met an outstanding sand artist using canvases for making sculptures and portraits G T Jhalawadia, at Keshod, Jungagadh district, thanks to arjun bhai innovator of fly ash and other brick making machines, we will have his exhibition at sattvik traditional food festival in dec 2014 at iima and also at International conference on creativity and…
SRISTI SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions www.sristi.org), which means creation, was born in 1993, essentially to support the activities of the Honey Bee Network to recognize, respect and reward creativity at the grassroots. The objectives were: systematic documentation, dissemination of, and value addition in grassroots green innovations, providing them…
We are very happy to invite you to the third GANDHIAN YOUNG TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AWARD (GYTI) function organised by SRISTI and honey bee network on March 29. 2014 at IIM-Ahmadabad at 4.30 pm . There will also be an exhibition of Innovations by the award winners on the occasion. As you may kindly be aware…
My manifesto: not that it matters………… vyakti ( individual), vichar ( idea), vyavahar ( practice) and sanskar (embedded values). The Dissent lies at the heart of democracy: great leaders are judged by the extent to which they brook diversity of views and then try to recognize the value of climbing ladder: vyakti ( individual), vichar…
Ten policies that must change soon: Agenda for new government – part 1 With different parties vying for voters support, it is paradoxical that the debate on policies is so feeble or confusing. There is not a strong critique being presented by any party either to herald an incremental change or complete overhaul. Let me…
Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, BharatRatna, Former President of India unveils the foundation stone of National Inclusive Innovation Centre for Development (NIICenD) at Gram Bharati, Gandhinagar district tomorrow feb 19 at 11 am, meets with local community representatives, faculty and students, gives away the Ignite awards to 44 students form 17 states at RJM…
Manifesto for Public Health: why isn’t prevention better than cure? If Food subsidy had not been targeted at 65 per cent people but say only 40 -50 per cent people, we would have found enough resources for overcoming anemia among poor women for ever, or nutrition linked blindness among all vulnerable children. One does not…
Manifesto for revitalizing MSMEs For any developing country, most jobs are generated by micro, small and medium enterprises. And yet, the policy and institutional framework often is very weak. The reasons are not far to seek. Given heterogeneity of resources, domains, financial conditions and other interests, a unified leadership seldom emerges. Within a region, sometimes…
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…
The inclusive development is not an obligation to be met, it is a strategy for growth and sustainability I meet many entrepreneurs to learn about the blend between business, benevolence and beauty. H.R. Gaikwad, founder of Bharat Vikas Group who started with eight lakh rupees and eight employees in 1997 and today has a turnover…