Sattvik 2018: What shall we take away

Would you not enjoy at Sattvik, an unusual dish for us that is, aranchini rice ball made of aromatic rice Joha stuffed with different vegetables? Or for that matter, a cheela made of drumstick leaves by another group might give you nutrition, taste and aesthetic pleasure. So many farmers and entrepreneurs have brought different traditional … Continue reading →

Strategic transformation of AYUSH healing systems: of India: need for a much greater support

While interacting with the  leaders of AYUSH system in India, it became clear that many major shifts are warranted to make Ayurveda a system of first choice in synergy with other components of AYUSH system. Recent study after examining more than seven lakh patients, enrolled 81,000 patients of a few of the leading Non communicable … Continue reading →

Making Ayurveda treatment of first choice: need fr more science

Many of us have benefitted from Ayurvedic treatment for problems for which other treatment might not have proved as effective or mY have reached their limits. The patients generally consult Ayurvedic experts only when they reach the limits of allopathic systems. Showing results in the old chronic disease cases is not easy. If still viable … Continue reading →

Reforming school education : triggering innovations, sustaining hopes

1992, I had edited a special issue of the Administrator, the journal of LBSNAA, at the invitation of the the-then Director Mr B N Yugandhar on the Administrative Innovations. Many examples of outstanding innovations were pooled in that volume. For instance, an administrator found that there were long queues for paying road tax outside the … Continue reading →