innovations by tech youth Archive

07 May

Ahmedabad Declaration issued on the concluding day of ICCIG 2, IIMA dec 2012: a plea for giving voice, visibility and value-add to the creativity and innovation at grassroots

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Ahmedabad Declaration Second International Conference on Creativity and Innovation at Grassroots December 2012, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India Grassroots innovations evolve in response to local problems but not always the ones faced by the innovators...

grassroots, iccig, iima, innovation 3 Comments

28 April

Discourse, democracy and debate: Are we getting what we deserve?

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Discourse, democracy and debate: Are we getting what we deserve? The popular adage is that people get the government they deserve. I am not sure that the current tenor of the electoral discourse is either dignified...

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21 April

sristi: what does it stand for

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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...

manifesto Part two: Ten policies that must change soon-the case of education

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Part two: Ten policies that must change soon-the case of education In this season of manifestos, I am sharing my own agenda, which is actually not my own in the true sense. It belongs to all...

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16 March

My manifesto: not that it matters………… vyakti ( individual), vichar ( idea), vyavahar ( practice) and sanskar (embedded values).

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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...

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15 March

agenda for new government ( if it really cares For the Gospel of Dirty Hand–a la K A Munshi ):

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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...

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11 February

Manifesto for compassionate cities

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Manifesto for compassionate cities With the pace of economic development increasing in our country, it is inevitable that there will be increasing urbanization. The urbanization by itself does not say much about the extent to which...

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02 February

Manifesto for Public Health: why isn’t prevention better than cure?

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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...

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02 February

Manifesto for revitalizing MSMEs

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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....

academia industry linkage, Anil gupta, creativity at grassroots, entreprenurship, finaice, grassroots innovation, honey bee network, iiif, iim, india, innovation, msme, small industry, techpedia 1 Comment

25 October

32nd ShodhYatra Punjab, 28th December, 2013 to 2nd January, 2014, inquiries welcome at shodhyatra@sristi.org or sristi100@gmail.com

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32nd Shodh Yatra Punjab,28th December, 2013 to 2nd January, 2014 we pay tribute to the valiant efforts of Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal who mobilized local communities to clean the Kali bein river when state and the...

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