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Rockefeller Innovation Challenge Winners

By on November 15, 2012 in Challenges

Back in May, I wrote about Rockefeller Foundation’s Innovation Challenge 2012 – a call for ideas in three key areas (Farming, Irrigation and Decoding Data). The panel of judges selected fifteen finalists (of which eight were invited to make grant applications) from a wide global pool of applicants. This was announced four months ago but, […]

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Acara Summer Institute 2012 - Nine Impressive Teams (Part 2)

Acara Summer Institute 2012 – Nine Impressive Teams (Part 2)

By on August 17, 2012 in Challenges, Education

[Editor’s Note: In late Jun 2012, I attended the final presentations of nine teams that made it to Acara Summer Institute 2012. Each team had 7 minutes of presentation followed by 7 minutes of questions/feedback from 10-odd reviewers (including me). This is Part 2 of a two-part series (covering teams 5 through 9). Part 1 […]

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Acare Institute 2012 - Students & Faculty (Pic: courtesy their Facebook page)

Acara Summer Institute 2012 – Nine Impressive Teams

By on July 2, 2012 in Challenges, Education

[Editor’s Note: Last Friday I attended the final presentations of nine teams that made it to Acara Summer Institute 2012. I was impressed by the quality of the ideas and the pitches. What was most striking was that nearly all teams came across as *really wanting* to execute on their plans — in other words, […]

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Five Reasons to be Excited about Sankalp Forum 2012

By on April 10, 2012 in General

At the outset I need to mention that I’ll be missing out on this year’s action at Sankalp Forum. Due to a last-minute personal situation, I had to cancel my plans. Instead of live-tweeting with gusto (like last year), I shall be consuming live tweets with gusto. For the uninitiated, Sankalp Forum is India’s largest […]

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