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January 19, 2015 – Day 1
Time	Particular	Venue
09:00 – 11:00	Introduction to ICCIG 3 Welcome Note: Anil Gupta, Faculty, Centre for Agriculture Management, IIM-Ahmedabad Elaben Bhatt, Founder, Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Raghunath A. Mashelkar, Chairperson, National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF-India) Vote of Thanks: Vipin Kumar, Director, National Innovation Foundation – India one (Farmer, Mechanic, Teacher, Cultural creativity) Short Film on IIMA community outreach program and Honey Bee Network	RJM Auditorium
11:00 – 11:30	Tea Break
11:30 – 13:00	Plenary session on Inclusive Design Chair: Raghunath A. Mashelkar, Chairperson, National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF-India) Ashish Nanda, Director, IIM-Ahmedabad Keynotes:* Amos G Winter, Faculty, Deptt of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, USA Shashi Buluswar, Executive Director, Institute for Globally Transformative Technology, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, USA Aguinaldo dos Santos, Head, Design and Sustainability Research Center, Federal University of Parana, Brazil Li Weian, President, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics (TUFE), China Renu Swarup, Managing Director, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)	RJM Auditorium
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30	Gandhian Young Technology Innovation (GYTI): Linking Academics, Enterprise and Investors Chair: Shailendra Mehta, Provost – Ahmedabad University Co-Chair: Mahesh Murthy, Founder, Pinstorm Rajnish Shrivastava, Director, NIT-Hamirpur Discussant: Sunil Parekh, Board Member, NDBI-NID & CIIE-IIM-Ahmedabad Calvin Kebati, Student Innovation & Industry Liaison Lead, JKUAT, Kenya Panelist: Missing links for fostering student ventures based on academic student innovations after recognition: insights from GYTI Awards: Team techpedia, SRISTI	Audi-2, KLMDC
	Bio-diversity, Value addition and local knowledge (BDV) Chair: Kartikeya Sarabhai, Director, CEE – Ahmedabad Co-Chair: S. Ragupathy, Chief Curator, BIO Herbarium, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Canada Panelist: Impact of the Medicinal Plant Conservation Area (MPCA), a conservation technique, on rural development: Mohan, Almora district, Uttarakhand: Nikita Kala and Jyoti K Sharma, Student, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Doons University, Dehradun Adaptation of Environment friendly entrepreneurship for forest waste management and livelihood generation – a case study: Prabir Kumar Panda, Faculty, Siliguri Institute of Technology, West Bengal and Analjyoti Basu, Doctoral Student, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Gandhinagar, Gujarat Innovations in food processing industry: Ethnography of Bamboo shoot in Manipur: Wairokpam Premi Devi, Doctoral Student, Central University of Gujarat Exploring the role of micro propagation innovation in Biodiversity erosion: a case of cultivated bananas in Andhra Pradesh: Prasanna Kumar K L, Research Scholar, Agri Biotech Foundation, Hyderabad Bamboo and Innovation for Biodiversity conservation and sustainability in the Northeast India – Tapas Giri, Faculty, IIM-Shilong, Meghalaya How to recognize the role of pastoralists/Livestock keepers in conservation of animal biodiversity: P. Vivekanandan et al, Executive Director, Sustainable – agriculture & Environment Voluntary Action (SEVA), Tamil Nadu Is all traditional knowledge community knowledge – Vivek Kumar, Scientist, NIF Ethnobotany genomics in the context of conservation and protection of bio cultural diversity/local knowledge: S. Ragupathy, Chief Curator, BIO Herbarium, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Canada and Sathishkumar, Faculty, Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu	Audi-1, KLMDC
	Design for Making difference (D-MAD-1) Devising Sustainable solutions for Low income communities Chair: Shashi Buluswar , Executive Director, Institute for Globally Transformative Technology, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, USA Co-Chair: Amos G Winter, Faculty, Deptt of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, USA Discussant: Chintan Vaishnav, Faculty, MIT, USA Panelist: Design for multiple life cycles: A teaching-learning pedagogy for designing products for multiple life cycles: Amaltas Khan, PG Student, and Puneet Tandon, Faculty, Indian Institute of Information Technology Designing and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India Between open hardware and grassroots innovation: the case of the global village construction set: Justing Pickard and Georgina Voss, Doctoral Student, Science and Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Green Technology for Clean Pond: Pradeep Sane, Manager, ONGC, Vadodara Low income communities and crowd design: An approach for problem scouting: Aguinaldo dos Santos, Head, Design & Sustainability Research Center, Federal University of Parana, Brazil Design, development and implementation of first flush system: Sourabh Bhati, UG student and Rajiv Gupta, Senior professor, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan Eco-friendly toilets for sustainable world: V V Rangarao, IIT Hyderabad and G Shankar Narayan, Architect, Shankar Narayan Architects Design education: empirical investigations of design theory in practice in specific context: Dipanka Boruah and Amarendra Kumar Das, Faculty, Design Deptt., Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati	Wing-11, Committee Room
15:30 – 16:00	Tea Break
16:00 – 18:00	Exhibition of Innovation and Poster Presentation	Cricket ground, IIM, Old Campus
18:00 – 18:30	Tea Break
18:30 – 20:00	Evolution of Grassroots Inclusive Innovation Movement: Milestone and Challenges	RJM Auditorium

January 20, 2015 – Day 2
Time	Particular	Venue
09:00 – 11:00	Civic Innovation in Education (CIV-I) Chair: Ankur Sarin, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Co-Chair:Elizabeth Mehta, Founder Director, Muktangan Panelist: Continuous Evaluation as a Transactional Network: a feedback loop of teachers/educators: The learning from Muktangan model: Elizabeth Mehta, Founder Director, Muktangan and Meenu Thomas, Faculty, Muktangan Vigyan Saralikaran Prakalp: Indu Parashar, Founder, Navonnayan Shaikshanik evam Samajik Sanstha, Indore Exploring agency and multiple expressions: creative arts program in a low income secondary school model in Bangladesh: Alia Kamal, Researcher, Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University Can teachers learn from children and build upon their curiosity, compassion and empathetic value system? Akanksha Agarwal, Research Analyst, Design for Change Pratham open school of education: Renu Seth, Head, Second Chance Programme, Pratham	Audi-2, KLMDC
	Innovations in healthcare devices, diagnostic and service delivery (INHLTH) Chair: Richard Fletcher, Faculty, MIT, USA Co-Chair: Keyur Sorathia, Faculty, IIT- Guwahati Panelist: Mobile Technologies for Global Health Applications: Dr. Rich Fletcher, Research Scientist, MIT, USA XrayTo3D: Conversion of 2D X-ray Images into 3D Bone Models using Novel Algorithm: B. Ravi & Vikas Karade, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT-Bombay Human health and effect of Zn, Fe, Cu and Mn deficiencies in soil on micronutrient uptake pathways across soil-plant and animal or human systems: V P Ramani et al, Micro Nutrients Departments, Anand Agriculture University, Anand Novel approaches for inspiring innovations in healthcare – Keyur Sorathiya, Embedded Interaction Lab (Elab), Technology for Social Innovation, IIT-Guwahati Scintilla – a portable urine protein analyzer – Prakash Parashar, IIT-Delhi Mobile identification of High Risk Pregnancy (MiHRP/CareMother) – Novel approach to provide at door ANC Care and Reduce Maternal Mortality: Shantanu Pathak et al, Lead Care Mother (MiHRP), Science for Society, Mumbai	Audi-1, KLMDC
	Community Solidarity and Grassroots Institutions (CSOL-GI) Chair: Prof. Catherine A Odora Hoppers, DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Development Education, University of South Africa Co-Chair: Dr. Astad Pastakia, Advisor, SRISTI Panelist: Challenges of Grassroots Innovation: Designing effective organizations for weaver community: Sumit Mitra, Faculty, IIM Kozhikode, Suresh Kalagnanam, Faculty, Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Margie Parikh, Faculty, B.K. School of Management, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad Biotourism: A Community Based Endeavour for Promotion of Ecotourism and Local Resource Based Employment Generation in Himalaya: J P Maithani, Chairperson, AAGAAS Federation Limits to Innovation in Indian Handicrafts: Issues in Exclusion in Two Rural Clusters: Keshab Das, Faculty, Gujarat Institute of Development Research Innovations – drive and driver: journey to develop a unique system of plant moisture application through System of Water for Agricultural Innovation (SWAR) : K S Gopal, Volunteer Director, Centre for Environment Concern, Hyderabad Traditional Governments and the natural resources management in Manipur, India: A case study of Sekmai village: Rakesh Khwairakpam, Doctoral Student, Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) A community operated compensation scheme for crop damage by wild herbivores: Milind Watve, Faculty, Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, (IISER) Pune, Abhijit Bayani, & Kajol Patel, Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, (IISER) Pune	Class Room – RJM
11:00 – 11:30	Tea Break
11:30 – 13:00	Civic Innovation in Education (CIV-I) Chair:Ankur Sarin, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Co-Chair:Sheshagiri Madhusudhan, Education specialist, UNICEF, Chhattisgarh Panelist: RTE watch: A civil society engagement to strengthen RTE implementation in Chhatisgarh: Sheshagiri Madhusudhan, Education specialist, UNICEF, Chhattisgarh Civil society and education reforms in India: Praveen Khanghta, programme Manager, Central Square Foundation and Bikkrama Daulet Singh, Associate Director, Accountability and Governance, Central Square Foundation The story of Roshni: A humble attempt to light the lamp of knowledge: Savita Bhagat, Founder President, Roshni Educational Society and Arun Bhagat, Faculty, DAV Centenary college, Faridabad Joint Initiative for village advancement: Improving rural education through an integrated, micro-level approach: Virendar Khatana, Joint Initiative for Village Development (JIVA) Mobile matters: BRAC experiences in mEducation: Mr. Wahid Newton, Program Manager, BRAC	Audi-2, KLMDC
	Doctoral Colloquium (DC) Chair:David Martin, Founder, M CAM, USA Co-chair:P. M. Shingi, Visiting Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad	Audi-1, KLMDC
	Indian Ecosystem for Inclusive Innovations (IN-ECO) Chair: Harkesh Mittal, Head, National S&T Entrepreneurship Development Board Co-chair:Suresh Yadav, OSD to the President, President’s secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhavan, India Vipin Kumar, Director, National Innovation Foundation – India Panelist: Exploring the grassroots innovation of Bamboo bicycle in Imphal city of Manipur: Geography of sustainability transitions perspective: Thounaojam Somokanta, Doctoral Student, Central University of Gujarat Phenomenological approach to study the essence of grassroots innovations: Rajul Joshi, Research Scholar, Graduate School of Business, University of Technology, Sydney Understanding modes of creativity for effective innovation in grassroots: Peer Mohideen Sathikh, Faculty, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Identification and acceleration of farmer innovativeness in upper East Ghana: Tobias Wuncher, Senior Researcher, Centre for Development Research, Ghana Empowering rural lives – A success stories from agri-business incubation program ICRI-SAT: S M Karuppanchetty, COO, Agri-Business Incubation (ABI) program, ICRISAT Innovative service delivery model to serve the rural people: The VLE model: Ajith P and Anita Goyal, Assistant Professor, KIIT School of Rural Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar	Wing 11, Committee Room
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30	Civic Innovation in Education (CIV-II) Chair: C. K. Koshy, Member, Governing Board, Gujarat Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network (GIAN) Co-Chair:Ankur Sarin, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Panelist: Educational Transformers: Dare to Dream: Anvit Phatak, Student, Pune University Plugging leakage of Vulnerable student supply chain: An innovative interventional initiative: Narayan B Iyer, A. P. Jayaraman and Ramakrishna Pillai A., Indian Development Foundation Changing dynamics of higher education research and innovation in India: Key issue: Sheeraz Ahmad Tantray, Doctoral Student, Central University of Jammu Shift from structured to unstructured education system: Sachin Mandavgane, Faculty, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	Audi-2, KLMDC
	Doctoral Colloquium (DC) Chair: David Martin, Founder, M CAM, USA Vishal Gupta, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Vishwanath Pingali, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad	Audi-1, KLMDC
	Design for Making a Difference (D-MAD-II): Institutional Context and product Design Chair: Aguinaldo dos Santos, Head of the Design & Sustainability Research Center, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil Co-Chair: Ravi Poovaiah, IDC, IIT-Bombay Panelist: Organizing grassroots design: Epistemic practices employed by members during the design of technological innovations within grassroots communities: Prashant Rajan, Faculty, Department of English\|Communication studies, Iowa State University Design of an efficient and ergonomic bangle-making furnace and tools: Davinder Pal Singh, Shrey Gulati, S. K. Saha*, M. R. Ravi, Sangeeta Kohli, RuTAG, IIT-Delhi Low cost sustainable technologies for cold arid desert: Shashi Bala Singh, Director, Defence Institute of Physiology and Applied Science, DRDO, Delhi The Himalayan Ecology Project: Aditi Singh and Parag Anand, Faculty, Deptt of Industrial Design, School of Planning & Architecture, Delhi	Wing-11, Committee Room
15:30 – 16:00	Tea Break
16:00 – 18:00	Civic Innovation in Education (CIV-II) Chair: K. B. Jinan, Visiting Faculty, NID-Ahmedabad Co-Chair: Ankur Sarin, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Panelist: Innovation in Education: Introducing creative training in language, intellect and originality: Prasad Sundarajan, Editor, Genius Choice Chaging role of the teacher in building environmental leadership skills amongst students – experiences from student environmental action: Annie Gregory and Pramod Kumar Sharma, Programme officer, Centre for Environmental Education Empowering quality of primary education at the grassroots level through volunteer educators: An interpretive case based analysis: Rajneesh Chaoubisa, Faculty, BITS Pilani Creating conditions for creativity in schools by responding to the inherent nature of child and biological nature of learning: K. B. Jinan, Visiting Faculty, NID-Ahmedabad Relevance of gandhian education system and economic model in contemporary times: a case study: Mr Malay R Patel, Doctoral Student, IIM-Indore and Prof. Patturaja Selvaraj, IIM-Indore	Audi-2, KLMDC
	Integrating women’s knowledge creativity and innovations in the innovation ecosystem (WCIN) Chair: Asha Kaul, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Co-Chair: Usha Jumani, Member, Governing Council, ETASHA Society, New Delhi Panelist: Home Kaizen- an unique experiment of involving workmen’s wives and families in workspace ambience improvement: N S Mohanram, Advisor, TVS Motor Company Ltd. and V Kovaichelvan, Senior Vice President, TVS Motor Company Ltd. Mainstreaming gender for inclusive innovation and development: Lindile Ndabeni, Faculty, Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology Governance by Women Leaders in Union Parishad in Bangladesh: Unheard Voices and Grim Realities from the Grassroots: Md. Mizanur Rahman, Joint Director, Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development CADS’ strategies in expanding opportunities for women and worker innovators in Zimbabwe : Lillian Machivenyika, Director, Cluster Agriculture Development Service Role of Micro Financial Institutions in enhancing Entrepreneurial skills among Minority (Islamic) Women: An empirical study: Hema Srinivasan, Research Scholar, Jain University, Bangalore and Padma Srinivasan, Faculty, Christ College, Bengaluru Medicinal plants used by farm-women to cure disease and common ailments in Africa: Omede Ugbede David, PG Student, Department of Agriculture Extension, Junagadh Agriculture University and P.R Kanani, Faculty, Department of Agriculture Extension, Junagadh Agriculture University, Gujarat Policy Discourses & Ground Reality: A Need of Social Justice for Innovative Practices at Grassroots: Tanu Shukla, Faculty, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan ‘Semiformal’ as a Link between ‘informal’ and ‘Formal’ Systems in Society: Usha Jumani, Member, Governing Council, ETASHA Society, New Delhi	Class Room, RJM
	Design for Making a Difference (D-MAD-II): Institutional Context and product Design Chair: Ashoke Chatterjee, Former Director, National Institute of Design-Ahmedabad Co-Chair: Amit Garg, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Panelist: Using Fuzzy NPV for Appropriate Technology Project Valuation in Indonesia, case study: small holder coffee processing industry development in Belu, East Nusa, Tenggara: Yusuf Andriana, Elok Wahju Hidajat, Wawan Agustina, Cahya Edi Wahyu Anggara, Development Center for Appropriate Technology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences Involvement of Design Values, knowledge and process for Grass root innovators to create marketable products: Umang Shah, Sr. Industrial Designer, LUMIUM Case study: Giving voice to the farmers, machine operators, local service providers and small scale manufacturers in designing scale-appropriate agro-machinery for Rural Bangladesh: Sharmistha Banerjee, Faculty, Department of Design, IIT-Guwahati Crowdsourcing Transparency for Indonesia Presidential Election: Elisa Sutanudjaja, Administrator, Kawal Pemilu, Indonesia A study of ethical issues concerning doctors, pharmacists and pharmaceutical representatives in the Indian health care industry: Anula Gupta, Faculty, Department of Management Studies, Government Engineering College, Ajmer, Rajasthan	Wing-11, Committee Room
18:00 – 18:30	Tea Break
18:30 – 20:00	Harnessing Innovations for and from extreme grassroots, street vendors and other workers Chair: Elaben Bhatt, Founder, Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Co-Chair: Pradyuman Vyas, Director, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad Keynotes: Reema Nanavaty & Manali Shah, Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Dheeraj Agarwal, Developer, Street Saathi, Mumbai Chitra Mukherjee, Manager, Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group Sangeeta Singat, Manager, Street Food Programs, National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) Indu Prakash Singh, Executive committee member, Shahri Adhikar Manch:Begharon Ke Saath (SAM:BKS) Ashwin Parulkar, Centre for Equity Studies Tarique Mohammad Quereshi, Faculty, Tata Institute of Social Science Discussant: Rajesh Solanki, Dalit Hakk Rakshak Manch Jaiprakash Chowdhury, Secretary, Safai Sena	RJM Auditorium

January 21, 2015 – Day 3
Time	Particular	Venue
09:00 – 11:00	Quadra Helix: Linking Education, Culture, Institution and Technology Chair: T. Ramasami, Former Secretary, Deptt. of Science & Technology (DST) Catherine A. Odora Hoppers, DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Development Education, University of South Africa Nitin Shukla, Chairman, Gujarat Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network (GIAN) Pradip Khandwalla, Former Director, IIM-Ahmedabad	RJM Auditorium
11:00 – 11:30	Tea Break
11:30 – 13:00	Teachers as Transformers: The Classroom as the Grassroots (TT) Chair: Vijaya Sherry Chand, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Co-Chair: Poornima Varma, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Discussant: Anupam Basu, Head, Centre for Education Technology, IIT-Kharagpur Panelist: “Edusafar”- it as a tool for teacher networking, information sharing and learning processes: Kamlesh Zapadiya, Shree Fulzar Sim Primary School, Jasdan, Rajkot "MY FAVORITE SCHOOL" -Multi grade and multilevel learning system through short stories without use of compound consonants: Bhavesh Pandya, CRC-CO Deesa, Banaskantha Peer teacher-driven network for learning: State Innovation and Research Foundation-(SIRF): Sidharam Mashale, Solapur, Maharashtra “Vidyadham @ Boru”-individualised and peer learning with the help of information and technology (smart class).-2011: Mehul Suthar, Vidyadham Boru Primary school, Mansa, Gandhinagar “BE NACHIKETA” – Voluntary Teachers’ Network: Anand Thakar, Primary School Vadiyavala Pay Centre, Una, Junagadh “SAGAR SHALA”- A school for migrant Children and children of shifting fisherman community: Dharmendra Kumar, Yusuf Meharally Centre, Bhadreshwar, Mundra, Kutch	Audi-2, KLMDC
	Networks for Innovators (NIN) Chair: Franz W. Gatzweiler, Executive Director, ICSU-UNU-IAMP, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Co-Chair: Soumodip Sarkar, Dean, Doctoral School, Institute for Advance Studies and Research (IIFA), University of Evora, Portugal Panelist: Innovation Networks: Social Capital and Successful Network Performance: Avantika Singh and Rohit Mathur, Faculty, Department of Management, Central University of Rajasthan India’s Rurban spurt – towards self sustaining micro cities / living units and responsive policies & design: Shivaji, Architecture Not Janta, not Jaadoo, and not Jugaad: A critical reflection on the categorization of grassroots community members as users, innovators, and entrepreneurs: Prashant Rajan, Faculty, Department of English\|Communication studies, Iowa State University Garden of Entrepreneurial Theories: Soumodip Sarkar, University of Evora, Portugal An Ecological Perspective of Integrating Grassroots Innovation into Rural Development Strategy: Carolina , Centre for Appropriate Technology Development, Indonesian Institute of Science Approaches to Pro-poor Grassroots Innovation Making in India in a Historical and Comparative Way: A Critical Assessment: Dinesh Abrol et al, Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi Network of business and dynamics of internationalization of the S.M.E: Akdim Hamid, Doctoral Student, Rennes University, France Institutional and technological innovations in polycentric order: Franz W. Gatzweiler, Executive Director, ICSU-UNU-IAMP, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Interactions With Makers and Grassroots Innovators: Anna Waldman-Brown, Fab Lab Network, Ghana How tradition society can questions the potential of the smart city in Africa. The Low High Tech experience in Togo: Agbodjinou Koffi, Researcher, L’Africaine d’architecture	Audi -1, KLMDC
	Technological Innovations (TIN) Chair: Zhang Liyan, Faculty, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics (TUFE), China Co-Chair: Prof. Solomon Darwin, Executive Director, Centre for Corporate Innovation, UC Berkeley – Haas school of Business Panelist: Policy support for innovation at grassroots in developing countries: perspectives from Nigeria: Chux Daniels, Science and Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, UK Innovations for and at grassroots in Russia: Olga Ustyuzhantseva, Science and Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, UK Temporal aspects of task partitioning in open innovation projects: Shantam Shukla et al, Doctoral student, IIM-Ahmedabad Supporting grassroots innovation and entrepreneurship in India: Reflection on two case studies from Gujarat: Saumyaranjan Sahoo, Doctoral student, Entrepreneurship Development of India (EDII) and Astad Pastakia, Development consultant A study on evaluating factors of technology innovation in rural Indian context: exploratory factor analysis: Sonal Singh, Scholar, IIT-Kharagpur and Bhaskar Bhowmick, Asst Prof., IIT-Kharagpur Smart micro-grid: a unique way to enlighten India and eco empathic engineering for grassroots: Lipi Chaya, Student, Nirma University Interaction between grassroots innovators and the formal sector in the creation and diffusion of technological innovations in rural China: Zhang Liyan and Liu Rui-han, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, (TUFE) China Evolutionary economics, innovation snail, triple helix and other processes of economy: Nikolay A. Badulin, Venture Capitalist, Russia	Wing-11, Committee Room
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:15	Teachers as Transformers: The Classroom as the Grassroots (TT) Chair: Poornima Varma, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Co-Chair: Vijaya Sherry Chand, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Discussant: Anupam Basu, Head, Centre for Education Technology, IIT-Kharagpur Panelist: Quality in school education: real fuel for India’s growth engine: Mohammad Mushir Khan, Student, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan Are students being effectively transformed?: Rishabh Garg, Delhi Public School, Bhopal Use of currency coins as learning resources to create interest about history among secondary school students: Rajesh Patil, Faculty, Saraswati Juniors College, Akola, Maharashtra Mother Tongue based Active Language Learning (M-TALL) is critical to Children’s Quality Education: Binay Pattanayak, Education Specialist, UNICEF office, Jharkhand 21st Century Teaching technique to transform passive classrooms to student centric learning centers “A case of Nagpur Interactive Creative Educations (NICE) Program: Sujit G. Metre, Datta Meghe Institute of Management Studies, Nagpur Use of Dramatization in teaching at Primary School Level for Gujarati subject: Ashish Thaker, Faculty, Revaba Sarvajanik College of Education, Mehsana and Yupal Shukla, Faculty, V. M. Patel College of Management Studies, Ganpat University	Audi-2, KLMDC
	Early stage funding of Innovations Chair: Sunil Parikh, Advisor, Zydus Co-Chair: Chintan Vaishnav, Faculty, MIT, USA Panelist: Gulshan Vashisth, NIF Rakesh Maheshwari, NIF Grassroots Innovators: Mansukhbhai Patel Arvindbhai Patel Pareshbhai Panchal	Audi -1, KLMDC
	Honey Bee Network Collaborators, IIMA Chair: Gajendra Singh, Former President, Indian Society of Agriculture Engineers (ISAE) Co-Chair: Ramesh Patel, Secretary, SRISTI Colloborators: P. Ganesham, Palle Srujana, Andhra Pradesh Balaram Sahu, Paathe Paathsaala, Orissa Sundaram Verma, Sikar, Rajasthan P Vivekanandan, SEVA, Madurai, Tamil Nadu	Class Room-RJM
15:15 – 16:30	A P J Abdul Kalam, Former President of India	RJM Auditorium
16:30 – 18:00	Blending of Formal & Informal Science: experience of Honey Bee Network (FInF-HBN) Chair: Akshai Agarwal, Vice Chancellor, Gujarat Technological University Co-Chair: Amit Dinda, Faculty, Department of Pathology, AIIMS Discussant: Gopal Kundu, Scientist, National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune Panelist: Devkaranbhai Rabari, Innovator & Dhananjay Tiwary, Scientist, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India Late Shatrughna Prasad Vaidya, Traditional Knowledge Holder & Debprasad Chattopadhyay, National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases Khumaji Badaji Kataviya, Innovator & Sakarabhai Kallubhai Bhariya, Traditional Livestock Healer, Ravikumar R. K. & Vivek Kumar, NIF Gulam Ahmad Magray, Hakeem Abdur Rehman, Robert, Rammeharsinh, Nida Afzal Khan, Shri Ombeer, Innovators Vijay Kumar et al, Microbiology Research Lab, Christ Church College, Kanpur Amirdaraj Kaaniv, Bhoodhathan Kaani, Ayyathurai Konar, Innovators, Vipin Kumar, Pawan K Singh, NIF Chandrashekhar V M, Department of Pharmacollogy, Shri Kumreshwar college of pharmacy, Karnataka Thakor Makvana Pachalbhai, NIF, Mrugesh Patel, Mamta B. Shah, L. M. College of Pharmacy & Samir K. Shah, Sardar Patel College of Pharmacy, Bakrol Ghulam Hassan Qadiri, Badri Mahato, Abdul Rehman Sada, Gulam Hassa Pala, Tejal Gandhi, NIF & Tejal Gandhi, Anand Pharmacy College. Anand	RJM Auditorium
18:00 – 18:30	Tea Break
18:30 – 20:00	Blending of Formal & Informal Science: experience of Honey Bee Network (FInF-HBN) Chair: Akshai Agarwal, Vice Chancellor, Gujarat Technological University Co-Chair: M. N. Patel, Vice Chancellor, Gujarat University Panelist Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, Innovator-Pole Climber and Walnut Cracker & Nitin Maurya, NIF Mohan Lal, Innovator-Z-Drive, Gulshan Vashistha, NIF & Binoy Kurian, Mentor Mansukhbhai Patel, Innovator-Cotton Stripper & Marianne Esders, Doctoral Student, Centre for Sustainability Management, Leuphana University, Germany Dharambir Kamboj, Innovator-Multipurpose Processing Machine & Anamika Dey, NIF Khumujam Jina Devi, Innovator-Mangal Herbal Soap & Debati Devi, NIF Prakash Singh Raghuvanshi, Innovator-Kudrat Reformer & Hardev Chaudhary, NIF	RJM Auditorium

January 22, 2015 – Day 4
Time	Particular	Venue
09:00 – 11:00	Brain storming on Inclusive Innovation through linkage between formal and Informal sectors	RJM Auditorium
	Science and Technology Connecting Higher Education with Grassroots (S&T) Chair: Vasant Gandhi, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Co-Chair: Vijay Paul Sharma, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Discussant: Rakesh Maheshwari, Co-ordinator, Technology Business Incubator (TBI), NIF Panelist: Outcome of farmer participatory research approach in farm mechanization: M.D. Vora, Faculty, College of Agriculture Engineering & Technology, Anand Agriculture University, Gujarat Rooting Frugality in Science and Engineering: Balkrishna C. Rao, Faculty, Department of Engineering Design, IIT-Madras Accelerating technology innovations in institutions of higher learning: P B Sharma and Ashok Kumar Raghav, Faculty, Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana Factors explaining students’ inclination towards entrepreneurship: empirical study of ethiopian university students: Buzeye Zegeye, College of Business and Economics, Department of Management, Wollo University, Ethopia Characterizing the grassroots innovation process, to develop value-driven case studies for engineering pedagogy: Geetanjali Date, Student, Homi Bhabha centre of Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai and Sanjay Chandrasekharan, Faculty, Homi Bhabha centre of Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai Linking grassroots innovation with technology and applying sustainable environmental technology to industrialising grassroots innovation: Q.C. Kanhukamwe, Vice Chancellor, Harare Institute of Technology, Zimbabwe and A Phiri, Harare Institute of Technology, Zimbabwe Mason guide tools for masonry construction in mitigating effects of earthquakes: Hemant Kumar Vinayak, Faculty, NIT, Hamirpur & Rajnish Srivastava, Director, NIT, Hamirpur Changing dynamics of higher education research and innovation in india: key issues: Sheeraz Ahmad Tantray, Doctoral Student, Central University of Jammu	Audi-1, KLMDC
	Farm and Non-Farm Innovations: Generation and Diffusion (FNF) Chair: Raghuvir Chaudhary, Director, Grambharti Amrapur Trust Co-Chair: Dinesh Awasthi, Director, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) Quinton C. Kanhukamwe, Vice Chancellor, Harare Institute of Technology, Zimbabwe Panelist: Dynamics of technology commons: A case of Bullet Santi: Mahesh Patel, NIF Social and Economic Impacts Assessment of Mushroom Production in Uganda: Xiaoping Wei, Qui Sun, Zhiqing Zhao, Chen Yang, & Guowu Ou, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, James Akanyijuka and Peace Byandusya, Mushroom Training and Resource Centre, Kabale, Uganda, & Pradeep Malakar, Institute Food Research, Norwich, UK Promoting Farmer Experimentation and Innovation in Sahel (PROFEIS) Case of Mali: Djibril Diarra, Souleymane Diarra, Ousmane B. Diallo, Abdou Y. Maiga, Samba Traoré & Assetou Kanoute, Coordinator, PROFEIS, Prolinnova, Mali An Approach for Optimization of Agricultural Parameters and Resources using Wireless Automation: Pari S. Acharya, Niyati Doshi and Jignesh G. Bhatt, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat Past for the Present: Traditional knowledge and farmer innovations in the Central and Eastern Himalayas: Ajay Rastogi, Nawraj Gurung, Reetu Sogani and Prakriti Mukerjee, Smallholder Innovation for Resilience (SIFOR) Prevalence of food insecurity among the small holders in rural Bangladesh, an empirical study: Tanvir Shatil Staff researcher, Research and Evaluation Division (RED), BRAC & Md. Shakil Ahmed, Research Associate, Research and Evaluation Division (RED), BRAC	Wing-11, committee Room
11:00 – 11:30	Tea Break
11:30 – 13:00	Open & Democratic access to knowledge for grassroots communities (OPDC) Chair: Sanjay Verma, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Co-Chair: Arul George Scaria, Faculty, NLU (Delhi) Panelist: An Electronic Platform For Facilitating Financial Trading Of Non-Exclusive License Of Technology: Akhilesh Gupta and Kamal Rabha, Center for Industrial Technology & Innovation Economics, Mumbai National Digital Literacy Mission: Harnessing Collective Energies for a Digitally Literate India: Shrikant Sinha, Chief Operating Officer, NASSCOM Foundation Utility of User Networks for Development Communication: An ICT Social Network driven approach for Diffusion of Innovation: Rahul Mane, Research Associate, Communications Division, Mudra Institute of Communication (MICA) Conceptualising Grassroots Innovation Systems in India: Hemant Kumar, Center for Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar Learning and creativity based use of Informal knowledge in the Horticulture sector of Jammu and Kashmir: Sheeraz Ahmad Alaie, Center for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar	Audi-2. KLMDC
	Cultural Diversity and Innovation (CUL) Chair: Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Sahapedia Co-Chair: Susantha Goonatilake, President, Royal Asiatic Society, Sri Lanka Discussant: Judy Frater, Founder Director, Somaiya Kalavidya Panelist: Making Indian Culture and Its Cultural Diversity Innovative: Nazir Parwez, Faculty, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh ‘Pabuji Ki Phad’ a lost art or a social need: Dinesh Yadav, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan Preserving Traditional Art through Social Business: A case of Mithilasmita – Madhubani paintings: Ankur Joshi, Doctoral Student, Public Policy and Governance, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon & S. K Tapasvi, Faculty, Policy and Governance, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon Folk Route: Changing Preferences in Urban Spaces: Utpala Desai, Visiting Faculty, JG College of Performing Arts and HK Arts College, Ahmedabad Intangible heritage transformations- Patachitra of Bengal exploring modern New Media: Lopamudra Maitra Bajpai, Faculty, Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (UG), (SIMC-UG), Pune Intervention framework for transforming survival appropriations of music-skilled rural artistic and innovative persons with disability into sustainable livelihoods: Govind Dhaske, Research Assistant, Indiana University School of Social Work, Indianapolis, USA and Prashant Sude, National CSR Hub, Tata Institute of Social Sciences	Audi-1, KLMDC
	Farm and Non-Farm Innovations: Generation and Diffusion (FNF) Chair: Vasanth Shetty. Dean (Vety) & OSD, Veterinary College, Karnataka Co-Chair: Sanjeev Saxena, Chief Scientist, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) Premlata Singh, Faculty, Agriculture Extension, IARI Panelist: Farmers’ rights and sustainable agriculture development: Hardev Chaudhary, NIF Holistic land and livestock management: James Chawarika, Community Worker, Harare, Zimbabwe Evaluation of Indigenous veterinary medications for curing Bovine Ephemeral fever in regions of Himachal Pradesh: Alok K Sharma, College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, HP Agriculture University, Palampur, Sheikh Hefajat Hussain, S. Ponnan, R. Periyasamy, Amar singh, Lakshmanbhai Pabbabhai Bharwad, Devesh Thakur, R.D. Patil, Arpna Tandon Effect of dietary supplementation of AHP/FA/MM on performance and protection against bacterial infection in commercial broilers: Vasanth M S, Amit Bera, Shivakumar M C, Suresh B N, and Manjunath L, Kartik Chandra Maity, Veterinary College, Hassan, Karnataka Clinical validation for mastitis in animals: Becharbhai Samantbhai Devgania, M.S.Bhadwal, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Pranav Kumar, S.A. Khandi and R.K. Bhardwaj Participatory Technology Development in Indigenous Veterinary Medicine (PTDIVM)- Experience of TANUVAS: Sudeepkumar N.K., Professor and Head, Department of Livestock Business Management, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Periyasamy P., Periyaveeturaman, Naveen K., Selva Raju D., Thirunavukkarasu D., & Raja M.J.	Wing-11, committee Room
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30	Open & Democratic access to knowledge for grassroots communities (OPDC) Chair: Sanjay Verma, Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad Co-Chair: Arul George Scaria, Faculty, NLU (Delhi) Panelist: Learning and creativity based use of informal knowledge in the horticulture sector of Jammu and Kashmir: Sheeraz Ahmed Alaie, Doctoral Student, Central University of Gujarat Innovative strategies for using social media, e-commerce and other platforms to link grassroots to Global markets: Ruma Agwekar, Founder, Petals Open and Democratic Access to Knowledge for Grassroots Communities: Arul George Scaria, Faculty, NLU (Delhi) Dealing with Citizens Grievances in a Smart City: Dipti Gupta, Student, IIM-Ahmedabad Spreading the good word: harnessing social media for diffusing grassroots frugal innovations: Chintan Vinod Shinde et al, SRISTI	Audi-2. KLMDC
	Cultural Diversity and Innovation (CUL) Chair: Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Sahapedia Co-Chair: Pravin Mishra, Faculty, Mudra Institute of Communication Panelist: Sowing the Seeds Right: The struggle for cultural preservation vs. “cultural losses” in a globalized world: an innovation framework: Ajanta Sen and Ravi Poovaiah, Faculty, Industrial Design Center, IIT-Bombay Up scaling Local Creative Artisan ARCH Cluster: Case of Metalware Cluster in South India: V. P. Sriraman et al, Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy Creativity & innovation of the traditional Craftsmen of Kashmir Handmade Pashmina- perspective from the grassroots level: Asma Bashir, Central University of Jammu Max Weber’s Bureaucracy and Buddhist Monastic Organisation as Possible Templates for Management: Susantha Goonatilake, President, Royal Asiatic Society, Srilanka	Audi-1, KLMDC
	Coping Creatively with Climate Change Chair: Gurdeep Singh, Vice Chancellor, Vinoba Bhave University Co-chair: Lillian Machivenyika , Director, Cluster Agriculture Development Studies (CADS), Zimbabwe Panelist: CADS’ experience in promoting agro-biodiversity in the face of climate change in Zimbabwe: Lillian Machivenyika, Director, Cluster Agriculture Development Studies (CADS), Zimbabwe Innovation and experimentation by farmers in the Kumaon and Garhwal Himalayas in the state of Uttarakhand in north India for Climate Change adaptation in agriculture: Sonali Bisht, Prolinnova network Nexus of Climate change and food insecurity towards effective mitigation measures using underutilised crops: Aladejebi O J, Department of Agriculture Economics and Extension, Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Nigeria and Oladeji S O, Edewor S E, Department of Agriculture Economics and Farm Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria Perceived climatic variability and agricultural adaptations by material resource poor farmers: Mainstreaming informal knowledge with formal knowledge systems: Ranjay K Singh, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute Haryana; Angchuk Dorje, Defense Institute of High Altitude Research, Ladakh; Rajesh Khedi, Grassroots Innovator, Haryana; Surjit Singh, Grassroots Innovator of Rice variety, Haryana Farmers’ creativity in coping with climate risks: a study of paddy farmers in eastern Uttar Pradesh: Anamika Dey Assessing Vulnerability: An adaptation strategy to cope with the changing climate for sustainable future: MTR Khan, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) and M D Omprakash, LBSNAA	Class Room – 1, RJM
15:30 – 16:00	Tea Break
16:00 – 16:45	Discussion on Ahmedabad Declaration	RJM Auditorium
16:45 – 17:30	Rapporteurs’ summarization on each track: Technological, Cultural, Institutional, Educational Valedictory Session	RJM Auditorium