PROFESSOR ANIL K. GUPTA
Padma Shri · CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow · Founder, Honey Bee Network
Mission: Expand global & local space for grassroots innovations; link informal & formal sectors; ensure recognition, respect & reward for creative communities, children, students. Augment open innovation through frugal, flexible, friendly platforms.
Founder & network builder
- Honey Bee Network (1990 – present)
- National Innovation Foundation – NIF (Executive Vice Chair 2000–2018)
- SRISTI & GIAN
- Techpedia (techpedia.sristi.org) & GYTI awards with BIRAC
Books & writings
“Grassroots Innovation: Mind on the margin are not marginal minds” (Penguin Randomhouse, 2016)
★ Tata Lit Live Best Business Book Award 2016
Editor, Honey Bee quarterly newsletter on green innovations (1990–). Author of numerous research articles and case studies.
Teaching (selected)
Invited lectures at
P&G, DHL, JCB, SAP, Oracle, Cisco, HP, GE Research, Siemens, Volvo, Biocon, BMS, Dr.Reddy’s, Zydus, JSW, DE Shaw, Tata Innovation, ZEF Bonn, Viacom, FAO, IFAD, World Bank, LBSNAA, IISc, Harvard, MIT, ISI, IITs, JNU, Barclays, Wellcome Trust … and many global academic & policy institutions.
Honours & recognition
- CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow (2018–21)
- Best Researcher Award IIMA, 2015
- Humanistic Management Lifetime Achievement (Academy of Management, 2013)
- Ph.D. Honoris Causa – San Martin de Porres Univ., Peru (2015)
- D.Litt. Central University of Orissa (2012)
- Hermes Award 2012, Paris
- Padma Shri (2004) by President of India
- 50 most influential IP people (MIP 2003)
- Star Personalities of Asia – Business Week 2001
Facilitated Festival of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (FINE) at Rashtrapati Bhavan (March 2018) hosted by President of India, and earlier festivals 2015–2017.
Key positions
- Member, High Level Committee on CSR, Min. of Corporate Affairs (2019)
- Selection Committee, Visitor’s Awards, President’s Office (2015–18)
- Member, National Innovation Council (PM’s office) 2010–13
- Visiting Professor IIM Ahmedabad (36 yrs) & IIT Bombay (2017–18)
- Member, Future Innovation Forum, Seoul (2016–19)
- Board of Directors IIMA (2015–17) & Dena Bank (2006–09)
- Chair: Ravi Matthai Centre, Research & Publications IIMA
- Member: Artificial Intelligence committees (MeitY), CSIR-800, NEIST Jorhat
- Chair, Plant Genome Saviour Community Award (2015–18)