Blending Reductionist and Holistic Perspectives for Sustainability Science with Anil Gupta :: Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series :: Events :: Center for International Development at Harvard University (CID)

Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series

"Blending Reductionist and Holistic Perspectives for Sustainability Science"

Speaker: Anil Gupta, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Chair in Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Management; Coordinator, Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions; Coordinator, Honey Bee Network; and Executive Vice Chair, National Innovation Foundation

Chaired by Professor William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development, HKS
Sponsored by the Sustainability Science Program at Harvard's Center for International Development

Monday, 25 February 2008
9:00 - 10:30 AM
Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS

Biography:

Anil Gupta’s research and action interests are in expanding global, national and local space for grassroots inventors and innovators to ensure recognition, respect and reward for them; blending excellence in formal and informal science; protection of their Intellectual Property Rights; ethical issues in conservation and prospecting of biodiversity; setting up incubators to link innovations, investments and enterprise; voluntarism, leadership for social change; socio-political transformation towards a meritocratic society; creating Knowledge Network at different levels for augmenting grassroots green innovations and build a global value chain to get the creativity its due; support to Honey Bee Network including about twenty three thousand innovations and examples of traditional knowledge from various parts of the country and rest of the world on farm and non farm sustainable technologies, energy saving and herbal aid to human, animal and plant health and special focus on women innovators.