India · Updated 24 Oct, 07:30 am IST
IIM prof Anil Gupta says rural frugal tech innovations have proven themselves
Why it matters for readers: Explains how everyday people in villages create useful technologies that can become successful products.
- Anil K. Gupta founded the Honey Bee Network to identify and document innovations by farmers, artisans, and citizens.1
- He also established the National Innovation Foundation in 2000 to strengthen grassroots tech innovations and traditional knowledge.1
- Gupta created SRISTI in 1993 to support grassroots innovations and GIAN in 1997 to help make those innovations commercially viable.1
- Gupta teaches innovation and entrepreneurship with a focus on frugal design and public policy for inclusive innovation at IIM Ahmedabad as visiting faculty.1
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