Tag: youth

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

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 solutions, b) creating awareness about women’s biology, including menstruation among particularly boys and the rest of the society so…

Budget for unleashing creative potential of India

Budget for unleashing creative potential of India Railway budget, regardless of what anyone else thinks, is a progressive budget for women, elderly, physically challenged, poor who cannot afford to reserve seats, and for the environment and also for those who want to see India clean and orderly. I welcome the fund for promoting start-ups for…

Sustaining Frugal green innovations: a new paradigm of empathetic and evocative ecosystem

Sustaining Frugal green innovations: a new paradigm of empathetic and evocative ecosystem Frugality is not just about affordability. Even I had not stressed enough about circularity (that is, cradle to cradle approach of not developing a waste oriented economy) in my earlier talks and writings. It has of course been a core issue in the…

Will new budget support creative communities and young inventors?

  Will new budget support creative communities and young inventors?   The entrepreneurship and people’s knowledge are two themes, which recur repeatedly in the manifesto of the ruling party.  And yet, there has not been any declaration in this regard so far.  May be, a considered view is being taken to tap the enormous creative…

why should start-ups based on innovations by youth suffer so much in the decade of innovation

why should start-ups suffer so much in decade of innovation     During last two years, despite umpteen rounds of discussion, it was realized that the new India Inclusive Innovation Fund ( IIIF) would only invest in existing companies which were engaged in innovative products and services for serving poor people. No doubt, the poor…