[www.keralites.net] Over 100,000 innovations from rural Indian school dropouts!

 

Over 100,000 innovations from rural Indian school dropouts! : A cycle that runs on water and land, a scooter-powered flour mill, a solar mosquito killer, a cycle-powered washing machine -- these are just a few of the over 100,000 outstanding innovations that have come from school dropouts and poor people from rural India.

Although some of the innovations, like the powered-flour mill made a debut in the film 3 Idiots, a good majority of these brilliant ideas and products are yet to be recognised across the country.
Thanks to the relentless efforts of the National Innovation Foundation, under the guidance of Professor Anil K Gupta, these innovations are changing the stereotype perceptions of rural India, which is a picture of poverty and degradation.










Full article in the link below.
http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-rural-india-hotbed-of-amazing-innovations/20100701.htm#1
 

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