Category: grassroots innovation

saving in-situ and ex -situ genetic diversity from war and climate stresses

By Biodiversity- Biotechnology- Farmers' Rights, Blog, Ecology/Environment/Common Property Resource Management, Ethics and IPRs, grassroots innovation, Household Economy in Stress Prone Ecological Regions Like Drought Prone Regions: Socio-Ecological Perspective, , ,

How Syrians Saved an Ancient Seedbank From Civil War http://www.wired.com/2015/04/syrians-saved-ancient-seedbank-civil-war/?mbid=nl_041715 for those who may not know, it is useful to also recall Cambodian war and how Pol Pot, the dictator had banned cultivation of local varieties and thus tried to destroy the in situ genetic diversity. http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/bitstream/handle/10535/4637/Encounter%20of%20Cambodian%20rice%20farmers%20with%20war%20and%20rice%20diversity.pdf?sequence=1 (author of this paper not yet known, inform…

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Celebrating soliloquy amid endless chattering

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Celebrating soliloquy amid endless chattering Today in the age of endless conversations, chatter, social media exchange; how do we celebrate dialogue with oneself? I m asking this question because I see that not many people are able to handle success which comes through efforts of many; some are not able to handle responsibility bestowed upon…

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Will government support creative communities and young inventors?

By Administrative Innovations, business innovations, education, Educational Innovations, frugal innovation, grassroots innovation, innovation, Innovations at Grassroots - Administrative Innovations - Educational Innovations - Business Incubation

Will new budget support creative communities and young inventors? The entrepreneurship and people’s knowledge are two themes, which recur repeatedly in the manifesto of the ruling party. And yet, there has not been any declaration in this regard so far. May be, a considered view is being taken to tap the enormous creative and innovative…

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Stolen Childhood: greatest robbery of this century

By Blog, Educational Innovations, enterpreneurship, ethics, grassroots innovation, innovation, Innovations at Grassroots - Administrative Innovations - Educational Innovations - Business Incubation, Rural Development - Organizational theory and learning in Organizations

Stolen Childhood: greatest robbery of this century There couldn’t be a more opportune moment for remembering millions of children who toil in cotton fields, brick making Bhatta, construction industry, roadside dhabas and restaurants and above all, houses of the the elites. Restoring Childhood ought to be the first priority of any civilised nation. Nobel peace…

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What can a District Collector do to promote innovations: an open letter

By business innovations, Ecology/Environment/Common Property Resource Management, grassroots innovation, Innovations at Grassroots, Innovations at Grassroots - Administrative Innovations - Educational Innovations - Business Incubation, innovations by tech youth, Rural Development - Organizational theory and learning in Organizations, , , , , , , , , , , ,

What can a District Collector do to promote innovations: an open letter Dear District Collector I have had the chance to meet many of you at LBSNAA foundation program during the last five years. LBSNAA Mussoorie and IIMA are likely to get into a longer term cooperation soon to promote inclusive and empathetic innovations in…

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BRICS by Bricks: need for new values and ethos for BRICS development bank

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BRICS by brick: An emerging new pole in the world Recent agreement, among BRICS nations [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa] to develop a new development finance institution is a highly welcome step. A unipolar world needed very badly a new pole. India has the opportunity as the head of the new institution to…

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how not to support start ups

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there are several problems with these policies: a) unless we decide to invest in student ideas when they are still students, that is, they r in their colleges and not when they join incubators, we will miss a lot of good ideas, b) in situ incubation is the future, off site residential incubator framework is…

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Making budget more responsive to the aspirations of the youth

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Making budget more responsive to the aspirations of the youth There have been several welcome announcements in the budget that deserve appreciation, even if some of them are symbolic and segmented. For instance, the venture capital fund for MSME, district level incubation and accelerator programme, startup village entrepreneurship programme for rural youth, technology research centre…

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Will new budget support creative communities and young inventors?

By Administrative Innovations, Blog, grassroots innovation, Innovations at Grassroots, Innovations at Grassroots - Administrative Innovations - Educational Innovations - Business Incubation, Rural Development - Organizational theory and learning in Organizations, Technology/ Agricultural Research Management, techpedia.in, , , ,

  Will new budget support creative communities and young inventors?   The entrepreneurship and people’s knowledge are two themes, which recur repeatedly in the manifesto of the ruling party.  And yet, there has not been any declaration in this regard so far.  May be, a considered view is being taken to tap the enormous creative…

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Frugal innovation is not just about affordability

By Administrative Innovations, Blog, grassroots innovation, innovation, Innovations at Grassroots - Administrative Innovations - Educational Innovations - Business Incubation, , , , , , , , , , ,

Frugal innovation is not just about affordability There is a global interest in frugal innovations, particularly emerging from the grassroots level under the constrained environment of material resources. We have received more communications in the last two years than in the previous two decades from various European and other governments as well as corporations. Curious…

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