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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

Education / Inclusive innovation

An attempt to help the flow of education amidst the lockdown

Considering the tremendous increase in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country, most of the states including Odisha have declared a holiday for the school students till the middle of June. Even though this decision was entirely taken to keep the children safe from the disease, it cannot be denied that a lockdown … Continue reading

Education / Inclusive innovation

‘Gamusa’ face mask- a new trend in Assam

‘Gamusa’ face masks are a new trend in Assam these days. As the present situation demands strictly following safety measures by social distancing, wearing masks, etc., masks have become a compulsory part of a person’s outfit. Naturally, there is a scarcity and continuous demand for face masks all throughout the country which gave birth to … Continue reading

frugal innovations / Inclusive innovation / News / social innovation

Foot-operated hand washing machine to stop the spread of Covid-19

  The Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Uttar Pradesh has successfully designed a foot-operated water tap and liquid soap dispenser system to avoid the spread of the novel Coronavirus among people washing hands in public places. It is a well-known fact now that taps are capable of contributing a lot to the spread of the disease … Continue reading

Education / frugal innovations / Inclusive innovation / Innovation / News

Celebrating freedom from inertia: story of a school teacher

There are many ways in which one can celebrate Independence Day.  One can pay tribute to those who sacrifice their lives for our freedom or continue to protect our freedom from various internal and external threats.   One can also celebrate the festival of independence by recognizing the outstanding achievers who are trying their best to … Continue reading

Inclusive innovation / shodhyatra / social innovation

What do we do in shodhyatra -learning walk

we pursue several activities during shodhyatra a) on the basis of prior fieldwork, we identify key challenges in agriculture, livestock, farm machinery, food, nutrition, etc., and share the i) prior knowledge we have collected from different parts of the country with local communities and ii) the knowledge collected from local communities with their name and … Continue reading

Awards / Education / IGNITE / Inclusive innovation / Innovation / News / technology

IMC inclusive innovation awards

Announcement   Sristi, as knowledge partners of  IMC, is making a joint call for IMC Inclusive Innovation Awards 2017 for GENZ-Special Award for the Young Innovator Category (Age group 13 – 23 years). 2017 is the fourth cycle of the Award.  The first three cycles evinced, high level of interest and participation from grassroot innovators across the country. The … Continue reading

Entrepreneurship / Inclusive innovation / policy / social innovation / Start-ups / technology

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

Inclusive innovation / Innovation / policy / Research

INNOVATION SCHOLARS, WRITERS AND ARTISTS IN-RESIDENCE CALL ON PRESIDENT

Ten Innovation Scholars, two Writers and two Artists who are part of In-Residence Programme of Rashtrapati Bhavan called on President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee today (March 15, 2017) at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the In-Residence Artists, Writers and Innovation Scholars were special to us because they have innovative, … Continue reading