Welcome to Knowledge Network for Augmenting Grassroots Innovations.

National Innovation Foundation

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A global initiative to give voice to creative and innovative people at grassroots

Honey Bee Network brings together those creative and innovative farmers, artisans, mechanics, fishermen and women and labourers who have solved a problem through their own genius without any outside help whether from state, market, or even NGOs. Such self triggered and developed innovations whether technological or institutional are scouted, supported, sustained and scaled wherever possible with or without value addition, linkage with formal science and technology. Idea is to generate incentives and benefits for the innovators. The innovations could be developed by individuals or groups. These may have been developed in recent past or long past and some times these innovations or creative practices might have become part of traditional knowledge. We thus also look for outstanding examples of traditional knowledge, which help in conserving and utilizing natural resources in a sustainable manner.

Honey Bee signifies a philosophy of discourse which is authentic, accountable and fair. Honey Bee believes that cross pollination of ideas by exchange of information across language and cultural boundaries, may increase societal capacity to spur, spawn, stimulate, and sustain grassroots innovations and provide resources for sustainable development.

The problem: The network encountered several problems in reaching out to the innovators and hence the genesis of Electronic Knowledge Network for Innovators "KnowNet-Grin".

Key Challenge ahead: Creating a E-Knowledge Network:

* To create an electronic network of innovators linked with users & peers

through village based kiosks with multimedia/multilingual database,

communicating in local language

* To encourage innovators discuss specific innovations for faster

maturation of ideas & innovations

* To reduce feedback loop between users and innovators

* To generate demand for grassroots innovations throughout the world

and Market for ideas & innovations

* To create a clearing house, so that potential Investors, Venture capital,

angle investors & entrepreneurs can link up to grassroots innovations,

thus creating a golden triangle of Innovation, Investment & Enterprise

* Building bridge between formal & informal science

* A registry of Inventions and innovations around the world

* Secure Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for small Innovators