the season of fasts is here -navratri’s nine days of fasting has just begun among hindus, while muslims have been fasting for the entire month of ramjan. the jain community which began fasting last month pursue various fasts – all ranging from a few days to an entire year – with restraints of a few…
The Walls of wisdom: expanding space for women’s creativity During our walks in different parts of the country as a part of Shodh Yatras, we have discovered tremendous richness of creativity, local knowledge and wisdom among rural women. And yet when we look at different programs, processes and perceptions about developmental opportunities, this rich…
Meandering trails of Mizoram: an unexplored rich, warm and hospitable culture The image of north-eastern states often conjure in mind the images of strife, discord and a kind of hostility. But then nothing could be more unreal and untrue when one visits Mizoram. Eight foreign and 19 Indian students of IIMA went for about a…
I recently visited drought affected rural California and met some social change agents who have not given up trying to instill hope among young black kids who have been abandoned by USA government for all practical purpose despite a Black president. Prof Jef Romm, UCB, and a friend of over 35 years, took me around…
Helping farm labourers access new technologies and knowledge should be a priority for policymakers, argues innovation expert Anil Gupta. The concept of ‘farmers first’, which promotes farmer-led agricultural innovation, has been discussed for at least twenty years. But the idea of ‘farm labourers first’ is yet to emerge as a priority for any political party or…
1. interaction will fast ( hasten) the process of GRI R&D and diffusion; the forms of interaction between formal and informal sector has been studied at length; see Biggs, 1987, Gupta, 1981, 1987, Chambers, 1987 briefly: I argued that one could look at the follwowing table communication and power communication communication one way two way no…
key issues LIyan and her students raised are: Development and Diffusion of Farmer Innovation in China: Interaction between Informal and Formal Sectors research assumptions: 1. interaction will fast the process of GRI R&D and diffusion; 2. The interaction between informal and formal sectors in promoting the development and diffusion of farmer innovation takes place not…
when agricultural scientist meet to determine the methodology of prioritization of mega research programes, which they expect donors to support, why they feel shy of dealing with uncertainties more pragmatically. Why do we assure more definite resulst than what are possible? why do we argue that we have the mdoels which predict hwo research will…
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?issueid=115&id=52236&option=com_content&task=view§ionid=30 COVER STORY India TodayCover StoryStory Let talent blossom July 17, 2009 Anil Gupta Professor, IIM-Ahmedabad Bavabhai Sondarva, a teacher from Junagadh, asked his students to collect different thorns from different corners of the village. He then explained to them the conditions these thorns required to survive in. A simple approach like this that…
Posted: Fri, Apr 11 2008. 12:52 AM IST Economy and Politics We want India’s children to be creative, innovative The challenge is to ensure the creativity within the child prospers with time and not vanishes Sunil Raghu Ahmedabad: The National Innovation Foundation (NIF), set up by the department of science and technology, has been providing…