Gym with a Purpose
Posted on December 29, 2009. Filed under: Rural Innovation | Tags: Rural Innovation, Social Venture |
Image Source: http://www.unplggd.com/uimages/unplggd/2008-2-7greengym.jpg We can generate electricity not just from exercise cycle but also from all other equipments. We can replace the weights with gears / pulley that are connected with alternators to generate electricity. Batteries can be charged and a micro model of electricity generation is ready. Not just that, we can have meters [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Music with Activity Based Learning
Posted on December 21, 2009. Filed under: Activity Based Learning, Primary Education, Social Venture | Tags: Entrepreneurship, kids education, Social Venture |
http://www.lannaist.ac.th/images/foundationyears.gif ABL is gaining some recognition now at grass root level with govt sponsored program such as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan getting implemented over entire state of Tamilnadu as of now and moving to other states of India gradually. This solves the problem of left side brain based teaching and ensures complete development of the kids. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )How to have entrepreneurial kids?
Posted on December 21, 2009. Filed under: Entrepreneurial Training, Leadership Education, Primary Education, Social Venture | Tags: Entrepreneurship, kids education, Social Venture |
It would be so nice to see kids learning to run their own business and that’s the perfect disruption to the traditional business schools. When you have guy coming out of 12th with his business plan ready, of whatever shape who cares, but a plan with some cash flow, some debt, some equity, some expenses, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Challenges in Rural Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
Posted on December 12, 2009. Filed under: Rural Innovation, Social Venture | Tags: Innovation, Rural Development, Social Venture |
Sitting in Chennai Airport, I am trying to recap whatever has gone through over last 2 days (11-12 Dec09) during the conference on Rural Innovation at Green Park Hotel in Chennai. The conference had lots of speakers from diverse backgrounds – eChoupal, Rabo Bank (Rural Development), IIT-B, IIT-Chennai, XLRI, Pradan, GVK-EMRI, GramIT, DesiCrew, NABARD, Govt [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Culture Tourism and Rural Empowerment
Posted on November 18, 2009. Filed under: Culture Tourism | Tags: Culture Tourism, Rural Development, Social Venture |
India is the land of diversity offering several attractive and unique geographical, spiritual, social, religious and cultural facets to the society. Tourists visit places of religious importance in a very systematic manner established over last few decades through traditions and norms. Char-dham yatra in Uttarakhand is one of the known examples. Similarly, adventure tourism has [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Beginning of the Vision
Posted on November 14, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Integral Development, Rural Development, Social Venture |
There are 4 dimensions on which we need to work if we want to raise our nation through its bottom of the pyramid, the bottom which deserves to be on top of the pyramid actually. Two of the dimensions are macro 1. Holistic health 2. Leadership Education The other two are micro – 1. Micro [...]
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