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Nurturing excellence in institutions of higher education

Nurturing excellence in institutions of higher   Nurturing excellence in institutions of higher education > > Recently, a statement by a Cabinet Minister has triggered country wide > debate about how have IITs and IIMs earned their reputation.  The > argument is that these institutions are respected because of the > quality of the students and…

DISCUSSION PAPER : UTILITY MODEL

The DIPP has specifically invited comments/views and suggestions backed up by facts, figures and empirical evidence by June 30, 2011  on Section X.  We encourage our readers to post their comments to the issues listed below.  Section X lists out the followings issues: 1.  Does India need a Utility Model  Law? 2.  What should be the scope of protection…

Mining the Minds of Masses : Open Innovation Models

Mining the Minds of Masses : Open Innovation Models There has been an upsurge of attempts by media, corporations and even public agencies to learn from . the ordinary minds on the streets. Of course, such efforts are not evenly distributed across sectors, regions or nations, and even social segments. Rising interest in open innovation models among researchers among public or…

Agricultural biotechnology conference in Addis Abeba, ethiopia concluded yesterday, may 14 2011

Agricultural biotechnology conference in Addis Abeba, ethiopia concluded yesterday, may 14 2011 by Anil Gupta on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 11:08am  The conference on Agricultural biotechnology organsied by Prof Calestous Juma with teh assistance of University of Addis Abeba and undp and many other partners ended yesetrday. It demonstrated a very helathy status of…

an ode to kaali ma

झीलों की गहरायी नदिओं का वेग किनारे  पर उगे  पेड़ों की छाँव पत्थरों को तोड़ने का अभिमान सब कुछ बाहर  ही नहीं है, भीतर भी है क्षमा  का अभिप्राय, उसके पैरों में समर्पण बिना हेतु पलायन और छाया को पीछे छोडने  की वेदना माँ, तू बहती जा , मुझे मेरे पास रहने को कुछ चौंटे    Ã Â¤Â¦Ã Â¥â€¡Ã Â¤Â¤Ã Â¥â‚¬…

Mining the Minds of Masses : Open Innovation Models

Mining the Minds of Masses : Open Innovation Models   There has been an upsurge of attempts by media, corporations and even  public agencies to learn from . the ordinary minds on the streets. Of course, such efforts are not evenly distributed across sectors, regions or nations, and even social segments. Rising interest in open…

evolving vision for sristi

ek unsuni aawaaj: curious,  creative, collaborative and compassionate India (Lok Gyan Manthan Kendra:  people’s knowledge churning centre ) When the  creative common people of a society have to struggle to get recognition, then a sustainable and inclusive future is unlikely. It is not for just recognising such people  that Honey Bee Network emerged more than…