gary Lamphier obsrved yesterday on jun 11: “Just look around. Many of the most important innovations of our lifetime –cellphones, micro-machines, personal computers, the Internet, satellite communications– were created decades ago. As a thought-provoking piece in the current issue of Business Week magazine notes, despite the tens of billions of dollars invested in R&D and…
Laying the foundation : Sowing the seeds of future Indian dream to become a knowledge society depends upon India’s ability to make knowledge assets more valuable and precious than physical assets. The lack of possession of physical or financial assets would then determine to much lesser extent the destiny of an individual or group…
Two decades: The challenges ahead H oney Bee Network has completed more than 20 years. That by itself matters a little. In the life of a civilizational society like India, 20 years is but a small speck. But, for many of us, it is a transition of a generation. Entrepreneurial and innovation based model…
Shall this summer be a summer of ideas? DNA | 6/7/2009 | Author : Anil Gupta I hope kids will not only document the traditional knowledge but make some products which even go to markets I discussed last week how Honey Bee Network and National Innovation Foundation have been organising Ignite09 contest for…
http://www.india-seminar.com/2009/595/595_anil_k_gupta.htm Learning from people ANIL K. GUPTA THE delivery of new seeds, water and chemical inputs, when synchronized through public policy, can dramatically transform traditional agriculture. It is true that regions which have uniform, well-drained and rich levelled soils are usually the first to benefit, though many technologies are diffused in the rainfed region as…
a) How do you find that the drug has started working, after snake bite? If salt or chill taste brackish or bitter, the drug seems to have started working. We need to find how these diagnostic heuristics have evolved, what is the scientific basis of taste loss and recovery as related to toxicity reduction. b)…
key lesson was that frugal innovations have come to stay, indian brand can make their presence felt if only they persist with being what they are and not what they think others want them to be; The economist in may 29 issue has carried a story on teh subject Anil K Gupta
Salt of earth: a walk through salt farming areas of Little Rann of Kutchch If one needs a living example of co-existence of wildlife and human beings, then one can see that in the Little Rann of Kutchch. The wild ass sanctuary covers a huge area [?] though the agariyas [salt workers] live in 107…
the mini shodh yatra organised by sristi in collaboration with Ganatar in little rann of kutchh concluded today. will share my impressions tomorrow, but i must say that the knowledge richness of the people does give hope of developing knowledge based approach to poverty alleviation. It was very useful that CSMCCRI scientists joined on two…
i am looking forward to an exciting interaction with pune based designers, principals and faculty of engineering colleges and any body else who believes that adding value to grassroots green innovations can be a very meaningful way of making a difference! any body can just walk in in NCL second floor, classroom, today till 5.30…