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innovations in public systems: who will bell the cat?
Posted on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:13:34 |
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May be not many people noticed two of the important recommendations of the 13th Finance commission ( FC). One was to create an institutional framework for systematic scouting, documentation and replication of innovations in public systems which make the impact on the lives of common people. A Centre for Innovations in Public Systems has been set up at ASCI, Hyderabad and was launched today by cabinet secretary. The analysis of innovations collected by 13FC from all the states were analysed by National Innovation Foundation to make two recommendations to mainstream the search and scaling up the innovations for improving the public systems. Second recommendation was to create a District Innovation Fund of Rs one crore in each district. Both these will hopefully make a small difference to the innovation environment in the country. Dr Vijay Kelkar, Chairman of the 13FC was incidentally the Finance Secretary when NIF was set up ten years ago drawing upon the experience of Honey Bee netwo |
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Dreaming a museum of innovations and crazy creativity: where will it happen? Will children be my allies?
Posted on Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:04:17 |
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After all, there are so many science parks and museum, there are also technology parks, art and culture museum every where but where is an innovation museum and that too of innovations and traditional knowledge of common people?
Let me share what kind of innovation museum I am thinking about and may be it will make some files move. Some action will be hopefully triggered. Our children will get a chance to be inspired. They might prevail upon their parents and other elders to change their mindset., and overcome their inertia
Idea is that tens of thousands of green grassroots innovations and traditional knowledge examples that Honey Bee Network (sristi, gian, and NIF and numerous collaborators ) have scouted from over 545 districts need to be visible to our children and others so that they will be inspired to make experiments. They will refuse to live with so many social, economic and technological problems that have remained unsolved for decades or even centuries in some ca |
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Underdog Creativity
Posted on Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:24:44 |
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Free condoms are used to lubricate machines and transport water, men declared dead try to get arrested to prove they are alive
BY Shubhangi Swarup
open magazine, aug 14, 2010, an excellent read, does it need any further comment, find it out yourself |
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convergence is not congruence, 2005 article
Posted on Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:37:42 |
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Convergence is not just about technology but is a combination of technology, institute and culture. Take the case of villages, where physical communication is tough vis-à-vis in the cities. But, despite distances being lesser, communication in cities is poorer than in villages. Technology is not necessary for communication.
In terms of communication, technology is the word while the institute becomes the grammar. Communication within communities where modern means are absent is a study. The real problem is communication within the communities. |
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multiple uses of jackfruit: farmers of panruti
Posted on Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:47:52 |
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JACKFRUIT or kathal is India’s most neglected fruit. Except in Panruti. This sleepy coastal taluk in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu is the heaven of jackfruit. It produces the best jackfruits in the country – fat, sweet and tasty. You can buy the fruit round the year.
The biggest jackfruit in Panruti weighs over 70 kg which actually makes it a hot contender for the Guinness Book of Records. A Hawaiian jackfruit, at a mere 34 kg holds the title at present. By not staking a claim, Panruti is depriving itself of a world record title every year.
Now this is one competition India could win hands down.
But even if the record has not been bestowed on them, Panruti's farmers are not complaining. Hundreds of them are thriving by growing kathal. Plantations, starting from one acre to 10 and even 20, are aplenty.
In these days of labour scarcity, Panruti jackfruit growers are gleeful. They don’t need armies of labourers. Jackfruit is seen as a zero attention plant and harvest crop. Ev |
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decolonization of mind or towards indian renaissance
Posted on Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:02:21 |
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On sixty third birthday of our independence, how do we decide what will be the pointers for future search for authentic discourse on the kind of development Indian society will legitimise. If we look at the symbols by which various organs of state measure their autonomy and distinctiveness, we realize that decolonization o f mind is indeed a viable project, even today, probably more today. |
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20 Kenyan web and tech innovations worth watching 3 0 diggs digg 187 Share By Mark Kaigwa
Posted on Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:43:36 |
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Kenya is abuzz right now. The outlook for technology and innovation in Africa has never been brighter, and Kenya is positioning itself strategically in anticipation of a wave of groundbreaking web and mobile emerging market products and services. The resources being put into the Kenyan IT sector currently demonstrate how seriously the country is taking the challenge to become Africa’s Innovation hub. |
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