Small steps towards strangers: the sustainability of small acts Anil K Gupta[1] In everybody’s life, there comes a moments when some elderly person passes away. Not only a library of experience gets burnt or buried but also a legacy remains to be built. Mr. Rambhai Charan honored at SRISTI Sanman function saw an opportunity…
Mumbai: As India prepares to launch itself into a new decade of economic growth, the year’s top movie is energizing a rapidly expanding national network of grass-roots enterprise. If you’ve seen 3 Idiots, a frothy film about an impoverished, smart-alecky student-inventor who lives by his wits, you can’t miss the scooter-powered flour mill, a cycle-powered…
Individuals can make a difference: part one Today when most institutions are coming under the strain due to mismatch between rising social aspirations and declining ability of public and private system to deliver, will it not be useful to recall the contributions of those individuals who have kindled a ray of hope. SRISTI honoured many…
IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. Commerce Department’s Patent and Trademark Office to Accelerate Review of Green Technology Patents to Speed Deployment to Marketplace WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department’s Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will pilot a program to accelerate the examination of certain “green” technology patent applications, Secretary Gary Locke announced on Monday. The new initiative,…
see this report and we have to empower our own tribal communities to assert their rights Chilean Supreme Court Upholds Indigenous Water Use Rights In late November, Chile’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of granting a water flow to Chusmiza and Usmagama communities. The communities had been fighting against Agua Mineral Chusmiza,…
Several students from svnit and elsewhere responded to the ongoing discussion between me and Hiranmay. Bhavik, Praveen, Biswranjan, Vishesh, and Satyaprakash are among those who are also involve din building techpedia.in or techepdia.sristi.org , and have also suggested some ideas to make it more vibrant, meaningful and purposeful. Some of the ides put forward are:…
detailed comments will follow. In the meanwhile, i invite more and more students and faculty and industry entrepreurs to respond and send suggestions to make thsi platform a vibrant platform for linking real life problems with young creative minds of our country. Anil K Gupta
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Hiranmay Mahanta <mahanta.hiranmay@gmail.com> wrote: Respected sir Could i get some suggestion before i take the IDPs into hand from those Industries/MSMEs/others to be taken into Techpedia IDP section for making real time solution in stipulated time. So far as industry defined problems that i decided to use as protocols for time…
Grooming geniuses: shunning mediocrity A few years ago, we were walking as a part of shodh Yatra in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, when a young school student Farid asked us a question, which I think needs reflection by every educationist. He asked,” whey do I have to study and excel in all the subjects,…
ZAKARIA: But you know, outside visitors go to China, and they go to India. And they are struck by the energy with which the Chinese are both building infrastructure, the ease with which you can set up businesses. And they wish that they could see a similar process in India. SINGH: Well, I have no…