A moral dilemma gripped Professor Gupta when he was invited by the Bangladeshi government to help restructure their agricultural sector in 1985. He noticed how marginalized farmers were being paid poorly for their otherwise unmatched knowledge. The gross injustice of this constant imbalance led Professor Gupta to found what would turn into a resounding social and ethical movement: the Honey Bee Network, bringing together and elevating thousands of grassroots innovators.
For over two decades, Professor Gupta has travelled through rural lands unearthing innovations by the ranks, from the famed Mitticool refrigerator to the footbridges of Meghalaya. He insists that to fight the largest and most persistent problems in the world, we must eschew expensive research labs and instead look towards ordinary folk. Innovation, that oft-flung-around word, is stripped to its core in this book. Poignant and personal, Grassroots Innovations is an important treatise from a social crusader of our time.
Imprint: Random Business
Published: Jun/2016
ISBN: 9780143448327
Length : 288 Pages
MRP : ₹599.00
