What could state governments do to galvanize creative societal energy for larger good
More and more action initiatives will have to be taken at state level for harnessing innovative and inclusive energy of youth and others. When do great institutions, cultures and civilizations start declining? When they become complacent, develop deep inertia and become indifferent or sometimes contemptuous of new ideas, innovations and initiatives. When this happens, creative…
CSR as a nursery for empathetic learning and inclusive innovations
CSR reforms for augmenting inclusive innovation movement are overdue. So far, a very few corporations (foundations apart) have really devoted their Corporate social responsibility (CSR) investment strategy towards augmenting innovations. If we exclude, the contributions of public sector corporations towards CSR, the total contribution for CSR is very low by the rest of the thousands…
JOB DESCRIPTION FOR BIONEST & LAB PERSONNELS
Society for Research Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies & Institutions (SRISTI), an Ahmedabad based developmental voluntary organization assisting/encouraging grassroots innovations, invites applications from young CEO, Incubation Manager, Research Associate/Assistant and Copy Editor, associate editor, honey bee newsletter, who are enthusiastic to work for the social upliftment. Please visit http://www.sristi.org/career/ for more details. SRISTI invites applications…
Mobilizing best minds for addressing complex national challenges?
Let us surmise about the post-election scenario far overall development expectations in general. Whosever voters elect, there will be certainly a rise in expectations of change. Which changes will satisfy which section of society may not be always predictable? But for most of the self-employed business and professional people, a simplification of regulatory framework will…
Electoral debates: where are the alternative visions?
Surprisingly, the debate on the key developmental issues is quite muted this time. There was a fresh thought recently articulated by the finance minister that whether GST council framework will work for fostering inter-state consensus at the federal level on agriculture, health, and rural development. This is an interesting argument because it means state subject…