anil k gupta blog

 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...

Innovations in small scale industries:  * *Listening to the workers and users* The economic development need not register only aggregate growth but also should be characterized by a distributed nature of rowth.  Micro and small scale...

Empowerment of others is not possible without empowering ourselves.how do we empower ourselves, except by becoming vulnerable. it might appear paradoxical that we are closer to ourselves when we have least clothing of power on us....

my  dear Robin it is so nice to hear from you First let me compliment you all on forming this group. We need such groups n every college and r and D institution how long can science and...