The golden triangle (see fig one) for rewarding creativity, now well known, summarizes the purpose of intermediary organizations like GIAN, hand holding a grassroots innovator in her journey to become a social and/or economic entrepreneur.National Innovation Foundation has scaled it up at national level in an unprecedented manner. Over the years, we have seen that all the three are often not at one place, with one person or one institution. Connecting them may help to scale up innovations for and from grassroots by reducing transaction costs. But, it is also truism to say that incubators for grassroots and other social innovations are different from others. They may not have the same business plan as ordinary equity-based models. New models of benefit sharing have to be thought of and devised for the sustainability of such organizations. The ICCIG also wants to facilitate learning from the conventional S and T based incubators in building value chain for start-ups.
Innovative strategies for using social media, e-commerce and other platforms to link grassroots to Global [g2G] markets and help innovation based START-Ups to scale up. Papers are invited for providing innovative support system including linking them with public procurement. How have incubators tried to expand testing and certification facilities for hard manufacturing technologies at concessional terms. How doesthe recognition and reward for innovators influence their motivation to collaborate and deal with markets and public institutions collectively? Which of the new IP models can do justice to the need for protection and incentives for collaboration?
How to combine grant, debt, risk capital to create an inclusive and nurturing ecosystem for innovation and distinctive traditional knowledge based economy?
How to combine formal sector social technologies say from CSIR, ICMR, ICAR, DBT etc., with grassroots innovations to provide a composite portfolio of extremely affordable choices to the local communities and small entrepreneurs? Can there be special scheme for youth to license the institutional technologies at deferred payment basis ? Thus can technology research institutions become angel investors in kind rather than in cash? Similarly, can IP firm, Mentoring firms, Design firms, testing institutions etc., become angel investors in kind?