NEWS UPDATES |
BBC Video on Honeybee Network on Horizons Business
18 June, 2011 |
| |
| india is full of entrepreneurs, and an organisation set up in 1988 is supporting grassroots innovators who are rich in knowledge but not in resources. As well as finding out about the Honey Bee Network, Adam Shaw visited another part of Delhi where the Hole-in-the-Wall project is making a significant contribution to improving the education of children in disadvantaged communities.read more |
|
Indiens Patentspürnase on Financial Times - DEUTSCHLAND
14 March, 2011 |
| |
| FTD Herr Gupta, auf welche bahnbrechende Erfindung aus einem abgelegenen indischen Dorf hat die Welt bislang nur gewartet?read more |
|
We must nurture a new innovation politics on innovationafrica.org
17 June, 2010 |
| |
| Adrian Ely and Kevin Urama call for a new politics of innovation built around diversity, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.
Reducing global poverty while promoting environmental sustainability is the moral imperative of our age.
Groups across the world are recognising that science, technology and innovation have a role to play in meeting this challenge, but it is increasingly clear that the current politics of innovation are not up to the job.read more |
|
Innovator network plans giant leap on the back of 3 Idiots on livemint.com
30 December, 2009 |
| |
| The inventions were sourced from the National Innovation Foundation, set up nine years ago by the Indian government with inspiration and support from a 16-year-old proponent of grass-roots invention, the Honey Bee Networkread more |
|
Fifth National Biennial Award Function for Grassroots Technological Innovations and Outstanding Traditional Knowledge on DNA
18 November, 2009 |
| |
| IARI, Pusa, New Delhi - 110018 November 18-19, 2009
NIF's 5 th campaign, which ended on 31 st January 2007, got the overwhelming response from different parts of the country. It took around 2 years to NIF to evaluate the entries (covering innovations, ideas and traditional knowledge) with the help of scientific institutions and eminent experts. The entire exercise resulted in declaration of the 5 th award winners after proper benchmarking, due diligence, prior art and patent searches.read more |
|
President Patil for grassroot level innovations to tackle climate change on DNA
18 November, 2009 |
| |
| read more |
|
Abdul Kalam Chief Guest at Nirma University convocation
15 October, 2009 |
| |
| Former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam was the chief guest at Nirma University’s eighth convocation ceremony on Monday.read more |
|
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) Technopreneur Promotion Programme (TePP) Invitation for proposals 2009-2010
30 August, 2009 |
| |
| Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) Technopreneur Promotion Programme (TePP) Invitation for proposals 2009-2010read more |
|
Log On To The Power Of Ideas on Publish in Times of India
29 August, 2009 |
| |
| "The next 10 years would be dedicated as a decade of innovation" were the words used by the president of India to conclude her address to Parliament on June 4. On June 7, US president Barack Obama, in his Cairo address, said: "Education and innovation will be the currency of the 21st century." Between June 3 and 5, the first Global Innovation Leaders' Summit (I-20), fashioned on G-20, was held in San Francisco. I was invited to represent India. I-20 accepted Norway's suggestion of introducing a Nobel Prize for innovation. So from Delhi to Cairo to San Francisco, the 'buzz' was around innovation.read more |
|
