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09 September

In pursuit of the excellence in higher education

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The recent decision of the Government of India to create new institutions of global excellence with an expenditure of ten thousand crores rather than investing in improving the existing ones is a bit strange. It implies...

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02 September

Towards inclusive education in hilly terrains

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The regions with low population density, difficult terrain, poor telecom coverage and uncertain weather require different norms of development than the regions with contrasting conditions. This must be quite obvious to the planners and administrators. But...

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19 August

Drinking water for marooned communities : need innovation of frugal filter

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Floods have stated receding in many parts of the country but as I said last week, new problems are going to arise. Some problems still persist and arise every year. Let me focus on needs for...

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12 August

How can we restore ecosystem health ?

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The floods in different parts of the country do not draw as much attention as they should. But floods in north Gujarat have, thankfully, drawn enough attention at the highest level and thus deserve to be...

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05 August

Learning to persist with a change without exiting!

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Lot of young students are wanting to learn from everyday life, teachers and peers in school. Some are curious to learn about ever changing nature but very few from the way nature changes and still renews...

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27 July

fifteen global inclusive Innovation Challanges

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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

13 July

UNICEF-SRISTI initiative: Global inclusive development challenges-iii: education, sanitation & micro-venture fund

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Seeking solutions to problems faced by the women, children and youth, particularly disadvantaged ones, worldwide is a challenge itself. I have shared six inclusive innovation challenges so far: a) overcoming anaemia among women through extremely affordable...

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02 July

Global inclusive development challenges- meeting the unmet needs II

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Global inclusive development challenges- meeting the unmet needs II There are problems on which several foundations have thrown billions of dollars but they still remain intractable. Last week I shared several such challenges with examples of...

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16 June

A kurta without a stitch: 39th Shodhyatra

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A kurta without a stitch: 39th Shodhyatra Imagine wearing a kurta in which there is no stitch, it would be difficult for us to think of it. But, a weaver Karna Mehr had actually woven a...

grassroots inn, handloom, india, innovation, kurta, learning, odisha, policy, tradition, walk 2 Comments

16 June

Odisha Shodhyatra: Pervasive Poetry, widespread experiments, healthy children

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Odisha Shodhyatra: Pervasive Poetry, widespread experiments, healthy children There could not have been better start of second round of shodhyatras around the country. While waking from Baripali to Narsinghnath, Bargarh district, we met very vibrant,...

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