Seducing the Scientists: what can grassroots innovators do? There is worldwide indifference among the formal and institutional scientists about people’s knowledge and it ability to solve local problems. This indifference has only increased after short cut...

it was fascinating to see at a meeting organised by areca research foundation, vivekanand engg collge, campco -farmers\\\’ cooperatives which markets about ten per cent  of the produce worth 700 crores; a variety of areca peeling...

visited warangal, Andhrapradesh  and talked to more than 500 students and faculty form Kakatiya university affiliated colleges. One of the new ideas which emerged was setting up of a Warangal District social venture fund. Prakash, an eminent educationalist and some other friends including the...

Kindling/killing  creativity of children: how to reform our school educational system Recently, we announced the Ignite 09 awards on the eve of Oct 15, 2009, the birth Day of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, celebrated...

Dear Colleagues,   IIMA has a particular reason to feel happy about Noble prize for Dr.Elinor Ostrom.  More than a decade and half ago, she spent several days at the campus and delivered a   lecture at...

 many times we can not see what is so obvious. Time and again we see our institutions of higher learning being biased against merit, not universally, but in many many cases, yet we don’t both about...

Getting a nobel prize is not such a great thing after all, a brilliant person is expected  to get such awards. venki also got an award. but what he said after getting award is more important....

draft for comments:  Remembering Gandhi: human touch in dehumanised world Rituals have an important place in life, why else do we clean our homes before diwali, say namastey to our elders and loved one’s every day...

it has been causing me considerable concern that as India seems to be rising economically, its capacity to take a longer term look at its present and future  is going down. Is it inevitable that when...

the season of fasts is here -navratri’s nine days of fasting has just begun among hindus, while muslims have been fasting for the entire month of ramjan. the jain community which began fasting last month pursue...