Gaya to Gangtok: engaging with MP of North Eastern margins After traveling for 18 hours almost non stop, on unbelievably smooth roads in Bihar and west Bengal, I reached Gangtok to interact with the Members of Parliament form North eastern states. One of our alumnus from IIMA, Mr P D Rai, now a MP from…
Scarcity of resources often makes people despondent. People learn to adjust, adapt or just succumb. But, sometimes they transcend the adversity through a creative innovation. Let me share one story in which the scarcity of water triggered a very interesting innovation in cotton. ( se next page) Vikas Shinde and his wife Pramila own nearly half a hectare of land in a village named Pingalwada in…
Gupta anil k, 2009 Inclusive Innovations for Stimulating Sustainable and Equitable Growth in ‘THE INNOVATION FOR DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2009-2010, Strengthening Innovation for the Prosperity of the Nations, ed. AUGUSTO LOPEZ-CLAROS, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, p 300 earlier draft: Learning from Grassroots Green Innovations for inclusive sustainable development: Looking inside out Anil K Gupta[1] Open innovation model[2] or user driven innovation[3] models have been recognized…
Enterpreunership and Helping the Handicapped HI! Suvendu Roy, of Titan Industries shares his inspirational encounter with a rickshaw driver in Mumbai: Last Sunday, my wife, kid, and I had to travel to Andheri from Bandra. When I waved at a passing auto rickshaw, little did I expect that this ride would be any different… As we set…
Could you kindly give a brief overview of how NIF, SRISTI and Honey Bee are interlinked, and the work of each body connects with the other? Honey Bee Network was the first to come about more than 21 years ago to essentially recognize, respect and reward knowledge rich, economically poor people at the grassroots level. Cross-pollination of…
a multi stakeholder workshop on Bridging Academia – Industry Gap: A Consultation to Create Collaborative Platform between 10 am – 1.00 pm at KLMDC Conference Hall on February 3, 2010. As you are aware, www.techpedia.in has tried to map the mind of technological youth of India. So far, summaries of 104,000 final year engineering projects by more than 300,000 students…
Land without latches and locks: learning from northeastern borders After crossing Brahmputra rivers, 85 farmers, artisans, students from various parts of the country reached Dhemaji to learn from local communities and creative people in Assam. In addition, 20 more streams were crossed on the way from Okajan to Hathigargh in this 24th Shodh yatra. Not one had a bridge. Though…
The sandals invented by Bangalore geek Prayas Abhinav help you explore the urban jungle the hi-tech way. The LEDs and the vibrator fitted in them guide you to new destinations in the city Shashwathi Bhanukumar Posted On Saturday, January 09, 2010 at 02:06:46 AM Wear these sandals and unleash the explorer in you. This e-footwear…
Listening to heart, not mind : When a movie entertains masses and moves them to ask even a simple question, it does more for re-formatting the mental hard disk, than any amount of research papers and policy pronouncements can ever do. I will not go into the merits of the various scenes and the messages…
Attended national innovation council first meeting today chaired by sam pitroda, shekhar kapoor shared his very irreverent approach to learning, i liked that, Dr Mashelkar was emphatic as usual about reducing the learning lags. why does it take so long to implement simple ideas in India. Why are we so patient with inertia in India?…