Tag Archives: TED talks

~ India’s Invisible Innovations!

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Is India already a hub for Global innovation/ R&D?? Prof . Nirmalya Kumar, a management guru from London Business School is revealing surprizing details about how Innovations done by Indians go unnoticed as they are working for foreign multinational companies and thus credit obviously goes to country where Head Office of company is based. So,  we never realize who are inventing these products and from which location of the world. This process is roughly referred as Invisible Innovation.

Following four types of Invisible Innovations are happening in India that Prof.Kumar discussed in talk:
1. Innovation for Business Customers
2. Outsourcing Innovation
3. Process innovation
4. Management innovations

Watch this informative and interesting TED talk.

More about Prof Nirmalya Kumar @ Twitter, @ Wikipedia

India’s invisible Innovation – Prof Nirmalya Kumar (Via TED Ed)

Watch talk at TED website. Prof Kumar’s Biodata @ TED Talks

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Image Credit: “en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirmalya_Kumar”

Sources: TED Talks, Google search, Wikipedia, Youtube, Twitter and all other links mentioned in the post.

~ Gandhian Engineering : Value for MANY, Not Just Value for Money!

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Perfect solution for today’s Global Economic Crisis due to Selfishness & Greed /Consumerism  culture. Adopt Mahatma Gandhi(an) Engineering – Place  Compassion in the Heart & Passion in Mind…try to achieve MORE (Value) from LESS (Resources/Cost) ) for MORE (people)!! Think about Value for MANY, not just value for MONEY. 

How its different than Western thinking of High Cost/Resources is Better:

Attitude shown in the talk below is totally opposite to western thought of “Expensive / High Cost Means Better”…Any product or services or innovation which has developed using High  Cost and using lots of Resources (wastage)  is Best, it feels better, a perfect First World thing ….and you can sale at high cost worldwide, earn high profits and keep monopoly with you!

Anything which is developed in Low Cost and Optimum Resources..is considered as CHEAP , a 3rd world product!!  Even customer psyche has become like that too, buying high cost product is considered as a status symbol, a new social fad!

After listening to such talk (innovations), we need deep introspection about Capitalism /Materialistic / Profit oriented  attitude which is going through bad  economic crisis / recession  and dragging whole world since 2008!

Watch Indian scientist Dr. R.A. Mashelkar telling India’s breakthrough innovations in ultra-low cost products.

Dr. R.A. Mashelkar is a former head of CSIR-Govt. of India with many international awards from UK & USA for his research works.

His full Biodata @ TED talks @ Wikipedia

Popular TED Talk by Dr.R.A.Mashelkar

Watch Dr. R.A.Mashelkar at TED website

India’s Breakthrough Designs For Ultra-Low Cost Products

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Mr. M.K.Gandhi weaving his cloths on Charkha ( Spinning Wheel):

There are enough resources on the earth for Human NEED , but not for Human GREED ~ M.K.Gandhi

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Mr. M.K.Gandhi – Ambassador of Simplicity / Inclusiveness / Peace & Non-violence / Independence / Sustainability / Togetherness. Photo:Wallpaperswala

Image credit: “wallpaperswala.com/mahatma-gandhi/”

Sources: TED talks, Dr. R.A.Mashelkar, Wikipedia, Wallpaperwalla, Google search, and all links mentioned in the post.

~ Kiran Bedi : Brave Woman Officer Who Has Challenged The Corrupt System!

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Kiran Bedi, India’s first woman top police officer (IPS), Honest, Courageous , Strict,  turned ‘Prison into Ashram’ &  winner of prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1994 (watch documentary on her life below) for her outstanding contribution in Government services , Jail prisoner works & other welfare activities.

After retirement she is very active in India’s anti-corruption movement. She is not only a role model for girls across India but also set up high standards in morality in Government job.

More about her life @ official website “kiranbedi.com”, @ Facebook Fan Page  @ follow her – Twitter , @ Wikipedia

Kiran Bedi’s inspiring  TED Talk

” Yes Madam, Sir” – Trailer of award-winning documentary based on her life

Kiran Bedi Photo:

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Kiran Bedi (Photo: Wikipedia)

Image Source: “en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran_Bedi”

Sources: Wikipedia, google search, Youtube, Yes Madam Sir Documentary, Kiran Bedi , TED talks and other links in the post.

~ Tiger and Dragon : Discussion About “Chindia” – Part 2

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To understand new globalized world especially  about India and China (in short Chindia).; here is a collection of interesting TED Talks,News, Debate, Discussion and Information.

Watch  Part-1 – Tiger and Dragon : Discussion About “Chindia”

  • Asia’s Rise – How and When

(Mr. Hans Rosling, Swedish Doctor, academician, statistician and public speaker)

  • Behind The Great Firewall of China

(Mr. Michael Anti aka jing Zhao about Social Networking Control & Microbloggers)

  • Understanding The Rise of China

( By Martin Jacques, Author, Editor, PhD)

  • The Global Power Shift

( Paddy Ashdown, British Politician and Diplomat)

  • Dr. Swamy on China, India and US

Dr. Subramanian Swamy ,  PhD in Economics from Harvard, Author of many books including few on China and India, Economist, Academician, Politician , Thinker. Full Internview by CTS Tv Canada here.

TO BE CONTINUED…..see part 3 in next post.

Sources: YouTube, Wikipedia, TED talks and other hyper-links mentioned in the post.

~ TED Talks by Indians

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Collection of Indian origin Speaker’s presentations which are listed  in Top 1000 TED Talks . Watch Inspiring, Informative and fascinating talks from various famous personalities. Also, see previous post for more TED talks:

=>   Best Indian Speakers at TED talks (part 1)

The Child-Driven Education

He is a Prize Winner – Best TED Talk of 2013

( Dr. Sugata Mitra : Professor at Newcastle University (UK), Hole In Wall Project  )

Imaging at a trillion frames per second

(Prof Ramesh Raskar : MIT Media Lab – USA)

Anand Agarawala demos Bump Top

( Software Developer and inventor of Bump Top software)

Why nations should pursue “Soft” power

(Shashi Tharoor: Former Senior Advisor to UN secretary-General, Author  & Indian Politician)

Winning In India: Ideas To Succeed @Indian Market

(Ravi Venkatesan, Former Chairman-Microsoft India, MBA-Harvard)

A Rosetta Stone for the Indus Script

( Dr. Rajesh Rao : Computational Neuroscientist)

The Ecosystem For Innovation In India

(Preetha Pulusani, CEO of a Tech Start-up)

How I started a sanitary napkin revolution!

(Arunachalam Muruganantham : Innovator and Businessman)

3 clues to understanding your brain

(VS Ramachandran : Scientist)

We are the Stories we tell ourselves

( Shekhar Kapoor : Actor, Director, Film Personality)

Caring for Engineering tissues

(Nina Tandon: Tissue Engineer at MIT and Columbia)

Teaching one child at a time

( Shukla Bose: Founder and Head of Parikrma Humanity Foundation)

Information is food

(JP Rangaswami : Technologist)

 Actually, the world isn’t flat!

(Prof at Panjak Ghemawat : IESE Business School-Spain and Author of “World 3.0” )

Sheena Iyengar: The Art of Choosing

Image source: “en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pranavmistry.jpg”

Sources: TED Talks, Google search, Wikipedia and others hyper-links mentioned in the post.

~ Answers to Some of Interesting Questions in Life from a Yogi/Thinker/Guru

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I got to know about this Yogi/Guru while searching for some difficult but interesting questions in everyday life like what is destiny, what is purpose of our life, what is soul, what is spirituality,etc. I found these interesting talks where you can watch some practical/philosophical/ scientific spirituality kind of discussions from  this yogi/guru.   Jaggi Vasudev  (or Sadhguru) is an Indian yogi / Thinker / Mystic. He has travelled worldwide giving interesting lectures about life, philosophy, “inner engineering’, etc. He was also invited to TED talks which can be found at my previous post about best Indian speakers at TED here . Sadhguru runs a non-religious, non-profit and public service organisation called ISHA Foundation in India. For more details visit official website of  ISHA Foundation here

Please find selected talks from Sadhguru answering some of interesting questions about: life, purpose, science & spirituality, Atheist and Theist, mind, soal, responsibility, freedom, god,etc.

 ABC news -Australia Interview

(leadership, economic grwoths, world issues, world as a global village)

Responsibility leads to freedom

Times Now-India Interview

(Atheist and Theist, Religion and Spirituality, Inclusiveness)

What is purpose of life?

Is my life pre-destined?

Love & Relationships

Is marriage the right path?

Attachment Vs Love

What happens when person dies?

What is GOD?

MIT CONFERECE: 2012

For more visit: “ISHA FOUNDATION”  PLAY LIST

Image Credit: “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jaggi_Vasudev.jpg”

Souces: YouTube, Wikipedia, Google search and other websites mentioned in the post.