IGNITE ’10:  Unleashing the power of creative young Indian While editing Young Indian during 1919-1932, Gandhi addressed many problems of nation building.   But, he obviously could not anticipate how creative young Indians

GNITE 10 Awards Upto Class 8 Award Name Class School District State Title Summary I Aditya Parashar 7 Tagore Vidya Mandir Hoshangabad MP Viberator based overtake alarm, light sensitive TV

From Tianjin to cancun: failure of climate change conference but innovators can still help On Saturday,  the host country China expressed disappointment with the attitude of the developed nations who seemed

Laitkynsew village is home of the living root bridges across the monsoon-fed river. The local Khasi and Jaintia people have managed to somehow train the secondary roots of trees to

Machine for Picking dryland cotton in standing crop: Nattubhai’s saga The story of Natthubhai, a thirty nine year old, passionate farmer pursuing his dream of developing a tractor drawn mobile

Water, wisdom and wars: when hunger stalks, anger is not far behind When several parts of the world are facing flood, talking about drought may seem queer.  But the fact is

dissent, disagreement and diversity: agenda for national innovation council   It was very gratifying that in the first formal meeting of NIC held  recently in Planning Commission, diverse opinions were expressed

 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.

Social challenge awards of Rs twenty  crore: A Gandhian legacy The fact that there is not a single challenge award at the national level illustrates the logic of inertia and

innovations in public systems: who will bell the  cat? May be not many people noticed two of the important recommendations of the 13th Finance commission ( FC). One was to create