Attended national innovation council first meeting today chaired by sam pitroda, shekhar kapoor shared his very irreverent approach to learning, i liked that, Dr Mashelkar was emphatic as usual about reducing the learning lags. why does it take so long to implement simple ideas in India. Why are we so patient with inertia in India?

Arun felt that an eco-system could be designed in abstract term though concrete realities can be filled up later–a view which some others contested. Sujata wondered if educational reforms will always be last to attempt when it comes to innovation eco-system, how to fast pace them.

Samir brahmchari passionately championed open source models of drug development as well as other ways of serving masses. Affordability, accessibility, flexibility and scalability were the key words stressed by Sam. more later, stay engaged, Indian elephant is turning Anil K Gupta