Inspired teachers: Need for changing the frame of reference Hon’ble President of India, Shri. Pranab Mukherjee took some decisions recently which can have far-reaching consequences. During the meeting of the Vice Chancellors of the Central Universities, he proposed several initiatives which could perhaps help in transforming the environment for higher education and connection between…
Harnessing innovative potential of youth in formal and informal sector of IDB member countries: Lessons of Honey Bee Network[1] Anil K Gupta[2] The spirit of creativity, collaboration and compassion pervades in all religions. However, while designing institutions for inclusive governance, we often fail to draw upon the wisdom inherent in the time-tested traditional knowledge…
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/topic.jsp?group_id=22 Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Cultural Expressions, inter-governmental meeting feb 4-8, wipo, geneva: how do we create a mutuality of interest amiong developing and developed countries so that there are incentives for those who conserve resources and associated knowledge to continue to do so. can we conserve by keeping people poor, as has…
Pursuit of happiness: GNH vs GDP Recently, as a member of the Expert Group set up by the King of Bhutan, I attended the meeting to develop gross national happiness as a viable substitute for gross domestic product. The latter goes up when the trees are cut while the former goes down for the same act. There…
Entrepreneurial innovations for sustainable agriculture: Unleashing the creativity of youth Having surpassed the national growth rate in agriculture almost by 100 per cent, Chhattisgarh has achieved a distinction which country can be proud of. There are not many states, which have done it. But, growth alone will not suffice. It has to be sustainable,…
Sustaining Sattvik spirit: expanding collaborative, creative and collegial culture SRISTI recently organised tenth sattvik traditional food festival, hosted innovation exhibition by NIF , and facilitated farmers’ haat for organic produce to connect producers and consumers. Around fifty thousand people visited the Sattvik in three days but the issue about sustaining such platforms remains open…
http://www.dst.gov.in/sti-policy.pdf. Google automatically generates html versions of documents as we crawl the web. Page 1 The Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Government of India New Delhi January, 2013 Page 2 Science, Technology, Innovation Policy 2013 Page 1 Science in Shaping the Future of an Aspiring India Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) have emerged as the major…
SC agrees to consider fast track trial of MPs and MLAs charged with crime against women, a step in the right direction. Ideas do matter, similarly discussion on disparity among women and man, attitudes of men and their indifference towards the plight of women survivors of assaults have started Haryana has decided to put addresses…
New science, technology and innovation policy unveiled at science congress at Kolkatta chaired by PM has many interesting ideas. But then commitment to support inclusive innovations can be gauged by the fact that budget provision for grassroots innovation is same as it was in 2000 in real terms. Will then the new hopes be sustained?…
Can this death lead to a birth of a new attitude? There are times when society discovers new meanings in existing idioms. The death of the girl who was violated brutally by misguided youths is one such moment, which has now become an idiom. An idiom on that will change a few things for ever.…