Frugal Innovation – bringing Grassroots creativity to the Global stage

“Frugal innovation is about creating advantage out of constraint.” ~ Kirsten Bound, Head International Innovation Research, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta). The grassroots innovation by Muruganatham of a machine that produces quality sanitary napkins at a low cost and helps women in rural India to live a hygienic life has inspired the… Read More Frugal Innovation – bringing Grassroots creativity to the Global stage

Frugal Innovation – bringing Grassroot creativity to the Global stage

By Somali K Chakrabarti   “Frugal innovation is about creating advantage out of constraint.” ~ Kirsten Bound, Head International Innovation Research, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta).   The ‘Grassroot to Global’ (G2G) approach for innovation, propagated by National Innovation Foundation (NIF) of India, is set to change the way the world looks at… Read More Frugal Innovation – bringing Grassroot creativity to the Global stage