Technology/ Agricultural Research Management 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

21 June

Are we ready to welcome good monsoon?

Written by anilg

Reminders serve little purpose if the victims also resign to a kind of learned-helplessness. With the exception of a few private attempts to dig small tanks, there has been no campaign in the country to store...

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02 August

Remembering Kalam: through idols or ideals?

Written by anilg

Deification of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam legacy will be the greatest disservice to his memory. Having his statues on crossroads would not make him more venerated. We killed Gandhi, many times...

dr apk abdul kalam, education, honey bee network, innovation, legacy, nif, science, technology 1 Comment

24 May

Birds, bridges and beautiful memoryscapes: Shodhaytra in Tripura

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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...

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22 February

sugarcane in a drought affected state: subsidiarity ignored

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Politics of sugar, subsidiarity principle and whither innovation Many social segments of the country are feeling that their voice is perhaps not being heard adequately. This could also be a consequence of lack of...

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19 October

Twenty-five years of web and the Honey Bee Network:

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Twenty-five years of web and the Honey Bee Network: The cross-cultural exchange of knowledge before the invention of world wide web by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 took place slowly but perhaps more attentively. The surfing culture...

Will new budget support creative communities and young inventors?

Written by anilg

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...

budget, communities, innovation, youth, youth budget 1 Comment

22 June

Infectious innovation: Spreading a virus

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Infectious innovation: Spreading a virus In last two weeks, I had the privilege of spreading infection of innovation virus in several parts of the country. The foundation programme for the current batch of IAS probationers had...

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22 June

Primary Education reforms that India cant wait for

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Primary education reforms that India can’t wait for There is a considerable anxiety and a little bit of cynicism at all levels of educational systems about the seriousness with which government really wants...

children, education, india, innovation, policy, reforms, school, teachers Leave a Comment

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