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Students Galore
Gaurav Anand ( IIT -Kharagpur) worked on a SRISTI / IIMA project. He helped with web content creation and database, as well as conducting field trips collecting data from innovators.
Saurabh Bhatia (IIT- Delhi) worked on a SRISTI / IIMA project. He helped with a knowledge-need study which helped in defining the content for the kiosk. He conducted field trips to find out ways in which such a network would be sustainable.
Neil Mascarenhas ( St. Xaviers College- Mumbai) worked on documenting the impact of a SRISTI / IIMA project. as part of the initiative for rebuilding Kutch, after the earthquake of 26th January 2001. He took field trips and interacted with children and teachers as part of the project.
Priyanka Chowdry (St. Xaviers College-Mumbai) worked on a SRISTI / IIMA project and helped with the content creation for the website.
Maitrayee Mukerji (Institute of Rural Management- Gujarat) wishes to explore how ICT can enable development interventions taking Honey Bee network as a case.
Hiral Ojha and other students (DA-ICT- Gujarat) wish to work on ICT enabling projects using multilingual open source technology and GIS.
Ankur Garg (IIT-Kanpur) worked on developing the business plan for the proposed portal www.indiainnovates.com. This was in relation to the entrepreneur, investments and innovator community for value addition and incubation
Nikhil Narayan (IIIT- Kolkata) worked on the www.gian.org website
Sunny Dasgupta (IIIT- Kolkata)worked on developing a content management system for the Honey Bee magazine.
Ruju Rathod (Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi School of Architecture) wishes to work on rural sustainability and development.
Navendu Karan (IIM-Ahmedabad)worked on the development of a business plan for the proposed portal. The work involved networking the entrepreneur, investments and innovator community for value addition and incubation
Global Research Network
Richael Connolly (Ireland) wishes to work with Honey Bee networks grassroots initiatives enabling entrepreneurship for sustainable technologies.
John Milton (McGill University)is studying on the relationship between knowledge and development using ICT and Honey Bee Network’s experience.
Caroline Campbell (Teacher)& Students (High School in Leeds, England) are interested in learning the impact of ICT on grassroots community.
Michael Hanna (University of Berkley) worked on the evaluation of a business plan for the www.indiainnovates.com portal.
Preeti Shroff Mehta (University of Maryland,USA) pursued research on the knowledge system based at Honey Bee for her Ph. D thesis.
Moira Daly (York University)wishes to work on intellectual property and traditional knowledge.
Laura Silver (University of Minnesota) participated in various SRISTI activities. She conducted a study looking into how Gyan Van’s (forests of knowledge) could help conserve biodiversity.
Vikas Pershad (Harvard University) volunteered to help in adding value to innovations.
Nitesh Tripathi (University of Florida) intends to work in geo-referencing the innovation database using GIS and upload it onto the web.
Krina Patel (Harvard University) is interested in researching the social impact of technology.
Luciana Teshima (Brazil) worked with the Honey Bee Newsletter and a SRISTI / IIMA project. She helped with content creation and translation in Portuguese for the website.
Amina Para Agnes Matlon (Harvard Law School) worked with SRISTI on Patan Patola database and some key Gujarat crops.
Salisha Chandra, Veena Bairoliya, Jess, Stuti (London School of Business) developed a framework for social of micro-venture fund for grassroots innovations.
Leonel Orozo (Gautamala City) and Diego Raza Camillo (Quito) volunteered to translate the Honey Bee edition to Spanish. A task that still remains and we are looking out for more volunteers.
Camille Pariselle and Marion Fischer (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie de Montpellier-France) is interested in working on issues of sustainable development and grassroots innovations. |
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Honey Bee, 14(3): 5, 2003 |
