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100	1		_aGupta, Anil K., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGrassroots innovation : _bminds on the margin are not marginal minds / _cAnil K. Gupta.
260			_aHaryana, India: _bPenguin Random House, _c2016
300			_axv, 381p.
520			_aA moral dilemma gripped Professor Gupta when he was invited by the Bangladeshi government to help restructure their agricultural sector in 1985. He noticed how the 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 Mitti Cool refrigerator to the footbridge of Meghalaya. He insists that to fight the largest and most persistent problems of 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 Innovation is an important treatise from a social crusader of our time.
546			_aEnglish
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xSocial aspects. _zIndia
650		0	_aEconomic development _xSocial aspects. _zIndia
650		0	_aCreative ability in business. _zIndia
650		0	_aCommunity development. _zIndia
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