Seven Lessons we can learn from creative children When Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, our former President of India honours the creative children from around the country on Nov 11, 2011 at Ignite function at IIMA organized by NIF and Honey Bee Network, he would underline the need once again for rethinking the pedagogy…
Emerging auto innovations at grassroots: an inspiring story of Nasirbhai With the news of Maruti setting up another plant in Gujarat, it is beyond doubt that Gujarat is emerging as a leading auto hub of not just India but may be, south and southeast Asia and eventually world. But there…
Should we convert natural disasters into manmade ones? Recent earthquake in Gujarat has revised the unfortunate memories of 2001. Have we learned the right lessons and can GSDMA and National authority do something more about it? What should we, the members of civil society do, to be better prepared? I will reiterate several ideas which…
The Idea and Innovation contest- IGNITE 2011’s school student award winners October 15, 2011 Ahmedabad National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF), Ahmedabad announces the names of the award winners of the IGNITE 2011 – school students’ national ideas and innovations competition. Overall 4104 submissions of students from twenty five states & union territories of the…
I have high respect for Anna who has taught in my course at IIMA and also whose work I had the opportunity to see with him way back in early 80’s. I have no doubt that the model of watershed development he developed is a viable one and deserves to be replicated. I have also no doubt…
SRISTI YUVA Yantriki award SRISTI invites entries from past or present students or faculty on behalf of their students( who have passed out) of technical institutions/universities of such students projects which address an important social, environmental or technological problem faced by masses or disadvantaged people/sectors/spaces or micro and small enterprises or has potential to impact…
The mandarins: why do I suffer for my sanity Simone de Beauvoir, an outstanding novelist and a companion of Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a semi autobiographical novel, which evoked an eternal dilemma for an intellectual or a public person about how to be truthful. When the dilemma is a choice between defence of an ideology and…
Jeremy Rifkin Author, \’The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World\’ GET UPDATES FROM Jeremy Rifkin Like 154 The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Will Transform Society (Excerpt) Posted: 9/28/11 09:14 AM ET React Inspiring Funny Typical Important Outrageous Amazing Innovative Beautiful Read more Third Industrial Revolution…
Challenging and rewarding innovators worldwide: A forgotten Gandhian legacy Time and again when I have the opportunity to talk to budding managers, leaders and senior policy makers of our society, I remind them of a guilt my generation suffers from. Many of us knew the problems disadvantaged people in our society faced but we learned…
Conserving vultures through a tree climber, spreading clay nest for birds The cross fertilization of ideas across the country has continued unabated, despite lack of physical exhibitions of grassroots innovations in different parts of the country. Earlier, a Rs. 5000 bamboo windmill innovation by Mehtar Hussain and Mushtaq Ahmed from Assam got transferred to Gujarat…