difference, Dec-2009

Education Innovation:

1. Summer of ideas- Engaging minds & matters, Apr-2013
2. Open innovation has emerged, but needs to be sustained, Mar-2013
3. Building excellence, replicating it, Feb-2013
4. Redesigning higher education system, by learning from creative, Jan-2013
5. How to maintain quality in higher education, Nov-2012
6. Build capacity & don’t hand out reservations, Sept-2012
7. Rebuilding higher education, Aug-2012
8. Making open innovation platform work, Jul-2012
9. A school where children don’t want to go home, Apr-2012
10. Can Ahmedabad be home to an innovation park, Feb-2012
11. Teachers can trigger reforms in education, Feb-2012
12. Turning around centres of higher learning, Jan-2012
13. Rebuilding institutions of higher learning, Jan-2012
14. Innovate to get ‘More from less for many, Nov-2011
15. Minds on the margin, Nov-2011
16. Education for inclusion & excellence in society,Aug-2011
17. Smaller institutions & centres need more attention, July-2011
18. World class academics, but without a world class mindset, Jun-2011
19. Building institutions of excellence, Dec-2010
20. Grassroots institution-builder of modern Gujarat, Aug-2010
21. Transforming a privilege into a right to primary education, Apr-2010
22. Rebuilding knowledge bricke- forgotten points of references, Dec-2009
23. Edu system doesn’t allow out-of-box thinking, Oct-2009
24. Kalam in Ahmedabad for GRIT course, NIRMA convocation, Oct-2009
25. Former prez Kalam returns to IIM-A, Sept-2009
26. GRIT course to see several changes, Sept-2009
27. IIM-A may dig into corpus fund to compensate faculty, says director, Sept-2009
28. IIMA ready for Kalam sir ka class, Sept-2009
29. Prez Kalam to return to IIM-A as Prof, Sept-2009
30. ‘Sarabhai envisioned moon mission’, Sept-2009
31. India as a crucible of creativity- unleashing the power, Aug-2009
32. Portal for engg students’ projects, Jun-2009
33. Shall this summer be a summer of ideas, Jun-2009
34. Need of the hour- Common educational institution for villages, May-2009

Grassroot Innovation:

1. How do we learn from innovations, Apr-2013
2. Winds of creativity riding on Siberian cranes, Mar-2013
3. Young Gandhian Innovators, Mar-2013
4. Making horses drink water- let corporations learn, Feb-2013
5. Expanding space for dissent, Dec-2012
6. Learning creativity & innovation, Dec-2012
7. Pakodas sans dripping oil time to innovate, May-2012
8. The fireflies of creativity, Mar-2012
9. Minds on the margin, Dec-2011
10. Innovations for preserving endangered species, Sept-2011
11. Finding ways to make use of grassroots innovations, Jul-2011
12. Finding ways to properly utilise grassroots’ innovations, Jul-2011
13. Children as a part of ‘inverted model of innovation’, Jun-2011
14. Innovation councils a great idea, Nov-2010
15. Reforming education for innovation, Oct-2010
16. Dreaming of a museum of crazy creativity & innovations, Aug-2010
17. Shape of things to come- predicting future designs, June-2010
18. Grassroots innovations need to be brought into the limelight, Feb-2010
19. Taking note of grassroots innovators, Feb-2010
20. Cultural entrepreneurship at grassroots level needed, Jan-2010
21. Rethink envrn- Redefine carbon footprints, Oct-2009
22. Now, black box for your vehicle, Sept-2009
23. A windmill to run a ceiling fan- A sanctury of ideas, Jul-2009
24. When nature helped 2 girls find the solution, May-2009

Satvik:

1. Sustaining Sattvik, by expanding collaborative & collegial culture, Jan-2013
2. SATTVIK- Food for thought, policy & action, Dec-2011
3. SATWIK- conserving diversity through culinary creativity, Dec-2009
4. Celebrating SATVIK food- Poor people grow rich crops, Oct-2009

Shodhyatra:

1. Cloudy cliffs- The forgotten frontiers, Sep-2012
2. Discovering ingenuity in the neighbourhood, May-2012
3. One drop at a time- Conserve water like the Mizos do, Jan-2012
4. Innovations in water & apathy in forest, Jun-2011
5. IND shodhyatra- Mapping creative techno minds, Mar-2011
6. Bridge trust deficit in Kashmir, Sep-2010
7. Bring order into things to uphold law, June-2010
8. Bring in development in Bastar to give peace a chance, May-2010
9. Land without latches & locks , Jan-2010
10. Grooming geniuses- shunning mediocrity, Dec-2009
11. The Soul Yatra, Oct-2009
12. Braving the meandering trails of Mizoram, Sep-2009
13. Knowledge trapped within glass walls, Sep-2009
14. Backwaters of creativity- So-called ‘backward’ tribals, Jul-2009
15. Does women’s knowledge really matter, Jul-2009
16. See the world with the right perspective, May2009

Social Innovation:

1. Shun child labour, grant them right to learn, May-2013
2. Nine grains, nine neighbours- rethinking urban architecture , Apr-2013
3. Re-innovation in govt- Competitive Accountability, Apr-2013
4. Will budget aid entrepreneurial upsurge, Mar-2013
5. Pursuit of true Happiness- GNH vs GDP, Feb-2013
6. NIF for social, ecological & industrial connect, Jan-2013
7. Indo-china relations- Global trade vs knowledge exchange surplus, Dec-2012
8. Will her death herald new attitude, Dec-2012
9. Will protest persist, why isn’t the government listening, Dec2012
10. Does India deserve leaders with a frugal lifestyle, Nov-2012
11. Dr.Kurien , Sep-2012
12. Big & small must tie up for retail’s growth, Sep-2012
13. Co-creating solutions- A new deal for the tribals, Aug-2012
14. Dealing with drought , but not of ideas, Aug-2012
15. Killing enterprise- Is bigger always better?, July-2012
16. An idea for every MP is a good idea, June-2012
17. Led maketh a leader, Jun-2012
18. Innovation today needs a women’s touch, May-2012
19. ‘I am the flute, music is thine’, Apr-2012
20. Learning from African knowledge & innovations , Mar-2012
21. Creating benchmarks in food technology, Feb-2012
22. Nurturing unplanned innovations for the park, Feb-2012
23. Learning from thy neighbour, Jan-2012
24. Facebook, Dec-2011
25. Social criticism as trigger fro innovation, Dec-2011
26. Spreading innovation through ‘The India Idea’, Dec-2011
27. Why doesn’t Africa have Green Revolution, Dec-2011
28. Earthquakes- better prepared than sorry, Oct-2011
29. Innovating homes in city for vanishing sparrows, Sep-2011
30. Social protest a key to genuine participation through generations, Sep-2011
31. Frugal & friendly innovations, May-2011
32. Institutional renewal not enough; personal renewal is essential, May-2011
33. A lesson in conservation, conflict & creativity, Jun-2011
34. Inclusive
    growth with soil & soul together, Jan-2011
35. Water conservation at local that could be emulated, Jan-2011
36. Incurable disease of corruption, Dec-2010
37. Make corrupt reflect on their deeds, Dec-2010
38. Dealing with innovation killers through community, Nov-2010
39. Dilemma of a hesitant or may be a pseudo- secularist!, Nov-2010
40. ‘Half of Gujarat is malnourished’, Nov-2010
41. Adopt grassroots innovations to rein in food inflation, Aug-2010
42. Innovations in public systems- Who will bell the cat , Aug-2010
43. Follow Mahatma’s ideas, not just build his memorial, Jul-2010
44. Rains Have arrived. Why do we keep neglecting rain water harvesting, Jul-2010
45. For a cup of tea- How to reduce tea garden workers’ agony, Jun-2010
46. Creative individuals & perceptive institutions, May-2010
47. Towards inclusive growth- ‘The Gospel of Dirty Hand’, May-2010
48. Man on a tree saving mission, May-2010
49. Bring Gandhi & Mao closer to stop mayhem, Apr-2010
50. Just for an acre of biodiversity; let the natural habitat flourish, Apr-2010
51. Learn to forgive & you’ll never forget Bapu , Oct-2009
52. Remembering Gandhi, Oct-2009
53. The sprit of fasting- loosening some ties, Sep-2009
54. Being faithful to salt- A story of betrayal, Jun-2009
55. Endow next generation with nature, Apr-2009

Others:

1. Absorbing creative energy for inclusive growth, Nov-2012
2. India becoming more transparent , Oct-2012
3. Let us dare to take bold steps, Oct-2012
4. Can FDI help kirana stores, Sep-2012
5. Without humour, you miss wood for trees, Sep-2012
6. Exodus- Exiled within, memories fractured, Aug-2012
7. What an idea sirjee, Dec-2011
8. Diwali, Oct-2011
9. Jan Lokpal bill- need for an informed debate , Oct-2011
10. Growing inclusively- The curious case of land acquisition, May-2011
11. Mobilise political support to foster creative society, Mar-2010
12. Innovations in small scale industries: Listen to workers, Mar-2010
13. Water to the deprived: from space to ground, Mar-2010
    
14. A riot of colours & thought for art connoisseurs, Nov-2009
15. The mandarins- why do I suffer for my sanity, Oct-2009
16. Chandrayan-II should have onboard robot to measure depth of water on moon-Kalam , Sep-2009
17. Kalam, IIM-A prof Gupta to pen book, Sep-2009
18. ‘Sarabhai was my guru’ , Sep-2009
19. Study on fasting Jains to go on for 3 yrs , Aug-2009

Governance now, TOI, The hindu:

1. Connecting soil & soul, Feb 2011
2. Water, wisdom & wasmo: a learning journey, Feb 2011
3. Food for thought, Jan 2011
4. Grassroots innovations go unrecognised, Jan 2011
5. Bitter harvest, Jan 2011
6. Walking the path of knowledge, Jan 2011
7. What IIMA, NID can teach us, Jan 2011
8. A pinch of corruption, Dec 2010
9. Poverty can’t blunt rich minds,
10. Loom automates weaving of temple border onto sari
11. Z-drive innovator wins top award
12. Rural gujarat adopts lac for non-stick cookware
13. Low-cost machines to level farmlands
14. A serial innovator with an eye for problems
15. Innovations for disaster management