INDIANXT 2015, Gurgaon, 4-5th June 2015

IndiaNXT 2015 is an interactive-twin-workshop using megatrends to map the 'next big thing' from and in India. Megatrends are the emergent changes in the society that are going to affect everything and everyone. These are the paradigm shifts happening at the intersection of cultural, social, economic, political, technological, regulatory and market forces. Megatrends understanding can help all sectors of consumer facing organizations in preparing a scenario and a co-created vision for future.

Innovators meet, Hyderabad, 19th January: where `Creative genius' meets `Domain expert'

In my paper `Raising Creative Class in India' I argued that Creativity is complimentary to conventional high quality engineering, which must be present at an adequate level to permit a high quality solution. Explained it using the Cusp at left.

The model is graphical in form and can be regarded as a curved surface with a pleat forming a cusp where the two fold lines meet. Top surface denotes success and lower surface failure. The vertical axis is the potential, the best possible solution to the design problem, represented by quality of design from low to high. The two horizontal axes are the control factors. Control factor 1 is invention representing creativity and control factor 2 is convention representing conventional reasoning or logical rigour. All the points on the top surface are stable and all points on the underside of the sheet are unstable or inaccessible. Points on the two fold are semi-stable.
Path a-b represents the approach to the problem in a conventional pattern without attempting to introduce new and untested ideas. The first approach is an conventional engineering solution based on established practice and it can provide satisfactory answer to the problem . If it fails, the graph indicates a return down the slope to the failure surface. The other extreme is path a-g, which indicates a totally new solution unrestrained and unhindered by considerations of feasibility. These are esoteric thoughts but as solutions failures. Path a-c is a conventional engineering approach with a small creative content, path a-d has higher creative content approaching an optimal solution. Path a-f represents case of failure when the approach has high level of creativity but low level of logical rigour. It shows graphically that a slight deficiency of knowledge in a subject can have a disproportionate effect on the outcome. If this deficiency is overcome then this path will become path a-d.
This model shows quality of design depends on high creative inputs but creativity must be backed by high level of logical rigour. Discontinuity arises in path a-g. This is the line of `lateral thinking’. An example given by Bano is the problem of a factory effluent that pollutes the river on the bank of which it stands. The Proposal is to make the system self-regulatory by arranging factory to use for its process the water polluted by it. Path a-g says shift the factory upstream of itself so that its effluent is drawn into its intake. This is a logical impossibility. Line s-h says the same result can be obtained if the effluent discharge pipe is taken to the river upstream of the factory intake. The lIne h-d is the conventional engineering action needed to realise this solution. Line h-f indicates catastrophic failure. The logical path a-d may also fail to generate a solution and become distorted into the path a-e-f , returning to the failure level of the catastrophe surface.

Indian Innovators Association is organizing the Innovators meet on 19th to bring together Creative Genius and Domain Expert. Creative community will be represented by innovators and organisations such as  pallesrujana, IKP KP, Hyderabad Angels. Domain experts get represented by local institutes with their faculty, researchers and students.

Venue: Seminar Hall, B Block, Patrons Bhavan,  VNR VJIET, 

• Bachupally, Nizampet(SO),

• Hyderabad-500090, 

Timing : 01.30PM to 04.30PM

• Contact person: SVSS Srinivasaraju, coordinator ED Cell, (M) 9885206066

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Indian Innovators Association (IIA) endorses Innovation and New Product Development: 5-7 September 2012 Conference

Innovation and New Product Development
Launching winning products and services through quick, efficient and profitable innovation to increase market share, create impressive business growth and foster continuous improvement
(Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach, India | 5th- 7th September 2012)

Distinguished chairperson:

Daniel Alenquer Associate Design Director, Asus, Singapore

ASUS Design Center has been known for its reputable innovation and design and has received numerous prestigious awards for over a decade including a total of 10 prestigious design awards 2012 by IDSA, iF, G-Mark and reddot

Featuring key international presentations and case studies by:

Zia Zaman, Founder and CEO, Beaver Lake Capital, Singapore

Daniel Alenquer, Associate Design Director, Asus, Singapore

Bert Grobben, Section Head R&D PR Personal Health Care Asia, Procter & Gamble, Singapore

Attend this premier conference and gain practical insights into:

• Capitalising on innovation opportunities from consumer insights

• Optimising your innovation portfolio for sustainable growth

• Enhancing your innovation capability through open innovation

• Strategising the innovation process and pipeline for sustainable growth and value

• Creating a culture that fosters innovation for long term competitive advantage

• Speeding up your ongoing innovation with limited time and resources

• Satisfying customer needs through new product development

• Identifying need for risk reduction in innovation to ensure higher success of product launch and acceptance

Speakers:

Dr Anurag Srivastava, Chief Technology Officer and Senior, Vice President, Wipro Global IT Business

Dr Murali Sastry, Director, DSM India Innovation Centre, Former Chief Innovation Officer, Tata Chemicals

G. Sundararaman, Executive Vice President,Corporate Development,Godrej & Boyce

P.V Sankar Dass, Vice President Strategic Marketing,Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

Rishikesha T. Krishnan,Professor of Corporate Strategy,Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

K. Ramakrishnan,President Marketing,Café Coffee Day

Malladi Chandra Mohan, Head Delivery and Operations for Financial Inclusion and Rural Transformation Business Unit, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Dr Raja Krishnamurthy,Vice President – R&D,3M India and Sri Lanka

Meera Harish,Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing,Tata Coffee, India,Former Innovation Lead,Titan Industries, India

Dr Sudhakar Mhaskar,Executive Vice President and Head Technology,– Consumer Products Business, Marico

Tarun Malik, Country Head and Director – Online Business and Competitive Strategy, Microsoft Corporation

Shailesh Naik, Head e-Choupal, ITC

Anupam Varghese, Vice President R&D, Eko India Financial Services

EXCLUSIVE:
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A Workshop on Systematic Innovation for Business Leaders -Discover your Innovation Sweet Spot

The workshop is jointly organized by Innomantra and SIT,Israel, on 13th May 2011 at The Leela Palace, Bangaluru.

This master class will introduce the SIT innovation methodology that has been proven and has helped hundreds of businesses turn innovation into their primary means of attaining necessary business goals and objectives, all the while raising personal employee motivation to innovate to new heights and elevating energy levels within the organisation as a whole.

 

SIT's method derives from the work of Genrich Altschuller, an engineer from the former Soviet Union. Through his exhaustive study of many thousands of patents, Altschuller came to see that creative solutions share common patterns, and, based on this insight, developed a methodology for generating innovative ideas. His method gained popularity in Israel in the 1970's, and served as the basis for SIT - Systematic Inventive Thinking.

For online Registration: http://www.innomantra.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/9-newsroom00002.html

Accelerated Commercialization of Technology and InnoVation (ACTIV) workshops

ACTIV workshops seek to transfer the experience and key lessons learnt in science-based entrepreneurship from Cambridge, UK to India. Run over 2-days, each ACTIV workshop has a sharp focus on science & technology entrepreneurship and the nucleation and creation of new enterprises. ACTIV workshops seek to equip scientists and researchers, technology entrepreneurs, managers and key staff members of Business Incubators and STEPs with key skills and practical insights to help take technology based ideas to market.First workshop is planned on 27th &28th Sept at Venture Centre, NCL, Pune. For details see:http://www.venturecenter.co.in/activ/workshop.php

Science of Innovation through Brinnovation- workshop in Delhi

GIIP is organising this 2 day workshop in Delhi on 5th & 6th July at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Praveen Gupta , author of several books including Business Innovation in the 21st Century, The Innovation solution, Six Sigma
Performance Handbook, and Service Scorecar is the resource person.
URL: http://giipinfo.com/UploadData/Innovation%20Workshop%205-6July1.pdf

TRIZ workshop by Crafitti

Craffitti is organising TRIZ workshop in Delhi on 6th May 2009. This work shop is offered in partnership with RCSC.