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posted on my fb IIT admission: some posers to young iitians: a) am i right in saying that if we allow school board exams numbers to be added, major advantage will be to urban and elite...

Building institutions for collective governance: horizontalization of society   There is a crisis in the country at all levels. Most institutions, elite or otherwise seem to be becoming more centralised, impervious to the feedback from below,...

Returning from a very inspiring visit to suruchi yantra vidyalaya and sampoornav kranti vidyalaya vedchi. Suruchi has more than 40 kinds of hand tools for workers for improving their productivity. Mohannbhai parikh had set up this...

Interview for WISR book 31st May 2012 Professor Anil K Gupta Professor Gupta has been a professor in the Centre for Management in Agriculture at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, since 1981. He is the founder...

online compilation of lessons learned from students of earlier batches of CINE course( creativity, innovation, knowledge network, entrepreneurship) http://pageflip-flap.com/read?r=ayoYb6PCUakB2NKXo#/cover it is a work in progress, there are questions given in the end to which readers can send their...

social needs which  we need to address but are not able to address: will list them here briefly: a) online open source as well as IP protected collaborative design platform with stakes of those who contribute...

Service to strangers Sanjay and Tula, an engineer and a computer professional, got together several years ago to bring about a small change in the world through Vishwagram, Yuvagram and Karunagram initiatives. They decided not to...

excerpt from another book in work, Fireflies of creativity: nature has never anything too much: Around 1995, we decided to develop a series of film on creativity and innovation at grassroots. These were the first films...

Eating pakodas sans oil: challenging young minds In a month’s time, it will start raining. Many of us will then relish pakodas with a cup of tea in the moist evening. Can we then wish to...

An open letter to emperor Ashoka Respected Emperor Ashoka You were the pioneer king who despite being very cruel earlier had a change of heart and became one of the most benign, considerate and just king...