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06 January

joining shodhyatra: contributing towards Honey Bee network

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48thShodhyatra Azing’s Farm (Rinchenpong) to Uttarey, West Sikkim Feb 17-23; 2023 Walking to learn, share, and collaborate with creative communities for ensuring a sustainable future report of the previous 34th #shodhyatra in #Sikkim https://anilg.sristi.org/land-of-lepchas-sikkim-34-th-shodhyatra/ Honey...

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13 July

UNICEF-SRISTI initiative: Global inclusive development challenges-iii: education, sanitation & micro-venture fund

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Seeking solutions to problems faced by the women, children and youth, particularly disadvantaged ones, worldwide is a challenge itself. I have shared six inclusive innovation challenges so far: a) overcoming anaemia among women through extremely affordable...

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16 June

A kurta without a stitch: 39th Shodhyatra

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A kurta without a stitch: 39th Shodhyatra Imagine wearing a kurta in which there is no stitch, it would be difficult for us to think of it. But, a weaver Karna Mehr had actually woven a...

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06 March

Rapid Prototyping Multiple Futures, given Global Uncertainty

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With the exorbitant hike in UK visa fees and Brexit, globalization got its first blow. With the transition in US government, a very big question mark has been put on the future of globalized world as...

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06 November

Fuelling Imagination Of Young Empathetic Innovators Of India

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Recently many cars collided on Mathura road, because they could not see the accident ahead due to fog. This could have been avoided if the idea of Gayathri and Pranav from Naval school, Kochi, Kerala, had...

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12 October

Once again: spotted an Innovation on road – eco chulha

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While driving to Vadodara from ahmedabad, saw a vehicle with “eco-chulha” written on the back glass. Curious to know more, we waived to that car to stop. Ashwin Bhai, a non resident Gujarati entrepreneur owning many...

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12 October

Global Companies Must Create Global Innovation Public Goods

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When international companies aspire for global presence and sometimes even domination, they don’t do so only in market place. They try to do so in social space too. Why do then most Indian companies not have...

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25 September

busy as a bee: an article on Honey Bee Network, 2010, June SPAN

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Busy as a Bee By VAIDEHI IYER May/June 2010 All over the world, there are people with problems and innovators with solutions. The Honey Bee Network connects some of them to help make their dreams come...

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26 August

Why is hunger for innovation so low in Indian polity?

Written by anilg

While reflecting on innovation ecosystem for national transformation a few days ago at an apex industrial association forum, I had to ask the industry representatives as to why were they so complacent in seeking ideas from outside? Many...

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