Celebrating women innovators

No nation can progress if it ignores contributions and potential of half of their population. Journalist Susan Casey wondered why women innovators were not talked about in US and wrote a book on `Women Invent' which was an eye opener. (http://www.susancaseybooks.com/)

Now Famina has taken the initiative to write a series of articles on 'Women and Innovation' wherein they feature young women who have come up with interesting innovations. It includes a profile of the inventor/innovator and a detailed description of the product and its working.

Here is the opportunity to nominate your favorite women innovator. Send details to:

Anindita Ghosh, Features Editor,Femina,9818186174,
Anindita Ghosh <aninditaghosh75@gmail.com>

TiE Shree Shakti awards

The TiE Stree Shakti (TSS) Workshop and Awards is a forum for women entrepreneurs to create trust-based partnerships through active networking. The objective of TSS is to create a platform of belonging for women entrepreneurs. The TiE Stree Shakti Workshops and Awards are scheduled on 12Dec 2009,Mumbai. For more details: www.TiESTreeShakti.org

Nebula Eclipse Goggles

Innovator Sujata Daka, left ISRO to start on a journey of creativity and Nabula Eclipse Google is the first among the innovative products on the roll out. It is a solar filter film with five seperate layers for 100% eye safety and an extraordinarily beautiful 'Cooling and Healing ORANGE image of the sun'. Buy one for Rs 25/-

`Women Invent' from author Susan Casey

This is one of the most reader friendly book I ever read on Innovation yet very informative. Why did she write on this topic? To quote her:

"I was talking to my friend’s father about how he invented Bounce, the anti-static tissue for the dryer. He explained his inspiration. His wife couldn’t gauge when to put the liquid softener in the washer so she kept running up and down the stairs to check. That gave him, his name was Conrad Gaiser, the idea to invent something that would serve the same purpose but be used in the dryer. I thought his story was interesting so talked to a magazine about writing an article about the stories of the invention ordinary household items, like Bounce. The editor suggested I also find out about inventions by women. By the time I finished the research for the article I was so interested in the stories of women inventors that I kept on going."