Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Ignited Mind children creativity and innovation Awards Final Result 2023

Sr. No. Name District Stateand UTs Class School Name Title Problem Idea Solution 1. Aditya Raj Chopra Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh 10th DPS Indirapu-ram, Ghaziabad Revolutionizing LED Lighting: The G.LED Bulb for Sustainability and Cost-Efficiency Reduces carbon emissions and earn carbon credits, by reduced use of plastic and aluminumin LED lightening Industries. It also reduces replacementcost … Continue reading →

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Ranjitsinh Disale is a Primary School Teacher. He has been in education domain for around 9 years.  Currently he is working as Assistant Teacher at Zilla Parishad Primary School, Paritewadi Tq. Madha, Dist. Solapur.  He began journey as teacher in 2009, after completion of his Diploma in Education. He had completed his post-graduation in Journalism … Continue reading →

A kurta without a stitch (39th Shodhyatra)

Imagine wearing a kurta in which there is no stitch, it would be difficult for us to think of it.  But, a weaver Karna Mehr had actually woven a kurta as a cylindrical cloth.  Another weaver  Chukmani Mehr had woven poetry of Shri Gangadhar Mehr in the Barpali saree.   Bhikhari Mehr had woven the Hanuman … Continue reading →

SRISTI – UNICEF Summer Innovation School 2017

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 →

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 →

celebrating inclusive grassroots innovations: Third festival of innovation

The Festival of Innovation (FOIN) is a unique initiative of the Office of the President of India to recognise, respect and reward grassroots innovations and foster a supportive ecosystem.  President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the FOIN at Rashtrapati Bhavan today lauding the contributions of the grassroots innovators. Thanks to the support of his office, the  FOIN … 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 →

Innovations by Women : Why are They so Obscure

In my recent book on Grassroots Innovations ( 2016, http://www.amazon.in/Grassroots-Innovation-Minds-Margin-Marginal/dp/8184005873) I describe this dilemma and I quote: “The role of women in grassroots innovations has thus remained rather obscure. The number of innovations by women has also been rather small in the Honey Bee database compared to their real-life societal contributions. There could be many reasons … Continue reading →

The politics of mismanaging drought

Last week, I looked at the problems that country is currently facing due to drought and the challenges, which are ahead of us once it rains.  I was reflecting on the reasons responsible for so much collective neglect.  It doesn’t matter which political party in power, the apathy for long-term drought mitigation persists.  The website … Continue reading →

From Grassroots to Global: An embrace of creative artisans from across the Indian Ocean

SRISTI, in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is facilitating transfer and indigenization of three types of low-cost mechanization and processing equipment to Kenya – the Bullet Santi (rechristened as Shujaa in Kenya), the Multipurpose Food processing machine and the Seed & Fertilizer dibbler. The Bullet Santi is a three-wheeled multipurpose … Continue reading →