Low Cost Groundnut Digger

Innovator: Shri Ramjibhai Chaudhary Address: Rapar, District – Kutch, Gujarat Innovator Profile While Working In The Field, Ramjibhai Observed The Difficulties Faced By Farmers To Dig The Groundnut From The Soil. He Often Used To Discuss With Them About These. The Main Points That Came Out Of The Discussions Were High Labor Cost And Lack […]
strengthening Panchayati Raj institutions: an old note of 2007

Knowledge based empowerment of local bodies: Generating entrepreneurial approach to development[1] anil gupta Abstract The entire developmental paradigm in the post independence history has been based on the premise that the role of state is to give, what people don’t have. The infrastructure, the skills, the resources and the framework in which all of these […]
suggested strategy for CSIR to reach masses

Strategy for CSIR to reach the masses: For any technology to be made applicable in variable agri and socio-ecological conditions, diverse on farm or in-field trials are necessary. Let me list the concomitants of a viable action-learning strategy for CSIR to reach scale. At the same time, it should be noted that per long tail […]
Only Curries, No Injuries: A Well-Cut Coconut

Coconut Cutting Machine by Mr. Senthil (Tamil Nadu) Problem Addressed: M. Senthil observed that people take out coconuts from the whole nuts harvested from trees using a crowbar. This is time consuming and has a high risk of injury while husking the coconut. He developed an iron cutter that can split the coconut in two-halves […]
Emergence of distributed social enterprises for inclusive development

Emergence of distributed social enterprises for inclusive development When the market and state both fail to clear the demand for certain services and products, the intervention of civil society organizations and social enterprises becomes inevitable. Whether such enterprises will indeed emerge depends upon the ability of local disadvantaged communities to articulate their unmet needs into […]
Farmland Manure Spreader

Farmland manure spreader by Ashikbhai Gani (Gujarat) Problem Addressed: If any farmer wants to spread manure on their farm they need help from a service provider who comes with their own tractor, trolley, and JCB with labour. They pick manure from the farmer’s dump site and make piles in the farms. Afterwards, farmers need to […]
Intelligent sunglasses for visually-impaired

Intelligent sunglasses for the blind by Anang Tadar (Arunachal Pradesh) Problem Addressed: Visually impaired individuals face a lot of challenges in daily life like identifying obstacles while walking or crossing roads. Helping a blind lady find the direction prompted him to find a solution to this problem. He developed smart sunglasses for blind people to […]
Lotus Stem Fibre

Sanajing Sana Thambal by Bijayshanti Tongbram (Manipur) Problem Addressed: Clothes made from lotus stem fibre are in high demand in foreign countries. There are only a few places in the world where this kind of work is done, including Myanmar and Cambodia. Bijayshanti, the innovator started spinning yarn from lotus stems and weaves a variety […]
Toilet-attached Cot

Innovation By- Saravanamuthu (Tamil Nadu) Problem Addressed : Mr. Saravana’s wife became temporarily bedridden after an operation and needed help to go to the toilet. This made her highly uncomfortable to the extent that she would rather control bowel movement than seek help, which further added to her woes. This motivated Saravana Muthu to design […]
पाठ्यक्रम और शैक्षणिक नवाचार

पाठ्यक्रम और शैक्षणिक नवाचार Chetan Patel १. प्रत्येक जिला तालीम भवन (डाइट) में इनोवेशन कॉर्नर होना चाहिए। जिसमें जिले के उत्कृष्ट प्रयोगधर्मी किसान का छोटा सा प्रदर्शन हो जहां सभी टीचर उनकी इनोवेटीव प्रयोग का अपना कलास रूम में उपयोग कर पाए। २. शिक्षा विभाग अलग-अलग ट्रेनिंग प्रोग्राम का आयोजन करते है। उसमें में इनोवेटिव […]