went to vegetable market in Adis Ababa and noticed that vendors on the street had very diverse aromatic and other spice plants, while the shops had uniform, mono-cultured tomatoes, onions, brinjal etc., Big markets behave the same way everywhere, no diversity, no concern for future why cant all friends who read my comments or blog…
Kho-kho model of innovation:techpedia.in Given the diversity and plurality of Indian society, Indian models of innovations cannot but reflect its culture of resistance, redefining the context and rebuilding the connections among different streams of ideas. King Akbar tried to synthesise the good practices of different religions in what he called as “deene ilahi” and he failed. May be, if…
laying the foundation: Empowering technology students how will foundation of a high growth economy of any state like gujarat become strong if seventy per cent positions of the teachers in government polytechnics and engineering colleges are vacant. Our of more than two dozen polytechnics and colleges, hardly two or three have full time principles. why…
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/business/30501 Grassroots innovation swirls at Nairobi’s Maker Faire GEreports.com | September 8th, 2010 at 8:53 am | All around the world, Maker Faires bring out an array of inventors, tinkerers and hidden geniuses. Africa recently held its second one in Kenya, but as South Africa’s The Daily Maverick summed it up, the innovative energy in Africa takes a decidedly practical path:…
Jackfruit Paradise Shree Padre <shreepadre@gmail.com> JACKFRUIT or kathal is India’s most neglected fruit. Except in Panruti. This sleepy coastal taluk in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu is the heaven of jackfruit. It produces the best jackfruits in the country – fat, sweet and tasty. You can buy the fruit round the year. The…
Jackfruit Paradise Shree Padre <shreepadre@gmail.com> JACKFRUIT or kathal is India’s most neglected fruit. Except in Panruti. This sleepy coastal taluk in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu is the heaven of jackfruit. It produces the best jackfruits in the country – fat, sweet and tasty. You can buy the fruit round the year. The…
Name : Nikhilesh Das and Debanjan Mukherjee District : Guwahati State : Assam Category : Student Award : National Water pollution has become one of the biggest issues of the modern era and the most hazardous of all the water pollutants is oil. The pollution due to oil effluents not only destroy the aquatic life…
Gupta anil k, 2009 Inclusive Innovations for Stimulating Sustainable and Equitable Growth in ‘THE INNOVATION FOR DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2009-2010, Strengthening Innovation for the Prosperity of the Nations, ed. AUGUSTO LOPEZ-CLAROS, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, p 300 earlier draft: Learning from Grassroots Green Innovations for inclusive sustainable development: Looking inside out Anil K Gupta[1] Open innovation model[2] or user driven innovation[3] models have been recognized…
Could you kindly give a brief overview of how NIF, SRISTI and Honey Bee are interlinked, and the work of each body connects with the other? Honey Bee Network was the first to come about more than 21 years ago to essentially recognize, respect and reward knowledge rich, economically poor people at the grassroots level. Cross-pollination of…
a multi stakeholder workshop on Bridging Academia – Industry Gap: A Consultation to Create Collaborative Platform between 10 am – 1.00 pm at KLMDC Conference Hall on February 3, 2010. As you are aware, www.techpedia.in has tried to map the mind of technological youth of India. So far, summaries of 104,000 final year engineering projects by more than 300,000 students…