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20 August

Redesigning primary schools: Beyond toilets

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Redesigning primary schools: Beyond toilets It is extremely encouraging to see the emphasis the Prime Minister put on the provision of toilets in every primary school. He exhorted the Members of Parliament as well as...

Theory of green grassroots frugal innovations

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There has been a considerable confusion created by many scholars who have not used the terms carefully and therefore, have made the task of cumulation of knowledge difficult. Honey Bee Network has used the term grassroots...

at and from grassroots, cumulation of knowledge, Grassroots innovations, informal sector, innovations for, theory, traditional knowledge, transition economies 1 Comment

14 August

how to learn from creative communities and innovators

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welcome beginning, i only wish that this quest will build upon 25 year old quest #honey #bee #network pioneered through #shodhyatras, shodh sankals, survey of innovations through summer search through young students, patent reviews etc., Later National innovation Foundation Chaired by...

How to attract talented scholars to science

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How to attract talented scholars to science There is a widespread feeling in the country that we are not able to attract the best students to science and if some of them are mobilised, then...

developemnt, doctoral students, fellowship, gurl, hrd, indian, PhD 4 Comments

30 July

scaling up grassroots innovation to millions: China Innovation Network, partner of HBN at TUFE shows the way

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https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=648945252 just returned from china, met some very interesting example of partnership between informal sector grassroots innovator like liu (who failed three times in scaling up his innovations, or maturing them)...

briquette stove, chin, china, honey bee network, india, liyan, stove, tufe Leave a Comment

29 July

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

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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

21 July

Sustaining Frugal green innovations: a new paradigm of empathetic and evocative ecosystem

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Sustaining Frugal green innovations: a new paradigm of empathetic and evocative ecosystem Frugality is not just about affordability. Even I had not stressed enough about circularity (that is, cradle to cradle approach of not developing a...

communities, empathy, extreme effordability, frugal innovation, honey bee network, paradigm change, policy, start up, youth Leave a Comment

21 July

how not to support start ups

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there are several problems with these policies: a) unless we decide to invest in student ideas when they are still students, that is, they r in their colleges and not when they join incubators, we will...

entrepreneurship, government, innovbaion, msme, start up Leave a Comment

20 July

BRICKS by brick: an emerging new pole in the unipolar world

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brics, india, new culture, new development bank, world bank Leave a Comment

13 July

Making budget more responsive to the aspirations of the youth

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Making budget more responsive to the aspirations of the youth There have been several welcome announcements in the budget that deserve appreciation, even if some of them are symbolic and segmented. For instance, the venture capital...

angel, budget upa, fund, innovation, mistakes, nda, risk Leave a Comment

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