Category: grassroots innovation

join us at Sattvik Traditional food festival : jaisa ann, waisa mann dec 21-23, new campus, iima ahmedabad

Jaisa ann, waisa mann, as you shall eat, so shall you think… let satt vikta ( nobility and purity) pervade in all our life spaces, all our work spaces and all our thought spaces All of you are kindly invited to visit sattvik traditional food festival during dec 21 – 23, 2013, Pl do attend…

isnt it nice that most tech innovation competitions in india borrow nominations from among those first scouted and awarded by Techpedia.in at sristi?

yet another distinction by GYTI( Gandhian Young Technologcial Innovation Award winner— http://www.techpedia.in/award/project-detail/Apparatus-for-making-silk-fiber-based-lamellar-biomaterials-to-solve?PHPSESSID=2f7242d054fc9bf279d6339ed88eab2d while sristi only gave them citation, they have now won a ten lac rs award at power Of shunya award function in Delhi 2 Dublin http://www.powerofshunya.com/Winner.aspx

32nd Shodhyatra in jalandhar

32nd shodhyatra in punjab http://www.sristi.org/cms/32ndshodhyatra We are trying to pursue following goals during the 32nd shodhyatra: a) recognise the selfless volunteers, community members and other functionaries in different field of social action such as education, technology, agriculture, biodiversity conservation, pollution control, nature conservation, looking after elderly and sanitation etc., b) we are particularly keen to…

Can the mind of bureaucracy be reformatted?

Can the mind of bureaucracy be reformatted? Recently while addressing the probationers who have just entered the civil service, I was very impressed with many ideas that they generated on the spot for redesigning services, sectors, and social context of various products we use. I have always realized that young people when they enter the…

Rethinking the framework of project management

Rethinking the framework of project management While talking to a very large community of project management professionals in Bangalore recently, it became obvious that the project management framework needs a thorough rethink. The effects of the project, I had argued in 1981, start manifesting right from the stage of its conceptualisation, to its announcement, grounding…

Online Doctoral course: Institution Building September 16, 2013 begins at 2.30pm ist today

FPM Course: 2013, Term II-III Institution Building for Sustainable Development Course Instructor – Prof. Anil K. Gupta (Wing 13, Extension Number – 4927) Introduction With the passage of time, the organizations have to renew their mandate, recharge their vision and enhance their capacity to govern themselves. In the process, the organizational members have to increase…

how to make urgent as important: Ways of Knowing, Feeling and Doing

A paradox of modern times is that as our awareness about new knowledge is increasing, our ability to develop a feel for the problems around us is decreasing. It seems we are getting immunised by an ever expanding exposure and awareness. Thus while we develop feel for only a very small part of our daily knowledge, we take even lesser initiatives for…