Here is a list of all the ideas that the innovation workshop in Mumbai threw up. These are the innovations that each participant developed individually and presented to the group for voting and potential collaborations.
Go through them, and if something triggers off a thought in your head, share it, with us, with the innovator. See where it goes.
To the innovators reading this, we request you to add to the idea presented here, develop it, reach out to potential collaborators and make something fabulous and beautiful out of it, make something that is impactful and innovative!!
Name: Amit
Organization: Vidya Foundation
Idea: Read the Mind of Your Learner
Potential Collaborators:
Arun, Supriya, Rekhit, Naushad, Anita, Tarun
Name: Anita                                                                                                                  Organization: Srimad RajChandra Education Trust:
Idea: Home Away from Home
Potential Collaborators: Arnavaz,Meenakshi,Madhura, Amit, Arpita, Tarun, Swapnalee, Supriya, Ashif
This idea was selected amongst the top 5 innovative ideas.
The Idea: Mobile Library, Life Skills Value.
What we need to make it work?
Books, Funds, Mobile phones, Facilitators with required skills  , Materials, Skill based knowledge through lives of great people.
 What about the idea makes it doable?
Listening skills, Visualization, Storytelling, Puppet , Flash cards, Charts and Activity based kits.
  Organization: CHIP
Idea:Read to Succeed
Potential Collaborators:
Supriya, Nihar, Mary, Naushad, Niharika
Name: Ashif                                                                                                                Organization AKESI
Idea: Genre based, Whole language based Reading Program
Potential Collaborators: Zeeshan, Krishnanand, Madhura, Nihar, Astrid
Name: Astrid                                                                                                                        Organization: Naandi Foundation:
Idea:New Generations Learners
Potential Collaborators: Tulsi, Arpita, Suvarna, Swapnalee, Madhura, Shalini, Hema, Amit, Meenakshi, Amit, Niharika, Zeeshan
Name: Madhura                                                                                                                   Organization: Naandi Foundation
Idea: Reading to Grow!!
Potential Collaborators: Amit Arpta, Meeta, Swapnalee, Nihar, Salini, Arnavaz, Astrid
Name: Mary Ellen                                                                                                                 Orgainzation: ATMA
Idea: Reading Collaboration for Kids
Potential Collaborators: Arun, Arnavaz, Meeta, Ashif, Niharika
Name: Meenakshi                                                                                               Organization:  Naandi Foundation:
Idea: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
Potential Collaborator: Naushad
Name: Nasim                                                                                                                    Organization: Naandi Foundation
Idea: The Achievers
Potential Collaborators: Mary, Niharika
Name: Naushad                                                                                                            Organization: Naandi Foundation
Idea: Parwaaz (Flight)
Potential Collaborator: Amit
Name: Niharika                                                                                                                     Organization: CHIP
Idea: Read into the Future!!
Potential Collaborator: Mary
Name:Rekhit                                                                                                            Organization: IDOBRO
Idea: Fun2Read
Potential Collaborators:Â Tulsi, Meeta, Krishnand, Astrid
Name: Shalini                                                                                                                      Organization: QUEST:
Idea:Â Active Library
Potential Collaborator: Zeeshan
Name: Supriya                                                                                                                Organization: Pratham Books:
Idea:Book to Order
Potential Collaborator:Â Suvarna, Mary, Astrid, Hema, Madhura
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Name: Supriya                                                                                                             Organization: Pratham
Idea: Baalak Paalak
Potential Collaborators: Tarun, Rekhit, Hema, Shalini, Supriya
Name: Arnavaz                                                                                                                   Organization: Doorstep Foundation
Idea: Neighbourhood Reading Rooms
Potential Collaborators: Deepani, Deepshikha
Name: Tarun                                                                                                                Organization: WNS Global Solutions:
Idea: Learning Centers
Potential Collaborator: Hema
Name: Krishnanand                                                                                                         Organization: Aadarsh Pvt. Ltd.
Idea: Reading is Fun
Potential Collaborators: Anita, Arun Astrid, Swapnalee, Nihar, Meenakshi, Rekhit, Suvarna, Madhura, MS
Name: Zeeshan                                                                                                           Organization: Educate Girls
Idea:Jaadu Ghar
Potential Collaborators: Rekhit, Swapnalee, Krishnand, Tarun
Name: Swapnalee                                                                                                          Organization: Vidya
Idea:You and Me                                                                                                              Potential Collaborators: Krishnanad, Suvarna, Mary, Nihar
Name: Madhura                                                                                                                     Organization: Naandi Foundation:
Idea:Reading to Grow
Potential Collaborators:
Amit, Arpita, Meeta, Swapnalee, Naushad, Arnavaz, Astrid, Nihar, Shalini, Meeta
Name: Tulsi                                                                                                                                       Organization: Doorstep School
Idea:Bacche aur Padhna (Children and Reading)
Potential Collaborators: Deepani, Abhishek
Other top 5 innovative ideas which were voted by the participants were:
LEARNING CENTRES
Tagline: For Holistic development of a child.
The Idea: A physical space (in school/community ) which is equipped with Library, Computer lab , language lab etc.
What we need to make it work?
Schools, Service providers (NGOs, Service providers agencies etc.). Corporate to bear the costs .  Technology and decorative materials.
What about this idea makes it doable?
Scalable, Replicable, holistic simple and age appropriate.
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The Idea:Â Community based groups and Senior citizens involvement.
What we need to make it work?
Making Community space available. Time suitability. Â Libraries. Committed facilitators volunteers.
What about the idea makes it doable?
It adapts to resources available at each location.
READING TO GROW
The idea: Strengthening the environment by strengthening aanganvadis , provising adequate training to people and establishing parents reading room.
What we need to make it work??
Collaborations among government and community based organization.
Resources both human and capital resources.
What about the idea makes it doable?
It is not creating parallel system and runs with collaboration to the government. Scalable.
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