grassroots to global ( g 2 g) Triggering creativity and transforming innovations for global competitiveness anil k gupta IIMA, sristi and National Innovation Foundation [e-mail] www.sristi.org www.nifindia.org www.gian.org

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grassroots to global ( g 2 g)Triggering
creativity and transforming innovations for
global competitivenessanil k guptaIIMA,
sristi and National Innovation Foundation
anilg_at_sristi.orgwww.sristi.org
www.nifindia.orgwww.gian.org www.indiainnovates.c
omwww.sristi.org/anilg
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Ways of knowing, feeling and doing Tip of the
Iceberg

• From sink to source
• Are poor only the consumer or can they also be
  the provider of idea, innovations and
  institutional values
• Are common people at the Bottom of all kinds of
  Pyramids?
• Language shapes the habit of thought as linguists
  have taught us let us look at the language we
  use for articulating how we know, feel and do any
  thing
• Can we not say that many poor people are actually
  at the Top of The Innovation, value and ethical
  pyramids,
• Fortune is thus at the Top of the innovation
  Pyramid

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Why do we ignore the grassroots innovations so
much

• Why do find so little resources on www on
  grassroots innovations, keeping aside the
  resources shared by Honey Bee network?
• Are we looking in wrong places, or looking for
  these wrongly or using wrong spects?
• What is the probability that academics and
  activists around the world will spend at least a
  fraction of resources on augmenting learning
  among the grassroots innovators and traditional
  knowledge holders?
• Will they learn any thing new by partnering with
  the innovators?
• Will they learn to think
• simply?
• Frugally?
• Simultaneously?
• Multi-functionally?

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• How does nature innovate
• One does not always cope, but transcends!! In
  nature nothing is still, one does not stagnate,
  either we decay, or we grow. Innovations help us
  to grow and lack of them will help us decay.
  Choice is ours.

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Kariya Vinodkumar, kutchh Inventors of India
workshop, iima vinod karia, Kachh, Gujarat 2006
how to make a windmill work at 5kph instead of
minimum cutting speed of 7kph? Can ventury effect
improve the efficiency of the windmill in deserts?
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3-D Model of Invention
3-D Model of Invention
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Let us look at the margins

• innovation insurgents
• minds on the margins
• are not
• marginal minds

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Ribbed teflon coated aluminum tawa
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IIP Dehradun says

• aluminum tawa or cooking plate gives 7.9 higher
  thermal efficiency (52.17) compared to
  conventional Iron plate (44.27) and ribbed
  bottom gives about extra 1.09 per cent over
  ordinary aluminum plate.
• Fast cooking due to its higher thermal efficiency
  
• Design of this ribbed plate is a registered
  design regn. No. 201308

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Combining insect and an insect new chemistry,
new materials

• Several tribal and other farmers Bhogi lal
  Rajwadia, Rupji Bhai, and Mandaviya Bhai Vasava
  in Bharuch district have devised a unique method
  of pest control.
• about 8-10 farmers or laborers, stood in a
  line, put the leaves of a creeper (Combretum
  ovalifolium) in a shoulder bag and moved in the
  windward direction. Caught blister beetle from
  the air and crushed it with the leaves already
  collected while walking in the windward
  direction. The combined effect of insect and
  leaf extract seemed to produce some signals ( may
  be alarm pheromones) which repelled the insects.
  
• Such a heuristic of combining a plant and an
  insect extract perhaps doesnt exist in modern
  science.

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Semio-chemicals

• Five new triterpenoid desmosides have been
  extracted from this species ( Rogers, 1989, Jr of
  Natural Products) saponins which are known to
  have anti microbial, anti inflammatory
  properties.
• Semio-chemicals open a new basis of partnership
  between peoples knowledge and formal scientific
  sector Honey Bee network and FAB Lab network
  may forge a bridge from Grassroots to Global

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Where are we heading

• Towards an inclusive, imaginative and innovative
  India and the world
• Honey bee network includes people who are
  creative, collaborative and compassionate

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• Institutional and technological innovations
• Technology is like words,
• institutions are like grammar and
• Culture is like the thesaurus

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Goals ahead

• 450,000 technology students, do we have a
  database of their projects
• Access to workshops and labs for the grassroots
  innovators

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• Moulding the minds Incorporating lessons from
  the unaided innovations as well as traditional
  knowledge in the curriculum at school and other
  educational levels.
• Mind to markets grassroots to global

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GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF CREATIVITY
Innovation
Investment
Enterprise
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Grassroots to global

• When Periphery is the centre
• When margin becomes the mainstream
• When grassroots to global provides another model
  of globalization

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Ubirasara, 47, a slum dweller, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil,
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• China and India which have maximum cycles in the
  world could not think of this design

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• Kevin Davis feedback ...the construction is
  outstanding it is exactly as advertised. The
  device worked perfectly. I climbed a 40 foot
  coconut tree very quickly and safely. I am
  impressed. The video was great watched it one
  time set up the device and started climbing
  tree. I would like to be your distributor for
  North and South America. I am willing to make an
  initial purchase of at least 25 units. I wish to
  proceed rapidly due to already getting inquiries
  and here in US no one has patience. Now that
  American Airlines has nonstop to Delhi I am eager
  to visit.

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But some problems remain

• Why should some problems remain unsolved for so
  long, why are we so patient?

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• Diversity
• Development
• delivery
• dialogue

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Bicycle based Innovations
Amphibious Bicycle Mohd. Saidullah, Bihar
Rider Induced bicycle Mr. Kanak Das, Assam
Bicycle based sprayer Mr. Mansukhbhai Jagani,
Gujarat
Bicycle with gear Mr. Jayanti J Patel,Gujarat
Bamboo bicycle Mr. Dodhi Pathak, Assam
Bicycle based mobile spray pump Subhas Vasantrao
Jagtap, Maharastra
Bicycle operated pump Mr. Vikram Rathore, AP
Multipurpose Bicycle Md. Kamruddin, Rajasthan
Bicycle based portable Pump Mr. Nasiruddin
Gayen, WB
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Motor-bike based Innovations
Auto engine Stopper Mr. Tukaram Varma Chhattisgarh
Motor-cycle based ploughing attachment
Bullet-Santi Mr. Mansukhbhai Jagani, Gujarat
Modified scooter for handicapped Mr. Dhanjibhai
Kerai, Gujarat
Non-return valve for 4-stroke engine Mr. Arvind
Khandake, Maharashtra
Motorcycle based sprayer Mr. Ganeshbhai Dodiya,
Gujarat
Small efficient diesel engine Mr. Mansukhbhai
Sanchaniya, Gujarat
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Electronics based Innovations
Remote Fire Cracker Device Balram Singh Saini,
Haryana
E-bike Mr. Kanak Das, Assam
Micro Windmil Mr. N V Satyanarayanan, AP
Solar Spectacle Frame for Night Reading Mr.
Prakash Shende, Maharashtra
Energizer Shoes Mr. Pankaj Sharma Team, HP
Mobile Operated Switch Mr. Prem Singh Saini,
Harayana
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Motorcycle based sprayer Mr. Ganeshbhai Dodiya,
Gujarat
Agriculture Sprayers
Kushal Sprayer Khimjibhai, Gujarat
Bestow-Foot Operated Sprayer Mr. Parbhatbhai
Vaghani, Gujarat
Motorized multi-purpose Mulubhai
Senjaliya,Gujarat
Bicycle based sprayer Mr. Mansukhbhai Jagani,
Gujarat
Hand Operated Sprayer Mr.Gopalbhai, Gujarat
Bullock-cart based sprayer Mr. Bhanjibhai
Mathukia, Gujarat
Jayant Sprayer Mr. Rameshbhai Bhalala, Gujarat
Bullock-cart based sprayer Mr. Bhanjibhai
Mathukia, Gujarat
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• Creativity will converge
• innovations will merge
• Boundaries among disciplines,
• diverse cultures and worldviews
• Thank u,
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• For rewarding indigenous creativity and
  innovation
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