anil k gupta blog

13 December

The President of India launches innovator in residence and artist, writer in residence program at President’s house: first of its kind program any where in the world

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PRESIDENT OF INDIA LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE “IN-RESIDENCE” PROGRAMME FOR WRITERS, ARTISTS AND INNOVATION SCHOLARS ON BIRTH DAY Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi : 12-12-2013 The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee launched an ‘In-Residence’ Programme for writers, artists...

08 December

a Triibute to Mandela’s legacy

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From Madiba to Mabena: A tribute to Mandela Recently I happened to visit Pretoria for a conference on discourse on Innovations from Below. There were various viewpoints presented in the conference at UNISA [University of South...

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21 November

The inclusive development is not an obligation to be met, it is a strategy for growth and sustainability

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The inclusive development is not an obligation to be met, it is a strategy for growth and sustainability I meet many entrepreneurs to learn about the blend between business, benevolence and beauty. H.R. Gaikwad, founder of...

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04 November

Lighting the life of the Children: educational innovations by teachers

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Lighting the life of the Children: celebrating diwali this way why not contribute what you wish to spend on crackers to social causes which make not just your life more meaningful but also that of...

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03 November

milk as prevention of viral diseases like TMV, HIV andTthe Economists says so, so trust it at least now. article in honey bee in 1992 was not good enough

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when we published articles on milk as a means of controlling viral disease, Indian scientists as usual ignored the evidence, now that The Economist has published news about mother’s milk being effective in hiv prevention, hopefully...

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25 October

Can the mind of bureaucracy be reformatted?

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Can the mind of bureaucracy be reformatted? Recently while addressing the probationers who have just entered the civil service, I was very impressed with many ideas that they generated on the spot for redesigning services, sectors,...

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25 October

32nd ShodhYatra Punjab, 28th December, 2013 to 2nd January, 2014, inquiries welcome at shodhyatra@sristi.org or sristi100@gmail.com

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32nd Shodh Yatra Punjab,28th December, 2013 to 2nd January, 2014 we pay tribute to the valiant efforts of Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal who mobilized local communities to clean the Kali bein river when state and the...

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20 October

what do we do with uprooted trees in odisha after cyclone?

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what do we do with trees uprooted in odisha: “The high-velocity cyclone Phailin that hit Odisha about a week ago is estimated to have destroyed around 26 lakh trees in the state”. after the last super...

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11 October

Managing an Entrepreneurial surge: learning to replicate good ideas from anywhere

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Managing an Entrepreneurial surge: learning to replicate good ideas The national media obsessed as it is, with grand trivia and hero worship, a la Thomas Carlyle ( 1869); a series of very important policy innovations...

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11 October

Delivering public services in time to 35 million citizens? is it possible, yes

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Delivering public services in time to 35 million citizens? Karnataka has crated a global benchmark in terms of delivery of public services through the Sakala programme. Starting in 2012, the state has created a delivery system...

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