R@D for bamboo: issues for unfolding future potential It is ironic that communities that grow or conserve Bamboo diversity in our country are among the poorest. One of the key reasons could be lack of adequate R@D support, tools and techniques for in situ value addition, characterization of Bamboo diversity for multiple high-value products like…
Closing the Gaps in the inclusive Innovation Ecosystem: The innovation ecosystem has to be more inclusive to accommodate the aspirations of rural or small town innovators and start-ups. Several reforms and improvements have taken place in the recent years to give push to the emerging innovative technological solutions. However, several changes or improvements still remain…
Honey Bee Network and GIAN have jointly organized first International annual competition for creative & Innovative ideas or traditional knowledge practices, which solve day-to-day problems faced by society including animals, the environment, or us. HBNCRIIA award accepts entries from parents, teachers, professionals, college students, or any other adult in the formal or informal sector. This…
Electronic People’s Biodiversity Register [E-PBR] as the means triggering widespread Bio-entrepreneurship After years of efforts, significant efforts have been made in setting up Biodiversity Management Committees in more than 200,000 villages leading to an equal number of People’s Biodiversity Register though of varying quality. Kerala has been a pioneering state in making E-PBR for all…
Strengthening grassroots innovation ecosystem: ideas for action Over the last three decades, Honey Bee Network volunteers and institutions spawned by it viz., SRISTI [Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions], GIAN [Gujarat Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network] and NIF [National Innovation Foundation] have proved that economically disadvantaged people are not creatively constrained. They…
Press Note Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Ignited Mind Children Creativity and Innovation Awards, 2020 In the memory of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the Honey Bee Network, SRISTI and GIAN have jointly organized an annual competition of Student’s Innovative and technical and institutional innovative ideas and prototypes. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Children Creativity and…
The farmer leaders are demanding: an assurance that their farm produce will be procured whether in APMC or outside at minimum support price [MSP]; in the contract farming there should be a more helpful mechanism to resolve disputes and prevent companies reneging on their promised price in the event of oversupply. Further, they want assurance…
The connection between the growth and development of the brain of a child up to six years and education in mother tongue is an extremely poignant point of the new education policy. It is scientifically valid and philosophically prudent. And yet there is a lot of criticism. There are many reasons given against this policy…
The new education policy requires higher education to: ….. …form the basis for knowledge creation and innovation thereby contributing to a growing national economy. The purpose of quality higher education is, therefore, more than the creation of greater opportunities for individual employment. It represents the key to more vibrant, socially engaged, cooperative communities and a…
Anil k Gupta Inclusive Innovations help in overcoming either one or more of the six factors that could exclude people from the benefit of their impact such as spatial, sectoral, seasonal or temporal, social, skill and structure of governance. Some regions are ignored because they are remote or difficult to access or have low population…