Quick and Safe Arecanut Tree Climbing Machine
Grassroots Innovation / technology

Quick and Safe Arecanut Tree Climbing Machine

Automated Arecanut Climbing and Harvesting machine by Suresh P V Problem Addressed: Skilled laborers climb Arecanut trees thrice every year for harvesting. Suresh came up with the idea of a machine that could be helpful for climbing the Arecanut tree as the task is very risky. First, he came up with a machine that worked … Continue reading

Children / Creativity / Education / General / Grassroots Innovation / social innovation / women

शिक्षा में TLM का उपयोग

सजना तलावडी प्रायमरी स्कूल, करमसद, आनंद जिनिशा बहन शाह ने बच्चों के लिए 100 से अधिक TLM बनाया है। जिससे बच्चे अपने अभ्यासक्रम को खेलते खेलते सीख लेते है। दूसरा इस सभी TLM बनाने का वीडियो बनाकर अपनी युट्युब चेनल पर डाला हुआ है। जो टीचर को TLM बनाना है वो इस विडियो के माध्यम … Continue reading

Awards / Children / Creativity / Education / General / Grassroots Innovation / Inclusive innovation / Innovation / social innovation / Summer School on GRI and Inclusive Innovations 2015

शिक्षा में ICT का प्रयोग

बलदेव परी गोस्वामी जुनागढ, गुजरात –        बलदेव परी गोस्वामी ने यूट्यूब के माध्यम से पूरे गुजरात के बच्चों को गणित और विज्ञान ऑनलाइन पढ़ता है। पूरे राज्य के बच्चें जो अच्छे ट्युशन नही कर सकते वो इसमें जुड़ते है। इस विडियो को उपयोग अध्यापक भी करते है और कुछ लोग रिसोर्स मटेरियल के तौर पर … Continue reading

Awards / Biodiversity / frugal innovations / Grassroots Innovation / Innovation / technology

Padma Shri Awards(1)

(1) Daripalli Ramaiah SRISTI Samman 2015 Padma Shri 2017 Daripalli Ramaiah, a native of Khammam district of Telangana known as Chetla (trees) and Vanajeevi (forest being). Ramaiah, a recipient of SRISTI Samman in 2015 was conferred on Padma Shri award in 2017 for his invaluable contribution towards extending tree cover and for taking social forestry initiatives. Ramaiah proudly … Continue reading

Creativity / Education / Entrepreneurship / Ethics / Gandhian thought / Grassroots Innovation / Innovation / Lectures & Meetings / social innovation

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

Creativity / Education / Entrepreneurship / Ethics / Grassroots Innovation / Lectures & Meetings / social innovation / Start-ups

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

Ecology/ Environment / Grassroots Innovation / Uncategorized

The man who planted (ten million!) trees

Daripalli Ramaiah Prepared By, J. Srikar, Team Palle Srujana (M) 9177752753 Daripalli Ramaiah, a native of Khammam district of Telangana is well-known as the person who carries plants on his cycle and seeds in his pocket and pedals miles and miles, planting trees and strewing seeds with a hope that the entire area will be … Continue reading

Grassroots Innovation / News

How does Social Distancing look like in rural India?

    While the cities are busy adopting newer ways to avoid the spread of Coronavirus, people from rural India have been continuously surprising us with their flexibility to change habits overnight and maintain social distancing to protect themselves as well as their villages. People from various tribal villages of Chhattisgarh and Bihar are religiously … Continue reading

Grassroots Innovation / policy

Can we continue to ignore these Policy gaps for promoting innovations for and from grassroots?

With every passing day, the journey for grassroots innovators is becoming slightly easier due to multiple efforts by the central and the state governments. However, there are several significant gaps still which require urgent reforms at different levels. The advantage of public procurement has still not been obtained by the majority of grassroots innovators. There … Continue reading