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grassroots to global ( g 2 g)

Triggering creativity and transforminginnovations for global competitiveness

anil k gupta

IIMA, sristi and National Innovation Foundation

[email protected]

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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 taughtus: let us look at the language we use for articulating how weknow, 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



Why do we ignore the grassroots

innovations so much

• Why do find so little resources on www ongrassroots innovations, keeping aside theresources shared by Honey Bee network ?

– Are we looking in wrong places, or looking for these wrongly or usingwrong „spects‟?

– What is the probability that academics and activists around the worldwill spend at least a fraction of resources on augmenting learningamong 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?



• 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 themwill help us decay. Choice is ours.



nventors o n a

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?



3-D Model of Invention3-D Model of Invention



Let us look at the margins

innovation insurgents:minds on the margins

are not

marginal minds…



Ribbed teflon coated aluminum

tawa



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 centover ordinary aluminum plate.

• Fast cooking due to its higher thermal

efficiency» Design of this ribbed plate is a registered design regn.

No. 201308



Combining insect and an insect:

new chemistry, new materials• Several tribal and other farmers Bhogi lal Rajwadia,

Rupji Bhai, and Mandaviya Bhai Vasava in Bharuchdistrict 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 ashoulder bag and moved in the windward direction.Caught blister beetle from the air and crushed it with theleaves already collected while walking in the windwarddirection. The combined effect of insect and leaf extract

seemed to produce some signals ( may be alarmpheromones) which repelled the insects.

• Such a heuristic of combining a plant and an insectextract perhaps doesn‟t exist in modern science.



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 people’s knowledge and formal scientific

sector: Honey Bee network and FAB Lab network may

forge a bridge from Grassroots to Global



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



Institutional and technological innovations

Technology is like words,

institutions are like grammar and

Culture is like the thesaurus



Goals ahead

• 450,000 technology students, do we have

a database of their projects

• Access to workshops and labs for the

grassroots innovators



• 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



Innovation

Investment Enterprise

GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF

CREATIVITY



Grassroots to global

When Periphery is the centre

When margin becomes the mainstream

When grassroots to global provides another model of globalization



Ubirasara, 47, a slum dweller, Rio

de Janeiro, Brazil,



• China and India which have maximum

cycles in the world could not think of this

design



• Kevin Davis’ feedback – “...the construction isoutstanding it is exactly as advertised. The deviceworked perfectly. I climbed a 40 foot coconut tree veryquickly and safely. I am impressed. The video was

great …watched it one time set up the device… andstarted climbing tree. I would like to be your distributor for North and South America. I am willing to make aninitial purchase of at least 25 units. I wish to proceedrapidly due to already getting inquiries and here in US no

one has patience. Now that American Airlines hasnonstop to Delhi I am eager to visit.”



But some problems remain

• Why should some problems remainunsolved for so long, why are we so

patient?



Diversity

Development

deliverydialogue

Bi l b d I ti



Rider Induced bicycleMr. Kanak Das, Assam

Bicycle based sprayer

Mr. Mansukhbhai Jagani, Gujarat

Bicycle with gearMr. Jayanti J Patel,GujaratBamboo bicycle

Mr. Dodhi Pathak, Assam

Amphibious BicycleMohd. Saidullah, Bihar

Bicycle based mobile spray pumpSubhas Vasantrao Jagtap, Maharastra

Multipurpose Bicycle

Md. Kamruddin, Rajasthan

Bicycle operated pump

Mr. Vikram Rathore, APBicycle based portable PumpMr. Nasiruddin Gayen, WB

Bicycle based Innovations

Motor bike based Innovations

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Motor-bike based Innovations

Motor-cycle based ploughing attachment ‘Bullet-Santi’


Modified scooter for handicapped

Mr. Dhanjibhai Kerai, Gujarat

Motorcycle based sprayer

Mr. Ganeshbhai Dodiya, GujaratSmall efficient diesel engine

Mr. Mansukhbhai Sanchaniya, Gujarat

Non-return valve for

4-stroke engineMr. Arvind Khandake,

Maharashtra

Auto engine Stopper

Mr. Tukaram Varma

Chhattisgarh

Electronics based Innovations



Micro Windmil–

Mr. N V Satyanarayanan, AP

Energizer ShoesMr. Pankaj Sharma &

Team, HP

E-bikeMr. Kanak Das, Assam

Solar Spectacle Frame for NightReadingMr. Prakash Shende,Maharashtra

Remote Fire Cracker DeviceBalram Singh Saini, Haryana

Electronics based Innovations

Mobile Operated SwitchMr. Prem Singh Saini, Harayana

Motorcycle based sprayerAgriculture Sprayers



Kushal SprayerKhimjibhai, Gujarat

Bestow-Foot Operated SprayerMr. Parbhatbhai Vaghani, Gujarat

Bicycle based sprayer


Mr. Ganeshbhai Dodiya, Gujarat

Motorized multi-purpose

Mulubhai Senjaliya,Gujarat

Bullock-cart based sprayer

Mr. Bhanjibhai Mathukia, Gujarat

Hand Operated SprayerMr.Gopalbhai, Gujarat

Jayant SprayerMr. Rameshbhai Bhalala, Gujarat

Agriculture Sprayers

Bullock-cart based sprayer

Mr. Bhanjibhai Mathukia, Gujarat



Creativity will converge

innovations will merge

Boundaries among disciplines,

diverse cultures and

worldviews

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