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Design Public is a series of conversations about design and innovation in the public interest.This blog is curated by the Center for Knowledge Societies, the innovation consulting firm that guides the establishment of the Adianta School for Leadership and Innovation.
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Monthly Archives: March 2013
India Needs an Innovation Agenda, says Google’s Eric Schmidt
For those of you who were hiding under a rock last week, Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google, visited India last week for the first time as part of larger Asian trip. While here, he interacted with startups in both … Continue reading
An Overview of Pecha Kucha Night #17: Creative Entrepreneurship
Last Thursday’s Pecha Kucha Night was an incredible amount of fun, with a really different and diverse set of people telling their stories. The theme, Creative Entrepreneurship, was wide enough in scope to include both, people who are creative and … Continue reading
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Tagged 91 Springboard, Anand Vemuri, Arpit Agarwal, Audio Aashram, Creative Entrepreneurship, Crostini Cafe, entrepreneurship, Gautam Sinha, Generation Enterprise, Hanumant Khanna, Happily Unmarried, Headstart Foundation, Kethaki Nair, Mitali Kalra, Nappa Dori, Nikhel Mahajan, Pecha Kucha Night, Prakash K G, Prashant Singh, Quick brown fox, QVC Realty, Radio 79, Rajat Tuli, Signals, TLabs
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What is Leadership?
Over the past three months I’ve gone around the country talking with young people about various topics: innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership. Most often we’ve spent the better part of our interaction talking about innovation, so I wanted to use this opportunity … Continue reading
A Shout Out to Our Pecha Kucha Partners!
I’m sure you’ve noticed that Pecha Kucha Nights in Delhi are becoming better known and more talked about. Each event brings more people, more conversation, new friends and great takeaways. One of the big reasons, apart from our own hard … Continue reading
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Tagged Audio Ashram, Halabol, partners, Pecha Kucha Night, Radio 79 Delhi
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Changing Education Paradigms
Why is that education systems are failing us? What needs to change about the ways in which tackle the education system? This excellent animated video, adapted from a talk by Sir Ken Robinson, outlines some of the biggest problems with … Continue reading
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Tagged education system, knowledge economy, paradigm shift, Sir Ken Robinson
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Converting Urban Waste to Usable Energy
Ever thought about the enormous amount of waste our cities create, and wonder what happens to it? Ever felt like we really don’t utilize obvious sources of energy? Ever felt frustrated knowing that this waste is a massive source of … Continue reading
The Goa Project: A video that explains all
As I’d mentioned in a previous blogpost, Dr. Aditya Dev Sood will be speaking at the Entrepreneurism track at the Goa Project, which will be held in Morjim, Goa, on the 28th – 29th March, 2013. But what really is … Continue reading
Introducing the Creative Entrepreneurs Speaking at PKND #17
We’re exactly a week away from the next Pecha Kucha Night on ‘Creative Entrepreneurship‘, and it’s time to introduce you to our ten amazing speakers for the evening. Gautam Sinha graduated from NIFT (Delhi) and soon started his career in … Continue reading
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Tagged 91 Springboard, Anand Vemuri, Arpit Agarwal, Audio Aashram, Creative Entrepreneurship, Crostini Cafe, entrepreneurship, Gautam Sinha, Generation Enterprise, Hanumant Khanna, Happily Unmarried, Headstart Foundation, Kethaki Nair, Mitali Kalra, Nappa Dori, Nikhel Mahajan, Pecha Kucha Night, Prakash K G, Prashant Singh, Quick brown fox, QVC Realty, Radio 79, Rajat Tuli, Signals, TLabs
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Is Bangalore to Entrepreneurship what Bombay is to Bollywood?
Bangalore has had the reputation of being a technology and IT hub for a while now, and over the last few years has definitely evolved into a hub for entrepreneurs and startups as well (think Flipkart, Redbus and MakeMyTrip). But, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangalore, ecology, entrepreneurship, startup festival, startups
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Video: What is Adianta?
Dr. Aditya Dev Sood gives a brief introduction to what the Adianta School for Leadership and Innovation is and what sets it apart from other Management and Leadership programs.
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Tagged adianta school, Dr. Aditya Dev Sood, innovation, leadership, management
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