Indian society is becoming aspirational, entrepreneurial, and also more accommodative of new social and economic experiments for changing everyday life experience of the masses. When socio-economic transition takes place, lot

Last week, I mentioned some of the lessons of institution building. I wish to take this discussion forward here because there is a crisis in many institutions of excellence in

Today when many institutions start crumbling within a few decades, need for building sustainable institutions is very widely felt. When Kurien left Amul, it was at about 6000 Cr, today

Recently, among various Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards given by the Hon’ble President of India, there were a few ideas which addressed some of the widely prevalent problems needing extremely

A social movement needs an institutional support  system for carrying forward various   missions. SRISTI provided such a support during last 25 years to the Honey Bee Network and the other  institutions it spawned

Does it matter that children of today feel even taking notes is tiresome, Ah! Anjana Mistry, of Class 9, wants to have a camera in her spectacles so that she

Hundreds of freedom fighters and other prisoners were exiled by the colonial rulers to Andman and Nikobar islands, called as the ‘kalapani’, then. Most young people who take freedom for

While getting ready for 41st Shodhyatra in Andaman, I met Sundaramji, a very dedicated farmer and Honeybee Network collaborator in Rajasthan who described the story of how he discovered an innovator

India has incorporated circular economy concepts in its policy, at long last but real impact is yet to be seen. The potential is immense. I saw last week several examples

Despite the fact that  patients often go to Ayurvedic hospitals after allopathic treatment stops showing response, isn’t it remarkable that ayurvedic system is able to show remarkable results in many cases.