KICS
is a forum for conversations amongst activists and academics on issues relating to science and democracy.
Sharing Session – 28
Social Entrepreneurship and the Quest for Economic Democracy
Date and Time: March 16, 2013, 1430 – 1630 hrs
Venue: IDC Conference Room No.1, IIT-Bombay (Powai)
An excitement about Social Entrepreneurship now dominates the public discourse in India. To a large extent this excitement is a response to the urgent need to address and solve the nagging problems of large scale under-employment and persistent under nourishment. Much of the attention is at present focused on operational details – how to push more finance into Social Enterprise, how to measure its impacts, how to ensure that it reaches small towns and rural hinterland, and so on.
Rajni Bakshi, Joseph Thomas will facilitate and Shambu Prasad will chair the session.
Read more: #28: Social Entrepreneurship and the Quest for Economic Democracy
PM unveils new STI Policy
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unveiled India's new Science, Technology & Innovation policy at the inaugural session of the Centenary year of Indian Science Congress on January 3, 2013.
http://www.dst.gov.in/sti-policy-eng.pdf
"It aims to produce and nurture talent in science, to stimulate research in our universities, to develop young leaders in the field of science, to reward performance, to create a policy environment for greater private sector participation in research and innovation and to forge international alliances and collaborations to meet the national agenda", the PM announced. Text of PM's speech
Key KICS members were involved in a workshop
on Jan 8-9th 2012 on
Rethinking Universities in India:
“Intermediaries for Socially Inclusive Development”
jointly organised by XIM-B, JNU and IDRC
The workshop is a culmination of an attempt to bring together a research group on the role of universities in inclusive innovation and development.
Details & Papers: www.uniid2012.tk
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