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Leveraging Innovations for inclusive governance: The desire for making public systems responsive to the needs of common people was never so high as is evident at the top level today.  And yet, the gap between the...

“A question that remained unanswered in the mind of innovators was whether the promises by the policy makers will actually convert into action, given the fact that paltry resources of NIF have remained frozen for a...

Five major reforms in school education system:  a.                There is no focus on inspired teachers at any level in the education system. One can find hundred faults with the system and many of these are genuine. ...

 Transforming a privilege into a  right to primary education: Imagine a taluka  in the country in which almost no teacher comes one minute late to class? Not many private schools may even  claim that distinction. It is not just...

 Tianjin Declaration for Promoting Green Grassroots Innovation For Harmonious Development Building the bridge between formal and informal science at grassroots level will unfold hitherto unexplored opportunities for socio-economic development of common people excluded from economic growth...

Way Ahead The 100 Miles   – Ela R. Bhatt[1]   I would urge us to use things and services of primary needs to life that are produced within 100 miles around us. To name them:...

From space to the ground, reaching water to the unreached  After having put a stop to the manned space flights at the end of current year, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has initiated a very...

Water, wisdom and well being :       Anil K Gupta[1]     Let me begin with a Zen story.   A monk was known to teach in a very subtle manner.  He had many...

In June 2009, people going about their ordinary routines in Stockholm encountered a series of perplexing and—most important—fun diversions. One day, commuters at the Odenplan subway station found that the staircase had been replaced with a...

Can respect for grassroots creativity trickle down from the top? Hon’ble Rashtrapati,  Smt.Pratibha Devisingh Patil created a small history on March 10, 2010. For the first time, an exhibition of innovations was inaugurated in the Mughal Garden...