Science from the Eyes of Gandhi

Lecture by Dr Sudershan Iyengar former Vice-Chancellor, Gujarat Vidyapith, in virtual road-show ‘Vigyan se Vikas: Gandhian Vision of Science and Technology for the Development of Rural India’ organised by SRISTI Innovations on April 12, 2021 commemorating 75 years of India’s independence. There is a prevalent belief that Gandhi was backward looking. But if you study … Continue reading →

Contribution of Science in Rural Development

ecture of Dr Arunbhai Dave, Managing Trustee, Lokbharti Gramvidyapith, Sanosara, in virtual road-show ‘Vigyan se Vikas: Gandhian Vision of Science and Technology for the Development of Rural India’ organised by SRISTI Innovations on April 12, 2021 commemorating 75 years of India’s independence. Continue reading →

Vyakti, Vichar, Vyavhar, aur Vigyaan ke sanskar

Lecture of Professor Anil Gupta in virtual road-show ‘Vigyan se Vikas: Gandhian Vision of Science and Technology for the Development of Rural India’ organised by SRISTI Innovations on April 12, 2021 commemorating 75 years of India’s independence. Continue reading →

Another remarkable innovation of ‘hand free door handle’ to fight corona

Fortum, a clean energy company of Finland has come up with an amazing innovation to stop the spread of COVID-19. They have turned up with an idea of ‘Fortum Vipu’(Virus Prevention Unit), a sustainable hands-free door handle made up of recycled plastic. Covid-19 is highly contagious and has a high chance of spreading through palms … Continue reading →

Big mandates: Bigger Vision and Even Higher Compassion

When society gives big mandates to parties and social standpoints, it also expects  magnanimity and inclusiveness in the same measure. I want to list some of  the reforms that are crying for implementation in the larger institutional interest of an inclusive society.  For a long time, we have been trying to universalise the benefits of food security, … Continue reading →

Rapid Prototyping Multiple Futures, given Global Uncertainty

With the exorbitant hike in UK visa fees and Brexit, globalization got its first blow.  With the transition in US government, a very big question mark has been put on the future of globalized world as it evolved so far.  For all the apologists of uniform world economic order, and WTO, the movement of capital … Continue reading →

Busy as a bee: an article on Honey Bee Network, 2010, June SPAN

Busy as a Bee By VAIDEHI IYER May/June 2010 All over the world, there are people with problems and innovators with solutions. The Honey Bee Network connects some of them to help make their dreams come true. Imagine an automatic food making machine that does away with the trouble of cooking. “Wouldn’t everybody like that?” … Continue reading →

An Entrepreneurial identity for emancipating Dalits: homage to Baba sab

A fitting homage to Babasaheb Ambedkar will be a fundamental transition from entitlement based approach to an entrepreneurial  system to empower and emancipate the Dalit community. Recently, some chambers of commerce dedicated to Dalit entrepreneurs have come up. Yet the dominant discourse in the country is to give them protection rather than opportunity for a dignified growth. There … Continue reading →

Bamboo processing machine

यह मशीन की खाशियत हे के जो पहाड़ी इलाको में घर बना ने के लिए बांस के छपरे का इस्माल करते हे और यह छपरा बनाने के लिए काफी महेनत लगती हे क्योकि छपरा बना ने के लिए बहुत लम्बी प्रोशेष हे और उसे मेन्युअली करना पड़ता हे और इस कम के लिए ४ लोगो की जरुरत पड़ती हे और काफी महेनत वाला काम हे एक दिन में इसतरह २५ से ३० बांस का छपरा बना सकते हे और इसका इस्तमाल दीवाल बना ने के लिए ज्यादा युस होता हे Continue reading →

Will 2016 be different for innovation-based startups?

When the whole world looking at Indian renaissance as a sign of hope for pulling the global economy out of recession, the policy ambivalence is difficult to understand.  In the year about to pass, several initiatives took shape.  But a very few could get concretized.  One good example is that of BIRAC [Biotechnology Industry Research … Continue reading →