What is Design Public?
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: April 2013
Understanding the Post-Consumer Waste Industry: Assignments from Adianta
When we at the Adianta School talk about Learning by Doing, we’re often asked what that means and how we approach this kind of education. This series of posts will feature some of the assignments that we’re developing for the … Continue reading
Startup Corridor takes Indian Entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley
India’s startup ecology, while vibrant and blossoming, is notoriously deprived of one thing: Mentorship. This is something that many an entrepreneur (and many a journalist) has written or spoken about, like here, here and here. It was in response to … Continue reading
Transforming Agriculture: Five Innovations that could Determine the Future of Farming
Even though we live in the post-agrarian, post-industrial, post-modern technological or digital age, agriculture undoubtedly remains one of the most important industries, and affects all of society on multiple levels. While the most obvious is that it sustains us by … Continue reading
Education Innovation in the Slums
Watch this excellent TED talk by Charles Leadbeater on how radical education innovation often comes from places with huge needs and unmet demands. These kinds of constraints can result in some of the most creative, democratic, need-driven innovations in education. … Continue reading
The Future of Innovation in India
India’s innovation future is a topic of much discussion, with many an opinion and a million different predictions. Some say good things lie ahead, others are more pessimistic, and others still are ambivalent. While there is a great deal of … Continue reading
Grihasthi – Board Games as Research Tools
In my previous post, I had mentioned a board game called “Grihasthi,†that we developed on field to validate the money management framework of low-income households. It was for the first time that we (at least I) tried this approach … Continue reading
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Tagged ethnogrpahy, games, Grihasthi, research, user behavior
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Melinda Gates on Four Ideas that are Changing the World
via @Fastcoexist ‘Positive Disruption’ was the theme for TedxChange, a Tedx event hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with the aim of spurring action in areas supported by the Foundation. FastCompany had the opportunity to talk with host … Continue reading
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Tagged contraception, digital green, education, family planning, Gates Foundation, m-pesa, Melinda Gates, TedxChange
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Introducing our speakers on Education for Innovation at PKND #18(3/3)
We are exactly four days away from our Pecha Kucha Night themed at Education for innovation. Here’s introducing our final batch of speakers. Hemant Sahal an experienced entrepreneur and social innovator, is presently working as a consultant with Centre for knowledge … Continue reading
Introducing our speakers on Education for Innovation at PKND #18(2/3)
We are exactly five days away from our Pecha Kucha Night themed at Education for innovation. Here’s introducing our second set of speakers. Nehal Sanghavi is working with USAID/India as the Senior Advisor for Innovation and Partnership in the Director’s … Continue reading
Planning Commission Hackathon aims to bridge Communication Gaps
This weekend saw India’s first government-driven attempt at a Hackathon. Organized by the Planning Commission and the National Innovation Council, the two-day event spanned 10 centers across the country, involving about 2000 participants. The main aim of the event was … Continue reading
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Tagged 12th five year plan, hackathon, Planning Commission, Sam Pitroda
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