Next Steps: Nurturing unplanned innovations The response to the column last week was very enthusiastic and I am convinced that the idea of Innovation Park should not be given up.

Should we  create an innovation park, or should I/we give up? I normally don\’t start a dialogue on a negative note ever. But permit me to say that i have

Innovations in food and food for innovations Now that results have started coming in from the techpedia.in initiative of SRISTI, I think new benchmarks can be created to measure productivity of technology

 Four  kinds of innovation leaders: Pioneer –see far in future:    visionaries                networker                institution builder         Pioneering ideas can come from below as well Executioner—excel in present    

For just a drop of water: Sanskar of sanitation and conservation   The recent 28th shodhyatra  in Mizoram has been quiet cathartic for me personally. I had been aware of

anna\’s suggestion about compulsory nod of panchayats on all bills is an interesting one. But it needs some modification. Swiss constitution has a provision that of any issue gets signed

the suggestion that Railways should raise 25 per cent fare to meet the cost of modernisation needs rethinking. People should ask whether the committee considered the role of a) reducing

Rebuilding institutions of higher learning: expansion, inclusion and excellence In the recent Indian Science Congress, Prime Minister bemoaned the fact that China had overtaken India on various indicators of performance

Civilizational crosscurrents of learning across the borders Recent visit to China once again convinced  me about the enormous potential that exists for changing the course of global development by synergising

 Innovation support eco-system: what can state governments do Yesterday, in a meeting organised at Haryana Agricultural University,  Hisar, Chief Minister   announced a state level fund to support innovations by farmers.