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How to listen, learn and leverage ideas of the young innovators

Designing an empathetic start-up ecosystem needs an administrative culture that trusts young people and builds upon their creative ideas. It has to be flexible enough to adapt rules and regulations to match their aspirations without violating ethical norms of transparency and social accountability. Let me explain. There will always be some people who will not…

Looms for physically challenged- Wings to imaginative children:Indian children refuse to live with problems unsolved indefinitely

The two sisters Pavithra and Elakkiya from Tamil Nadu wanted to help their elderly neighbour and created a special handloom, replacing the pedal with a motor and gearbox. “Our innovation will help those who are disabled to be self-employed and independent,” says the elder one, Pavithra

Stress monitoring mechanism in animals- Wings to imaginative children:Indian children refuse to live with problems unsolved indefinitely

Diva Sharma from Delhi has created an alert for injured or sick animals to identify the most serious case of injury or sickness among all other ailing animals so that can get immediate attention from the veterinary doctor . An animal lover, Diva Sharma has developed an application, which records the respiratory rate, temperature, pulse…

Body Suit- Wings to imaginative children:Indian children refuse to live with problems unsolved indefinitely

As it turns out, children are born with a very compassionate heart fueled by an unbounded imagination; an undaunted determination and most importantly an immense sense of servitude. They naturally identify with the pain of the lesser privileged and they go out of their way to help them. Ayush and Arnov from Haridwar, were so…

Seed container that indicates growth of germs- Wings to imaginative children:Indian children refuse to live with problems unsolved indefinitely

Pests and germs in stored grains could be a thing of the past if Dipti’s  seed container with an indicator for temperature, sees the light of the day. Whenever Dipti’s mother stored food grains,pests, insects and micro-organisms used to attack the grains, damaging them. They would not come to know if the stored grains got affected…

Umbrella for more than five persons- Wings to imaginative children:Indian children refuse to live with problems unsolved indefinitely

Eleven-year-old Tarna has given the idea of an umbrella, which could be held by two children from two sides under which other children can stand and thus go to school together without getting drenched.Whenever it rained, Tarna and his schoolmates walked to school under a shared umbrella as most students in his village could not…

Wings to imaginative children:Indian children refuse to live with problems unsolved indefinitely

Mohammad Tawseef from Jammu & Kashmir could not attend school regularly during the last academic session due to the 15 surgeries that he had to undergo. His pain did not deter him from thinking about how he could change the lives of people and to begin with he chose the problem his mother faced persistently.…

a homage to a great human being : Dr A P J Abdul Kalam

Homage to a great human being: Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, former President of India and Bharat Ratna was not just a President.  He had earned enormous respect and social capital through his humility, support for humanitarian causes and commitment towards grassroots creativity and innovation.  He shared this capital with everybody who came in contact with him. …