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
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
Educated in Bachelor of Computer Application (B.C.A.), Devesh Rameshbhai Patel left his profession to become a full-time farmer growing Ginger, Turmeric, Potato, chips potato Yam, Elephant Foot yam, (suran) sorghum, wheat, maze(popcorn verity) and adding value to them by processing it before exporting them to international markets. Instead of traditional farming, he chose innovative farming … Continue reading
Conversation about menstruation, despite very ably made film, Padman has not yet started in the right earnest. I am not sure how many parents have talked to their children around the dining table (if they have one) or in the chuaka, the cooking place about why biological processes are dirty or polluting per se. We … Continue reading
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
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
What is common among Santosh Pachar, a lady farmer from Rajasthan, Paresh Panchal, a mechanic from Gujarat, Akash a tenth class student from Tamil Nadu, Shalini, a student from Patna and six other innovators from around the country?Hosted by The President of India as innovation scholar in residence along with two artists and writers at … Continue reading
I inaugurated the GIC unit set up by Subhash ola, a Presidential Grassroots Innovation Award winner of NIF at Behror, midway, Delhi-Jaipur highway. He invented a very cost and energy efficient way of recycling steam to generate power, and/or improving efficiency in textile, food, pharma, plywood industry etc. Sixty per cent saving in water and … Continue reading
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
Designing an empathetic start-up ecosystem needs an administrative culture that trusts young people and builds upon their creative ideas. It has to be flexible enough to adapt rules and regulations to match their aspirations without violating ethical norms of transparency and social accountability. Let me explain. There will always be some people who will not … Continue reading
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