met Dr Dinesh who has been a regular stall owner at Satvik, traditional Food Festival organise dby sristio at iima campus for several years, at his farm today. It was a fascinating experience of hearing ,lestening and understaning the story of cccomprehensive transformation of an arrogant farm manager, as Dinesh put himself as , into…
GEDI dialogue on Entrepreneurship Economic Entrepreneurship Social entrepreneurship Political entrepreneurship Deepti, Uzma, renu, heena, sheel and girish anil anilg@iimahd.ernet.in • Enabling conditions: – flexible working environment, – mentoring networks, – Services like women accountant service providers – Mobile training vans, capacity building facilities • Motivational and empowerment – Books of women entrepreneurs – Flexible…
Key talking points A) Gender differences often precipitate through gatekeeping equations. a. Take the case of leading managment institutes, the proportion of girl students has hovered around ten or fifteen per cent for over three decades, with some exceptional years. There is no evidence that boys necessarily make better managers or boys with high quantitative…
Unleashing the Creative Potential of the Base of the Economic Pyramid Abstract Innovations for inclusive development seem to be an imperative in Indian society. Recent elections have reminded the elites about the need to understand regional, sectoral and social aspirations and the gaps in the delivery. The inclusion can take place…
Yatra of Innovations The Champaran Shodhyatra was interspersed with pleasant discoveries of innovations; most of them were born out of compassion to assuage the sufferings around. Silencer cum Pollution Control Device Birendra Sinha, had a school right opposite to his workshop where he made steel doors, fencing and other materials. He used a…
while J and K is in news for many unfortunate tragedies and i pray that that the peace returns to valley soon. One war that they have won has not received enough attention in popular mind in the country. why do we have minimum proportion of malnourished children in J and K along with Punjab.…
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…