s.m.a.s.h innovation: smashing the hand-mind-market barrier
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Invention is the act of creating something new. Innovation is defined as finding new ways to create value. This book talks about innovation, and in specific, innovation in India - the barriers, and the formula to break the barriers. SMASH Innovation: Smashing the Hand-Mind-Market Barrier attempts to guide the Indian scientific community on the path of major next-generation innovations - with real-life examples from how stage was set by Thomas Newcomen and others for James Watt’s steam engine, or Dr. P.K. Sethi’s collaboration with the sculptor Ram Chandra Sharma to produce the revolutionary prosthetic Jaipur-foot. Additionally, the book covers the entire history of innovations starting from Newton, Edison and Einstein, and finally going on to today’s areas like healthcare, energy, automotive sector, water management and lighting and appliances that will drive the innovations of future! On the whole, this new book from Wiley India, describes individual and organizational approaches to developing a strategy and a culture tuned to innovation - including processes to manage innovation with case studies for creating an idea-rich environment, besides a model covering three aspects of individual innovation - create with freedom, nurture with passion, and transcend with detachment. While the approaches described in the book are general, the special focus is on creating a century of Indian Innovation.TRANSCRIPT
ONE SURE WAY FOR INDIA TO BECOME THE
NEXT SUPERPOWER
Published by: Wiley India
Have you ever thought?
Will the search for a new SearchEngine end
with an Indianinnovation?
Will an Indian Innovation drive the energy
engines of the future?
“If India is the IT capital of the world, why was
YouTube not invented inIndia?” Or, for that matter
“Why are the richest Indian corporations not
taking the risks to set the nation on path to top of
the value chain?”
What’s holding us back - despite the fact that country has a rich
traditionof path-breaking scientific
achievements, from Aryabhatta’s discoveries
inastronomy, use of rocket-fire by Tipu Sultan’s forces
to the invention ofcarbon-steel originally by
Indian scientists?
Here is the answer- “Hand-mind-barrier in India
According to the author the reason is the hand-mind
barrier in India, probably a legacy of the Indian caste
system, which divided the population into distinct
categories. People who work with hands do not have the
education, and those that have education do not work
with hands. This dichotomy is not conducive to
innovation, as innovation happens when theory is
translated into practical application (Think of a dentist
creating a new tooth-material, or a surgeon attempting
a new surgical technique!).
SMASH: History of Innovations
SMASH Innovation: Smashing the Hand-Mind-Market Barrier attempts to guide the Indian scientific community on the path of major next-generation innovations - with real-life examples from how stage was set by Thomas Newcomen and others for James Watt’s steam engine, or Dr. P.K. Sethi’s collaboration with the sculptor Ram Chandra Sharma to produce the revolutionary prosthetic Jaipur-foot. Additionally, the book covers the entire history of innovations starting from Newton, Edison and Einstein, and finally going on to today’s areas like healthcare, energy, automotive sector, water management and lighting and appliances that will drive the innovations of future!
SMASH: Creating a century of Indian Innovation
On the whole, this new book from Wiley India,
describes individual and organizational approaches to
developing a strategy and a culture tuned to innovation –
including processes to manage innovation with case studies
for creating an idea-rich environment, besides a model
covering three aspects of individual innovation - create with
freedom, nurture with passion, and transcend with
detachment.
While the approaches described in the book are general, the
special focus is on creating a century of Indian Innovation.
About the author
Gopichand Katragadda, Ph.D., is the General Manager
– India Engineering Operations for GE Energy
Infrastructure comprising 1600 engineers in Bangalore,
Hyderabad and Mumbai. The team produces next
generation designs for higher efficiency and environment
friendly energy solutions. Previously as the Operations
Manager for GE Global Research Bangalore (GEGR-B),
Gopi worked with the GEGR-B technology team of 400
researchers to deliver growth through innovation. The
Team filed over 225 US patents in just three years. Gopi
is a certified GE Six-Sigma Master Black Belt.
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