Anil Gupta

A black box for automobiles, low-cost solar water heater, power generation from biogas using a bike, an improved apparatus for ultrasonography, etc are part of a treasure trove of projects done by students in techpedia.in. Linking young technological minds with unsolved problems of society is our next agenda, says Anil Gupta.

Given the diversity and the plurality of the Indian society, Indian models of innovations cannot but reflect its culture of resistance, redefining the context and rebuilding the connections among different streams of ideas.

Mughal emperor Akbar tried to synthesise the good practices of different religions in what he called as Deen-e-Elahi and he failed. May be, if had tried to nurture the secular institutions of each sacred belief system, he might have succeeded.

While designing models of innovations for distributed knowledge management, the Honey Bee Network has been very conscious of keeping identity of ideators intact. And still, it has tried to forge cooperation and development of value chain around different idea streams.

We have scouted more than 150,000 ideas, innovations and traditional knowledge practices (not all unique or distinctive) from over 500 districts all over the country.