Let’s invent and innovate Many societal problems that we often encounter do not affect us directly. To us, they make little difference. Often, there is a real need for a change, yet we continue our respective lives without thinking about a solution. Some problems have existed for a generations without some attempting to solve them. … Continue reading
SRISTI Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions SRISTI – UNICEF Summer Innovation School 2017 संवेदना C R E A T I V I T Y से F R O M सृजनशीलता E M P A T H Y How about working together with other innovation champions in designing empathetic innovative products, … Continue reading
Bahadapur- An ideal village. In the state of Gujarat, in a tehsil, there is a village named Bahadapur. Bahadapur is a financially as well as socially secure village. The people of this village focus on health as well being helpful & kind to each other. Most of the people in this village are literate & … Continue reading
It is well known that in many states, economic development does not always lead to educational development. Why should ranking on economic and social indicators vary so much? One reason, I have repeatedly mentioned over last two decades is that top level policy makers don’t spend enough time, not even one hour a week with … Continue reading
I happened to meet several groups of young students and scholars in NIT and IIT’s during last week. One of the concern I have is that large number of very bright young technological and management students ( science students seem to suffer less from this problem) get easily distracted by messages and notifications on which … Continue reading
Mr. Biren Padhya has been successful in educating & schooling children from 17 slums across Ahmedabad through his venture Slum Shine. He also focuses on protecting environment by carrying out several tree plantation drives as well as provide animal helpline services. He has also recorded sound of 150 different birds & has also made … Continue reading
With increasing pressure on urban and rural spaces, there is a looming crisis ahead of us in the next few decades. How will we negotiate scarcity of physical spaces with our cultural, emotional and spiritual spaces for “the other” getting squeezed more and more. There is a major onslaught on pluralistic vision of future living … Continue reading
