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Transforming #urban crucible of #creativity: Can #grassroots #innovations trigger humility, #harmony and healthy reciprocity?

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Transforming urban crucible of creativity: Can grassroots innovations trigger humility, harmony and healthy reciprocity? The Cities worldwide attract different kinds of aspirational people around the world. Some who are opportunistic, have resources, try to explore ways of fulfilling their aspirations through market and non-market means using their social and cultural capital. There are also those…

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Addressing the unmet social needs through NEP: fix and redesign the shoe where it pinches

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The new education policy requires higher education to: ….. …form the basis for knowledge creation and innovation thereby contributing to a growing national economy. The purpose of quality higher education is, therefore, more than the creation of greater opportunities for individual employment. It represents the key to more vibrant, socially engaged, cooperative communities and a…

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Making MNNREGS ( Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme) more entrepreneurial for reducing distress and generating jobs

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Never before had so many additional workers sought job under NREGA as will happen this year.  Because of reverse migration, there could be at least 20 – 30 million additional workers needing gainful employment during this coming summer.  Many of these workers are highly qualified, have some unique skills and can add a lot of…

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Inclusive Innovation for harnessing developmental potential at grassroots

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Abstract The emerging consensus in the discourse on development is that poor people are not just sink of aid and assistance but can also be a powerful source of ideas and innovation. Almost a quarter century of journey of Honey Bee Network has demonstrated unambiguously, that the innovator at grassroots can indeed become an instrument of decentralized, diversified and…

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Framework for understanding the peoples’ knowledge systems and innovations around tree and forest management Anil K. Gupta, Prakash M. Shingi and Astad Pastakia

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Context Their realization that poor people are not so poor that they cannot even think, and solve their problems led to a search for alternative framework for understanding peoples’ own initiatives about a decade ago.  The search was also triggered to some extent because of the dissatisfaction with the way peoples’ knowledge was accessed and…

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JOB DESCRIPTION FOR BIONEST & LAB PERSONNELS

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Society for Research Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies & Institutions (SRISTI), an Ahmedabad based developmental voluntary organization assisting/encouraging grassroots innovations, invites applications from young CEO, Incubation Manager, Research Associate/Assistant and Copy Editor, associate editor, honey bee newsletter,  who are enthusiastic to work for the social upliftment. Please visit http://www.sristi.org/career/ for more details.   SRISTI invites applications…

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