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Towards Creative, Compassionate and Collaborative India Ideas from senior students |
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Electronic Complaint Board
Vaibhav Verma
An online message board, where people can anonymously put their complaints for any act of corruption. The message would be public and can be read by everyone. The fear of getting the name displayed on the message board will prevent people from indulging in corruption.
(Care can be taken to avoid frivolous complaints, through some user managed scrutiny system. Ed)
Midnight buffet for the poor
Nayan Karnavat
The idea is to collect unserved food from restaurants across city (at a discounted price) every night. Poor people from the neighbouring communities should be mobilized to clean localities-footpaths, bus stops, railway stations etc., for 10-15 minutes every night and then be served food in return. The money required for food can be collected from municipal corporations (in return for cleaning the city). Mass messages can be communicated at such buffets (regarding cleanliness, health awareness).
(Such efforts have been made worldwide, so long as dignity is maintained, such efforts may have relevance; question off course must be asked as to why high growth economy of India cannot feed all its people. Ed)
Let’s walk, my friend…
Vibha Singhal
A buddy system can be encouraged where young people volunteer to take their neighborhood elderly people for a walk. Each volunteer can take the responsibility of one elderly person. This will prove to be a mutually beneficial deal where the elderly can enjoy the company of the young, can know more about them, their lifestyle and their thoughts. The volunteers on the other hand avail of the vast pool of experience and knowledge of the elderly.
(Write to us when you take such a step, particularly for a stranger, but any one would do. Ed)
Adopt BPL People and save tax
Abhishek Verma
Every tax payer should adopt a person below poverty line and a part of the tax he pays to the government should be directly given to the adopted person. However, when the system is in use, he will be connected to a Below Poverty Line (BPL) person and this BPL person gets a share of his income. Of course, the Government. will need to part with certain funds, but whatever funds it parts with will ensure a better livelihood for a BPL person.
If the person pays very high tax, he should have the freedom to choose and be connected with multiple BPL person. Thus, the Government can divide taxpayers in various categories with each category assigned a set number of BPL people. For instance, everyone in category A has to adopt one BPL person, in category B two BPL person and so on. These categories A, B, C, D are in order of increasing tax payments. The taxpayer may be allowed to set a restriction on usage of funds, e.g. for education of children, food and livelihood, medical, savings for future use etc.
(Hope the Finance Minister is listening! Ed)
Mobile schools and reverse grading
Akanksha Thakore
Creating a system (especially in municipal schools in remote villages) whereby students grade teachers and a part of the latters’ pay is associated with this. This will ensure quality, attendance of teachers, and solving the problem of schools with truant teachers.
Also she thinks of a mobile school that will not be constrained by any walls. The world would be its classroom, its playground, its laboratory. A mobile school will take the students for a live, hands-on experience. The idea is to draw out learning from within the students, and show them the world through new eyes.
Application forms in newspapers
Ankur Chandgothia
Every year, a lot of competitive exams in various faculties of studies like engineering, medical, law etc. are conducted at regional as well as National level. The application forms for these exams should be printed in the newspapers and the people should be allowed to cut out the form and send it through post. This will reduce the transaction costs both for the people conducting the tests as well as for those appearing in them. It will also make the information related to exams reach out to a lot more people.
Improved medical dispensing system
Abhishek Biswas
It has been seen at times that the right medicine is not provided to the patients, especially to those from the lower economic strata in Government hospitals. At times, the wrong medicine is provided, at other times, incomplete medication is given. The reason for this is the time constraints coupled with lack of clarity about proper medication.
There should be a process where the dosage and the required medicines are fed into a computer rather than preparing it before the required time. A proper mix of pills can then be filled into individual bottles and kept in a patients’ room with his name, bed number and room number beforehand.
RFID in buses
Tushar Patel
Tushar suggests the use of Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) in public transport. One can put RFID tags in all state transport buses and their terminals on major bus stands. This will provide information about the exact position of a bus. At the same time, this empowerment of the passenger will lead to a competitive pressure on the state transport to perform efficiently. Tushar thinks that the cost of such an application may be high but looking at its scale of application, it is much desirable and efficient.
A system and method for notification of arrival of bus or other vehicle already exists (US2005258980, 2005-11-24). Each bus is equipped with a transmitter, typically radio-frequency (RF) that broadcasts as the bus travels. As the bus and transmitter come within range of corresponding receivers, the receivers will detect the transmitter and will indicate that the bus is approaching.
Automatic blackboard cleaner
Vishal Paremoo
In the classrooms, each time a lecture ends, the front row students are left in a cloud of dust resulting from cleaning the board. Vishal thinks of an automatic blackboard cleaner, which would clean the board after every lecture and also save the people sitting in the front row from the chalk dust.
Literature points to the existence of a blackboard eraser using vacuum cleaner (JP2006341580, 2006-12-21). The powder of the chalk is prevented from flying and a blackboard can be cleanly erased by using the suction force of a vacuum cleaner connecting a blackboard eraser to the vacuum cleaner.
Escalators for baggage
Janki P Datta
As a solution to the problem of coolies having to carry heavy loads on their heads at the railway stations, Janki suggests that we can have some free space at both ends of the railing of the stairs. A manual circular machine/device (as seen in escalators) with many trolleys attached to it can be used. We can load our bags in the trolley for either transporting them to the top or bringing them down.
A transporter conveyor system, integrated with an escalator, for the transportation of pieces of baggage from one conveying plane to a different conveying plane (US4179020, 1979-12-18) exists. Parallel to the escalator for the transportation of people there is arranged an endless baggage conveyor belt which is provided with balustrades, which conveyor belt is driven synchronously with the escalator.
Why waste body heat?
Reshma Modan
Reshma thinks of a hair massager which will work on energy generated by body movements doing household work. |
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Honey Bee, 18(3) & 18(4):20-21, 2007 |
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