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Menstrual hygiene issues in AhmedabadErin Goldson, New YorkI am visiting Ahmedabad with two of my classmates from Columbia Business School. We are interested in learning more about the menstrual hygiene issues in India, specifically Ahmedabad. While researching, we came to know of the Honey Bee Network and a mini sanitary napkin-making machine on its website. We would love to understand more about the success of this product. You are welcome to meet our colleagues at NIF whenever you are in Ahmedabad. - EdWidening the social entrepreneurship circleAnant Majumdar, Hong KongI am currently a grade-11 high school student in Hong Kong. Over the past two years, I’ve developed an interest in social entrepreneurship. As president and co-founder of our school’s Entrepreneurs Exchange, I realised that our club’s focus could expand beyond entrepreneurship, to include the element of social impact. I seek to expand my existing understanding of social entrepreneurship and learn from you, an expert in the field. In this respect, I am wondering if there is some research or any project, you are currently working on, that I could be of use to. Thanks Anant. I am happy to learn about your interest in social impact. I am not sure what have you read about drivers of social change and impact but let me read your thoughts and if something is possible, we will get in touch with you. All the best. - Ed Looking to connect skills with passionSubir Bhaduri, Universite Catholique de Louvain, BelgiumI am from Nasik, Maharashtra. It is a small town and I have worked my way through the society to where I am. I would love to meet you when I return to India, post completion of my PhD in biomass gasification and HCCI engines. I am a tinkerer by nature, having a passion for repairing cameras and engines, or designing electromechanical stuff. I wish to get back to my roots and use my skills to serve the poor. Being an avid follower of open-source technology, I feel you may have some advice for me. I completely understand your quest and desire to connect, create and collaborate with creative people at grassroots. Honey Bee Network and National Innovation Foundation are always looking for passionate people to serve innovators all over the country. Stay engaged with the Network and you may visit any of our Fab Labs too. All the best. - EdAfrica calling!Bruce Smith, bruce.smith@h2ovp.comPlease allow me to introduce myself and the social venture capital firm H2Ovp. We have been working on the transformation of traditional agriculture for many years, mainly in Africa. I came to know of the Honey Bee Network from Dr Ruth Mienzen-Dick at IFPRI. H2Ovp has brought to market several important innovations based on the premise that universities and research institutes are very good at developing technologies and innovative ideas but not as good at getting them to the market. In 2014, H2Ovp was awarded a grant to take our model of business development to East Africa. We identify business opportunities, develop a business plan and take that plan to our investors’ pool for funding. The ultimate goal is to raise rural incomes through productivity-enhancing innovations.Our colleagues will share with you what we are doing in transferring/embedding three technologies to Kenya for small farmers, such as motorcycle-based ploughing machine, small tractor being made locally, dibbler, and a multipurpose food processing machine, a great hit with local communities. We have a lot more innovations such as herbal pesticides, herbal veterinary medicines, herbal teas, farm machinery (see nifindia.org/bd) and will like to work closely with your network to link g2G (grassroots to Global) i.e. reverse globalisation. - EdIntellectual Property Right servicesDr. Swayamprakash, dr.swayamprakash.patel@gmail.comI found about Honey Bee Network from YouTube. On HBN website, I found a lot of people from grassroots who are doing good innovation. I think I can contribute in their efforts by helping in protection of their intellectual property rights. I take nominal charges and, in some cases, let go of that too.Welcome to the Network. We have a natural product laboratory to add value to people’s knowledge and we see a great synergy with your expertise. - EdSchool for gifted childrenMonica Gheorghiu Romaniamailtopr@giftededu.roI work with gifted kids. It’s nonsense to say that I have the only solution but we have built something on which I would like to know your opinion. We are not looking for a scratch solution, rather we are looking for a thinking to support and expand this model. I saw the other day the life of Ramanujan. I was so affected by the fact he died of tuberculosis when he was only 33-years old. Perhaps, this is why we need to go to the basics and care more for people and give help when they need it, and not just commemorate them with much pomp. We need to communicate more on our needs as humans and build a social network on humanism. Right now, we are looking for people to support these children.I am very happy to hear about your school for gifted children in Romania. While it is good to set up a special school, gifted children may have to be supported wherever they are. We cannot always take them away from their filial and social context, particularly when they are born in relatively poor background. So, think of focusing your energy on getting sponsors for specific children which may connect donor with a child and thus sponsors can mentor gifted children. All the best and keep it up. - EdBuilding HBN in Russia for mutual learningSvetlana, svetlana.usenyuk@gmail.comThank you very much for generously sharing the Honey Bee newsletters. They are a treasure! I am still reading; so many interesting things have been documented. I especially like the idea of learning from elders. This is a great resource that I have not used enough in my previous works. Thank you for the inspiration.Many thanks Svetlana. I am looking forward to a very active Honey Bee Network in Russia. Please do involve as many other friends across the country as possible. - EdVolunteering to be a part of the NetworkSameer Dhamangaonkarsdhamangaonkar@gmail.comIt was a pleasure listening to your optimistic views on innovation at Siemens Technology Conclave. With my background in IPR, computer engineering and business, I would be happy to join the Honey Bee Network as a volunteer. Many thanks Sameer. Welcome to the Honey Bee Network. We will greatly appreciate your support. Stay engaged. - EdBringing grassroots innovations to fruitionSushil Ramola, sushil.ramola@b-able.inI am from IIM-A 1981 batch. I left the corporate sector about nine years ago to set up the first partner organisation of NSDC for skilling the less educated which now works across 25 states in India, in partnership with BASIX, the institution founded by a batchmate. I am appreciative of the tremendous efforts of NIF and the Honey Bee Network in bringing grassroots innovations to fruition. Many thanks for appreciating our efforts. Best wishes. - EdGreetings from CubaDiana Rosa Schlachterdianarosa.schlachter9@gmail.comIt’s a pleasure to write you from Cuba! I am very glad to tell you that the viewpoints about inclusive innovation that you shared during the Convention here were very welcome in Cuba. It was a pleasure for me to have the interview with you and I wish to thank you for the time and your ideas. You can count on me to inform in our media about new achievements and challenges of inclusive innovation processes.Many thanks Diana. I noticed a lot of background research in your work. Please keep me posted with responses if any. We will need your help in strengthening the Honey Bee Network in Cuba. We welcome Cuban innovations by students, farmers, mechanics and others which solve social problems frugally and creatively. We have to bring out a Spanish language newsletter and may be a video newsletter too. – EdMachine for stubble removal from farmlandKavita Vemuri, kvemuri@iiit.ac.inI was reading news about the stubble burning that farmers resort to in Haryana, UP and Punjab. A huge machine from Germany is being used and this machine is used only once a year or maximum twice (as per crop cycle). I was looking at the farm equipment innovations and wondering if the groundnut digger can used for stubble removal, with some modification in the blades.This is a wonderful idea though stubble is hard and needs to be pulled and pulverised. We will get more information on this. I like your analogue thinking. - EdThe errors are embarrassingSanjeev Gupta, Himachal PradeshI was giving a lecture to young officers on e-governance during which I showcased Farmers’ Portal as an example of integration through APIs. Some pages on Farmers’ Portal contained errors. Errors seem to be emanating from extension reforms’ side, which is being handled by NIC. Second, sifting of agriculture-related videos by states is not working properly. The name of the innovator in innovation section (Honey Bee) are cluttered. Moreover, the pictures of the innovations and contact details are missing. Most of the data has either come from National Innovation Foundation or www.honeybee.org. Thanks Sanjeev for bringing this to our notice. We notice total absence of any acknowledgement to the Honey Bee Network and SRISTI which provided this database without any reservation, restriction and reciprocity. If source is given, more people will come to know of it and if they had more questions, ideas or feedback, they could contact us. A mutual learning could have taken place surely. We could update this database and, if needed, even maintain it through some mutual understanding. - Ed |
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