anil k gupta blog

29 July

BRICS by Bricks: need for new values and ethos for BRICS development bank

Written by anilg

BRICS by brick: An emerging new pole in the world Recent agreement, among BRICS nations [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa] to develop a new development finance institution is a highly welcome step. A unipolar...

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21 July

Sustaining Frugal green innovations: a new paradigm of empathetic and evocative ecosystem

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Sustaining Frugal green innovations: a new paradigm of empathetic and evocative ecosystem Frugality is not just about affordability. Even I had not stressed enough about circularity (that is, cradle to cradle approach of not developing a...

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21 July

how not to support start ups

Written by anilg

there are several problems with these policies: a) unless we decide to invest in student ideas when they are still students, that is, they r in their colleges and not when they join incubators, we will...

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20 July

BRICKS by brick: an emerging new pole in the unipolar world

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brics, india, new culture, new development bank, world bank Leave a Comment

13 July

Making budget more responsive to the aspirations of the youth

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Making budget more responsive to the aspirations of the youth There have been several welcome announcements in the budget that deserve appreciation, even if some of them are symbolic and segmented. For instance, the venture capital...

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12 July

Wanted four Research Associates/innovation champions

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Wanted three or four Research Associates/innovation champions Post graduates in social or natural sciences with keen eye for detail, patience with impossible deadlines, and willingness to enjoy workaholic schedule; Experience in editing, communication and research...

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06 July

Will new budget support creative communities and young inventors?

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Will new budget support creative communities and young inventors? The entrepreneurship and people’s knowledge are two themes, which recur repeatedly in the manifesto of the ruling party. And yet, there has not been any...

budget, communities, innovation, youth, youth budget 1 Comment

29 June

Frugal innovation is not just about affordability

Written by anilg

Frugal innovation is not just about affordability There is a global interest in frugal innovations, particularly emerging from the grassroots level under the constrained environment of material resources. We have received more communications in the last...

baseof economic pyramid, bop, engineering, frugality, gian, honey bee network, innovation, institutions, nif, not jugaad, sristi, TECHPEDIA.IN 1 Comment

22 June

Infectious innovation: Spreading a virus

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Infectious innovation: Spreading a virus In last two weeks, I had the privilege of spreading infection of innovation virus in several parts of the country. The foundation programme for the current batch of IAS probationers had...

bangalore, gtu, gujarat, higher education, infection, innovation, karnataka, technical, TECHPEDIA.IN, teqip Leave a Comment

22 June

Primary Education reforms that India cant wait for

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Primary education reforms that India can’t wait for There is a considerable anxiety and a little bit of cynicism at all levels of educational systems about the seriousness with which government really wants...

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