SRISTI in association with ILO (International Labour Organisation ) & NIF (National Innovation Foundation) is scouting for solutions (products, devices, prototypes or proof of concept) to the problems associated with one or more steps in making bricks and – mixing clay with gravel/fly ash/other materials – transporting slurry or paste for moulding into bricks – … Continue reading
With the economic downturn, entrepreneurial opportunities for young and old innovators have got further squeezed. Even earlier, there was hardly any fund to invest in creative ideas of young students, self-employed people or even professionals who had ideas and sometime even the proof of concept which could make a difference. Despite numerous attempts, I could not convince the members … Continue reading
The exchange of knowledge between formal and informal sector can take place at different levels of abstraction: The most basic level is the artefactual level, i.e. adaptation of form, features, and functions of a product, process, service or institutional design. The next level is the analogic/metaphorical level implying learning by approximation. Not the exact … Continue reading
We will have a workshop on Grassroots Innovation tomorrow at IIMA in which a senior colleague and doctoral student Ms Riya Sinha Chokkakula will share findings of her research with the providers of knowledge and scientist, users, derivative innovators and other stakeholders involved in scouting or diffusion of those innovations. Every research study ideally should … Continue reading
A one-day workshop is held at IIM Ahmedabad on 28th January 2013 bringing together experts and contributors from IITB, Mindtree, CTS, Code4Cause, GE, MIT and the Honey Bee Network to take the Techpedia.in innovation and collaboration platform to the next level. Techpedia.in was initiatied by SRISTI in 2009 and has up to date pooled more … Continue reading
While conducting a literature review on the informal economy, I came across a very interesting research paper “Can the Hidden Economy Be Revolutionary? Toward a Dialectical Analysis of the Relations Between Formal and Informal Economies”. It was published in 1988 by Stuart Henry in the journal Social Justice (Vol. 15, No.3-4). What caughte my attention, … Continue reading
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