National Inclusive Innovation Centre for Development (NIICenD) takes off at Gram Bharati and ignite awards to creative children feb 19, 2014 at teh hands of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India

Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, BharatRatna, Former President of India unveils the foundation stone of National Inclusive Innovation Centre for Development (NIICenD) at Gram Bharati, Gandhinagar district tomorrow feb 19 at 11 am, meets with local community representatives, faculty and students, gives away the Ignite awards to 44 students form 17 states at RJM…

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Manifesto for compassionate cities

Manifesto for compassionate cities With the pace of economic development increasing in our country, it is inevitable that there will be increasing urbanization. The urbanization by itself does not say much about the extent to which people care and have love for each other. Certainly, the kind of institutions and technologies we use will influence…

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Global energy foundation awards announced at Salzburg yesterday

Energy Globe World Award goes to Nicaragua – 13 kg Bronze Statue for “Solar Women” Austria wins prize in category “Fire” with a unique Algae Cultivation Method Salzburg – The Energy Globe World Award goes to Nicaragua! With a happy “Muchas Gracias” Martha Veronica Rocha received the 13 kg bronze statue for her organization FUPROSOMUNIC…

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Manifesto for Public Health: why isn’t prevention better than cure?

Manifesto for Public Health: why isn’t prevention better than cure? If Food subsidy had not been targeted at 65 per cent people but say only 40 -50 per cent people, we would have found enough resources for overcoming anemia among poor women for ever, or nutrition linked blindness among all vulnerable children. One does not…

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Manifesto for revitalizing MSMEs

Manifesto for revitalizing MSMEs For any developing country, most jobs are generated by micro, small and medium enterprises. And yet, the policy and institutional framework often is very weak. The reasons are not far to seek. Given heterogeneity of resources, domains, financial conditions and other interests, a unified leadership seldom emerges. Within a region, sometimes…

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Manifesto for primary education: A change not monitored is a change not desired.

Manifesto for primary education: A change not monitored is a change not desired. Ever since the middle class decided to discard government schools for admitting their children, the quality of education has declined drastically. The salary of government school teachers is several times more than the average salary of private school teachers. It is not…

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Experiments unfortunately remain at experimental level and seldom get instutionalised

Prof. Anil K Gupta is a nationally recognized leader in innovation and faculty at IIM-Ahmedabad. He is also the founder of Honey Bee Network and executive vice chairman, National Innovation Foundation, Government of India. Prof Gupta talks about innovation Q. What are the innovations in healthcare with respect from expertise to experimentation? Prof Gupta: Healthcare…

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Innovation, Investment, Enterprises : Generating Sustainable Livelihood at Grassroots Through Honey Bee Philosophy

This chapter argues that the journey to sustainability needs to look at new north poles, may be in the south. Developing countries have developed grassroots innovations that have been characterized by low emissions in many of their rural productive systems through intermediate technologies. For More Details Click Here

Frugal Friendly Fexible

Many people around the world feel excluded from the fruits of development. While there is much that modern science, technology, and innovative systems offer, there is still a lot to be done. Corporations and other agencies are looking to transcend the frontiers of frugality so that access to affordable goods and services expands. For More…

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En Inde, le trek qui traque les idées neuves

Depuis 1989, le professeur Gupta et son Honey Bee Network multiplient les marches dans les villages reculés du pays pour collecter les inventions des paysans. Objectif : les diffuser et améliorer leurs conditions de vie. For More Details Click Here