grassroots innovation Archive

27 July

fifteen global inclusive Innovation Challanges

Written by anilg

Global Innovation challenges-1: a call for creative connections with children, youth and women When any society learns to live with solvable problems by reinforcing inertia, indifference and also internalizing helplessness, then imagination gets stifled first. Once...

children, education, health, honeybee network, inclusive innovation, sristi, unicef, women 6 Comments

14 March

Presidency 2012-17: A Legacy of Inclusive Grassroots Innovation

Written by anilg

What is common among Santosh Pachar, a lady farmer from Rajasthan, Paresh Panchal, a mechanic from Gujarat, Akash a tenth class student from Tamil Nadu, Shalini, a student from Patna and six other innovators from around...

FOIN, gian, honey bee network, nif, sristi Leave a Comment

06 March

Rapid Prototyping Multiple Futures, given Global Uncertainty

Written by anilg

With the exorbitant hike in UK visa fees and Brexit, globalization got its first blow. With the transition in US government, a very big question mark has been put on the future of globalized world as...

honey bee network, innovation Leave a Comment

05 July

A sanctuary of sustainable frugal innovations: nine lessons for in-situ incubation

Written by anilg

There is a very welcome upsurge of entrepreneurial interest among the young people in the recent years. Several initiatives from universities, state and central governments and private sector have been taken to smoothen the journey...

hunger, incubation, innovation, sanctuary of innovation, sristi, start up, state Leave a Comment

05 July

energy from sewage flow

Written by anilg

very practical idea, we at Nifindia.org gave an award to school student Moxad for similar idea in 2007 http://www.usmp.edu.pe/pdf/welcome_conti.pdf moxad suggested this in 2006, http://nif.org.in/innovation/generating_energy__from_movement_of_sewage/341 also see another awarded tech on electricity generation from sewage http://nif.org.in/innovation/power_generation__through__sewage-slow__moving__water/49...

award, electricty generation, ignite, nifindia, sewage 1 Comment

24 May

Birds, bridges and beautiful memoryscapes: Shodhaytra in Tripura

Written by anilg

Birds, bridges and beautiful memoryscapes: Shodhaytra in Tripura-II For a long stretch, while walking in Gondacherra region, Dholai district of the state, we did not hear the songs of the birds nor...

birds, chakma, handloom, riang, shodhyatra, tripura, weaver 1 Comment

27 April

Anatomy of farmers suicide: Need for recasting agriculture policy

Written by anilg

Every time there is a tragedy, the parliament discusses the issue and then business resumes as usual. I hope things will change this time. Not because in the presence of thousands of people, a farmer...

change, farmer, policy, suicides by farmers, sustianable agriculture Leave a Comment

21 April

‘Don’t teach your children, they observe you all the time’

Written by anilg

I want to continue the discussion on how do we educate our children, particularly pre-school and primary school children. I can never get tired of recalling what my grandfather,...

AUTHENTIC, education, HYPOCRICY, PARENTING Leave a Comment

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