SPEAKER PROFILE

Professor Anil K. GuptaPh.D., Management, M.Sc.(Genetics), B.Sc.(Hons), Agri.

Lobby, Ground FloorResource Centre, Technology Park Malaysia

Bukit JalilMALAYSIA

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1st July 2011, Friday1st July 2011, Friday(9.00 am – 1.00 pm)

TIME PROGRAMME

PROGRAMME

8.30 am Arrival and Registration 9.00 am Opening Remark 9.10 am Introduction and Planned Activities of YIM 9.20 am Introduction and Achivements of NIF 9.30 am Best Practices in Scouting and Documenting Grassroots Innovation by NIF10.30 am Innovation Bash Session What are the critical success factors for grassroots innovation? How do we help grassroot innovators to succeed? Moderator : Dr. K.J John, YIM Member Panelist : Prof. Anil Gupta, Executive Vice Chair, NIF Dr. Raslan Ahmad, CEO YIM Mr. Nazrin Hassan, CEO Cradle Mr. Kal Joffres, COO Tandem Fund11.30 am Innovation Pitching Moderator : Mr. Muhammad Aziph Dato’ Mustapha, COO YIM Presenter : Pn. Arfah Mohd Nasir Brass Colander-Fish Paste Extractor Mr. Abuzar A. Z. bin Ahmad Biological Mosquito Control (BIMOC) Mohd Rosli bin Mat Isa Hex Wheel Trolley (Hext) Evaluator : Prof Anil Gupta, Executive Vice Chair, NIF Mr. Andrew Wong, CEO MAD Incubator Mr. Azra’i Shu‘ib, IIC, Technology Park Malaysia Prof. Dr. Rahmah Bt. Mohamed, Deputy Vice Chancellor(Research & Innovation), UKM

12.30 pm iDOLA Presentation and Closing Session12.45 pm Lunch/End

Looking to the poor of India, business professor Anil Gupta saw innovations and talent that were not being supported. In response, he started the Honey Bee Network and began searching the country with colleagues, often on foot, finding a myriad of inventions developed out of necessity. These discoveries are documented and often shared with the global community, just as pollen is gathered by the honeybee to the benefit of both.

Since 1988, the network's database of original inventions has grown to over 12,000, and its newsletter is now published in eight languages and distributed to 75 countries. Gupta also worked with the government of India to establish the National Innovation Foundation, which holds national competitions to encourage new inventors and helps sustain them through the National Micro Venture Innovation Fund. Through his efforts, Gupta has uncovered groundbreakingly useful devices such as a pedal-operated washing machine, a micro-windmill battery charger, a hoe powered by a bicycle, and many more.

Objectives

YIM Grassroots Innovation Workshop Series is YIM’s effort to inculcate creativity and innovation among Malaysian citizens.  Our objectives are:

To provide a knowledge platform for the grassroot creators, innovators and stakeholders to share their knowledge and experiences.

To learn best practices in scouting, spawning, sustaining and scaling up grassroot innovations.

To pave the way for new collaborative projects, business opportunities and networks.

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INNOVATIVE PARTNER

Malaysian Innovation Foundation (YIM)

The Malaysian Innovation Foundation or Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia (YIM), was established on 20th October 2008 and was approved by Malaysian Cabinet on 7th November 2008. The vision of YIM is to promote and inculcate creativity and innovation among Malaysian citizens, especially targeting children and youth, women, rural folk, people with disabilities and non-government organizations.

With close support from the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation(MOSTI), YIM was established by the Government to promote and champion innovation, and by doing so, to mobilize Malaysians to embrace and practice Creativity and Innovation. This could not have happened at a better time, when the nation is in need of a new impetus and catalyst to move it forward to a prosperous future.

Innovation is the engine that will propel us to that future. More so now when there are so many challenges confronting us, economic or otherwise. Indeed, Creativity and Innovation will energise the people like never before. And it will happen in all segments of our society, in our schools and colleges, from even the grassroots level, in our businesses and industries, and so on.

National Innovation Foundation-India(NIF)

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) India helped establish the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) - India, on Feb 28th 2000, with the main goal of providing institutional support in scouting, spawning, sustaining and scaling up grassroots green innovations and helping their transition to self supporting activities.

The foundation has a Governing Board chaired by Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Former Director General CSIR. and President Global Research Alliance. Professor Anil K. Gupta, President SRISTI and Professor Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, is the Executive Vice Chairperson of NIF.

For the last twenty years the Honeybee Network and Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI) have been scouting innovations by farmers, artisans, women, etc. at the grassroots level. Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network (GIAN) scales up innovations, from the Honey Bee database of innovations, through value additions in innovations to sustain creativity and ethics of experimentation. GIAN was conceived at the International Conference on Creativity and Innovation at Grassroots (ICCIG), jointly organized by IIM Ahmedabad and SRISTI.

The Honey Bee database of 10,000 innovations, collected and documented by SRISTI, would be part of the National Register of Innovations to be managed and supported by NIF.

Who Should Attend?

Grassroot Innovators / Inventors Innovation Catalysts / Organisations Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors Policy Makers / Government Officials Entrepreneurs / Social Entrepreneurs Academicians / Students Corporate Social Responsibility Practitioners