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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An Interview with Amit Bhatt from Embarq India
Previously we have blogged about expert interviews for nimble agriculture and equitable water. Our third challenge track is Smarter Cities. In the process of reaching out to the experts, I interviewed Amitt Bhatt, of Embarq India, a non-profit organization which … Continue reading
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Tagged Embarq India, smart travel, smarter cities, sustainability
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Revisiting smarter cities
In a previous blog we mentioned using our weekly sabha’s as a platform to discuss and develop the Design Public conclave challenge tracks. For this week’s sabha we re-visited the smarter cities challenge track, which we will be taking forward … Continue reading
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Tagged BRT, Design Public Conclave, Embarq India, IBM, smarter cities
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An Interview with Tahira from Embarq India
One of the important challenges for developing a smart city is to build an efficient transport network. To understand what is needed to build and intelligent transport model,I interviewed Tahira Thekaekara of Embarq India, a not-for-profit organization with a mission … Continue reading
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Tagged Embarq India, intelligent transport, smarter cities, sustainability
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A conversation with Sriganesh from LIRNEAsia
As the Design Public conclave is drawing closer, we are reaching out to experts to develop our four challenge tracks. In this process I interviewed Mr. Sriganesh Lokananthan, Senior Research Manager at LIRNEasia, a regional information and communication technology, policy … Continue reading
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Tagged LIRNEasia, nimble agriculture, small farmer, sustainability
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What we mean when we talk about Nimble Agriculture
In a previous blog, we mentioned a weekly trend of the sabha at CKS. For this week’s sabha, we decided to present two of the challenge tracks for the upcoming edition of the Design Public Conclave. One of them is … Continue reading
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Tagged agricultural initiatives, climate change, small and marginal farmers
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Making Agriculture Sustainable and Climate Smart
The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) claims that by 2050, global agricultural production will require a 70 percent hike so as to meet the global demand for food. This means food production needs a major boost … Continue reading
Grassroots innovation for menstrual hygiene
While there has been so much brouhaha about India’s efforts towards achieving Total Sanitation, we still lack a focus towards some basic personal hygiene practices, like the use of sanitary napkins during menstruation. India claims an abysmally low usage of … Continue reading
Charting the innovation cycle to improve healthcare outreach
CKS has always strived to develop systematic innovations that improve lives. Based on years of experience and a range of consulting projects, we’ve developed a routinizable methodology for innovation that we call the CKS Innovation Cycle. While the scope of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bihar Innovation Lab, healthcare, innovation, innovation cycle, service delivery, Vaccine Delivery Kit
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Travel solutions for a smarter city
With an aim to solve Delhi’s persistent traffic and parking problems and to strengthen the public transportation system, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) planned an Integrated Multi-Modal Network of Public Transport system consisting of a network … Continue reading
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Tagged BRT, Delhi Gorvernment, Multi-Model Network, Public Transport
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Making cotton more sustainable
Conventional agricultural practices have long relied on chemicals to boost the their productivity, but the overuse of chemicals over the years has impacted the health of both the consumers as well the environment. In particular, overuse of chemical fertilizers and … Continue reading
