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Recent Comments- Comment on How the System is Killing a Future Green Designer by NamrataWhen I was in Srishti we had several professors who occupied this space of bio-designer/artists, and I remember several inspired students who took their courses. I don't know whether they still run, but it seemed at the time there was building momentum. I don't know much about other colleges that might offer similar opportunities, but my recent tim […]Namrata
- Comment on Learning by Doing, A Definition of Innovation by Ben BunceHello Aditya, I very much enjoyed your ideas towards innovation. I have been reading about the education system in India and find it very concerning. I believe young children all over the world deserve the best possible start to life and think we can make a change by helping our education staff through support and resources. Check out TESIndia ( www.tesindia […]Ben Bunce
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Category Archives: Design Challenges
Governing by Design
In this excellent article in Seed Magazine, Paula Antonelli talks about the power of design in governance, citing examples from the past of various political regimes that have used design consciously in their approaches to governance. She writes, Attentive as … Continue reading
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Tagged design, governance innovation, Paula Antonelli
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Video: Imagining India as an Innovation Society
Watch this brief video summary of the third panel at the last Design Public Conclave, held in New Delhi on April 20th, 2012. The discussion focused on the current state of innovation in India, it’s over-dependence on less sophisticated innovation … Continue reading
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Tagged Design Public Conclave, frugal innovation, India, innovation, innovation society, jugaad
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Bihar Innovation Lab Featured in Tehelka and Mahindra Rise’ Tipping Point
Tehelka and Mahindra Rise are collaborating towards this year’s Think Festival by bringing us Tipping Point – an aggregation of 20 of the best examples of intelligent, scalable innovation that they could find in India. For them, these are the … Continue reading
Text Messages can Save Lives
In May 2010, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and the government of Gujarat implemented e-Mamta – a mother and child tracking system which sends SMS-based reminders about vaccinations, healthcare services and routine check-ups. LiveMint reports, “Although there was abundance … Continue reading
Bottleneck Innovation in India
Just as I finished writing my piece on Jugaad and Frugal Innovation in India earlier this morning, I came across this blog article on bottlenecks in India and the lack of innovation therein. The author, Prasad, provides an amusing anecdote … Continue reading
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Tagged India, innovation, jugaad, recourcefulness
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On Price-Pointing and Jugaad Innovation
Seema Singh at Forbes writes about innovations that enable Profit from Scarcity, touting the benefits of Jugaad and Frugal Innovation. Writing about the newly released Jugaad Innovation by authors Navi Radjou, Simone Ahuja and Jaideep Prabhu, Singh talks about their … Continue reading
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Tagged frugality, grand challenges, India, ingenuity, innovation, Jugaad Innovation, Tata Nano
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Ahmedabad Public Buildings Go Solar
Three public buildings in Ahmedabad have decided to lead by example by turning to solar power for their daily energy needs. Times of India reports: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will have its south zone office in Maninagar, Memco sports complex and … Continue reading
US invests $21 Million in BioFuel Research in India
As India’s population and energy needs explode, and citizens are struggling to pay for their fuel and transportation needs, there is a recognized and concerted effort to develop alternative fuels from bio waste and other sources, to reduce the dependency … Continue reading
On the Informationalization of Everything
Social media have been the focus of debates, discussions and academic as well as journalistic papers for some time now, and it seems that there is always something new to be said, something new to be discovered about how this … Continue reading
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Tagged David Weinberger, digitization, information, internet, knowledge, social media
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Governance Innovations in Emerging Economies set Global Standards
In an article on Governance Innovations based in the adoption of digital technologies, McKinsey Quarterly chose to focus on innovations in India and Estonia. In India, they focused on the UIDAI scheme, proposed by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, and asked … Continue reading
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Tagged e-governance, e-government, Estonia, India, Nandan Nilekani, UIDAI
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