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A sanctuary of sustainable frugal innovations: nine lessons for in-situ incubation

  There is a very welcome upsurge of entrepreneurial interest among the young people in the recent years.  Several initiatives from universities, state and central governments and private sector have

energy from sewage flow

very practical idea, we at Nifindia.org gave an award to school student Moxad for similar idea in 2007 http://www.usmp.edu.pe/pdf/welcome_conti.pdf moxad suggested this in 2006, http://nif.org.in/innovation/generating_energy__from_movement_of_sewage/341 also see another awarded tech

UNICEF-SRISTI Summer Inclusive Innovation School 2015

1. Developing solutions to Improve efficiency and ergonomics of coconut leaves broom makers – Yash Goyal, Pranav Kaushal, Gunjit Thapar University, Patiala The problems we have identified are in the process

Learn, don’t lead; listen, don’t lecture, Mr Minister!

There are a few institutions which have brought more honour and pride to India than IITs, IIMs, AIIMS, Law schools, IISc, BARC, TiFR,  etc. These are the real jewels in

Inverted triangle of innovation: children invent, engineers fabricate and companies go to market

Third  creativity  camp of  disadvantaged and privileged children organized  recently at IIMA by the Honey Bee Network threw up surprises again. Once again we learned that as we grow, our

De-sign: designs for anonymous social/public good

I recently realised a paradox in our thinking about designing frugal solutions for contemporary problems. I share it here  to reflect and get feedback. There has been a long tradition

Birds, bridges and beautiful memoryscapes: Shodhaytra in Tripura

Birds, bridges and beautiful memoryscapes: Shodhaytra in Tripura-II         For a long stretch, while walking in Gondacherra region, Dholai district of the state, we did not hear

Why vaccinate against excellence: will Mandarins introspect ?

Educational institutions are the primary instruments of formatting mind and fomenting turbulence for social change.  When we deliberately try to vaccinate such institutions against excellence, and sometimes even relevance, the

In the land of Chakhmas: colours , creativity and conservation

“Will you tell us what medicine you will use for cancer?” when asked, Anant Kumar Chakhma replied, “How can I can your question? Unless I see the symptoms cannot prescribe

The genius on the shopfloor

The genius on the shopfloor by hbncon