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I Chose to be a point...


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Erfindungen in Indien: Gandhi der Technik - Wissenschaft - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten


Zwanzig Erkenntnismärsche liegen hinter Anil Gupta und seinen Helfern, mehr als 75.000 Einträge in die Honey-Bee-Datenbank haben sie mit ihren Füßen erlaufen. Aus wenigen Ideen wurden Produkte, die sich verkaufen lassen - es sind etwa 100. Neben pflanzlichen Präparaten etwa noch ein Klettergerät für Kokospalmen oder ein Knoblauchschälgerät, beides leider keine Verkaufsschlager. Es fehlt an Geld für die Förderung der Erfinder. Gupta spendet einen Teil seines Gehalts read more


SPIRIT OF INDIA — SOCIETY


India Today
Thinking local
Uday Mahurkar
June 26, 2008
SPIRIT OF INDIA — SOCIETY
Call him the keeper of traditional Indian wisdom. Or a generator of latent rural Indian energy. Call him whatever you want, but something that can't be denied is his place in Indian history as the pilot of the largest-ever knowledge bank made by little-known pioneers living in uncelebrated Indian towns and no-name villages. read more


From Farmers’ First to Labourers’ First: Why do we still know so little?


Way back in 1980, while searching for a framework to communicate with the farmers and labourers, combination of communication (one way, two way, no way) and power (one way, two way, no way) seemed to provide a way forward. read more


Ten policies that will transform India, not in our life time but within next three to four years


Recasting the employment guarantee programme: mental, not just menial jobs read more


Harnessing Community and Individual Knowledge in Plant Genetic Resources Management


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The Conundrum of creativity ,compentation and conservation in India

Innovation and the SME


The biggest challenge for entrepreneur is to set up learning and sharing organization.
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Building capacity at community level for protecting the intellectual property rights in genetic resources and associated knowled



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Can protecting intellectual property rights be of any consequence for poor people?


Can protecting intellectual property rights be of any consequence for poor people? Paper written at the invitation of Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi as a contribution of a book on WTOClick here to see full document