January 22, 2015

Innovation on the right track

22nd January 2015, BUSINESS STANDARD

How the Railways can play a key role in carrying Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat message across India
December 25, 2014

Creativity – Lessons from Jesuits

25th December 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

Innovation produces unintended risks. However, only a scientific temper can advance knowledge
November 24, 2014

Coping with technophobia

24th November 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

Innovators must recognize that there will be opposition to their innovation, but they must listen carefully to the concerns of those who oppose them
October 2, 2014

Ganesha, Gandhi & GM foods

2nd October 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

Or, how to remove obstacles in innovating with food and agriculture India has just celebrated the grand Ganesha festival. We may be unique in the world with a god for obstacles:
September 4, 2014

For a second rice revolution

4th September 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

Better seeds and cultivation methods can be a game-changer The last few columns on innovation covered diverse aspects and examples of innovation.
August 7, 2014

Innovation across borders

7th August 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

Foreign direct investment can encourage a healthy flow of research & development in either direction Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is vital to world economic growth as well as for India. Hence,
June 12, 2014

The ‘I’ factor in innovation

12th June 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

Who should get the credit for an innovation? Should it be the one who conceptualised it or the one who commercialised it for public use?
May 15, 2014

Time, patience & innovation

15th May 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

The story of shale gas fracking shows how innovations take long to diffuse No matter how much private capital companies suggest that their managements are patient and persistent, it is a reality that their leadership has to consider the bottom line and shareholder value.
April 17, 2014

‘Neat and clean’ innovation

17th April 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

The idea of sanitation has raised many challenges down the years Often managers view innovation through the narrow lens of creativity, product development and technology.