GIAN - Gujarat Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network
GIAN (Gujarat Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network) is the first incubator of grassroots innovations, established in 1997 in collaboration with the Gujarat government and supported by SRISTI, IIMA, and the Honey Bee Network.
OUR MISSION
To cultivate and sustain the spirit of innovation, encourage experimentation, and nurture creativity at the grassroots. GIAN aims to promote innovations from and for grassroots communities, leverage functional traditional knowledge, and conserve and augment biodiversity using both commercial and non-commercial channels.
OUR OBJECTIVES
a) To scout, document and validate the grassroots innovation,
b)help them achieve scale by adding value, design, and other inputs from formal organisations,
c) do market research, develop strategies, protect IP where needed, promote solutions as DIY and facilitate partnerships between innovators and entrepreneurs and
d) unleash the creativity of common people helping them gain respect, recognition, and reward innovations from India and around the world through HBNCRIIA-India and HBN CRIIA-International awards. Gian also pursues research and policy studies.
Honey Bee Network Creativity & Inclusive Innovation Awards [HBNCRIIA], a global award for inclusive innovations
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam ignited mind awards for Indian students in collaboration with SRISTI
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We work with communities who live on the margins, whose needs are often unmet, may be unfelt too.
OUR Principles
what our leaders say
“The Honey Bee Network (an informal collective of farmers, artisans, scientist and scholars involved in the scouting and documenting of innovations and new ideas from the grassroots) felt that rewarding the grassroots people for their creativity should look beyond the mere recognition and documentation of their knowledge. Hence, GIAN was born to connect Innovation, Enterprise, Investment and Policy. ”
Prof. Anil K GuptaFOUNDER
“GIAN aims at sustaining the spirit of innovation, encouraging experimentation and nurturing creativity at grassroots level of knowledge rich economically poor people by contributing to the creation of a knowledge network that can empower the innovators, stem the erosion of traditional knowledge systems, recognize and augment contemporary innovations, and facilitate diffusion of grassroots green innovations through commercial as well as non-commercial public, private and voluntary channels. ”
Prof. Bakul H DholakiaCHAIRMAN
our partners
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