Honey Bee Network

July 25, 2008

PRESENTED BY :

PRAGYA MODI ARPIT MEHROTRA ANKUSH AGARWAL

A Presentation on

• Honey Bee believes that cross pollination of ideas by exchange of information across language and cultural boundaries, may increase societal capacity to spur, spawn, stimulate, and sustain grassroots innovations and provide resources for sustainable development.

Protecting the intellectual property rights of grassroots innovators, and generating models for recognizing, respecting and rewarding creativity.

Experimenting in order to add value to their knowledge.

Embedding the insights learned from technological and institutional innovations developed by individuals as well as communities.

Developing entrepreneurial ability in order to generate returns from this knowledge, and enriching people's and provider (scientists, leaders, and administrators) cultural and institutional basis for dealing with nature.

Green grassroots Innovators

Honey Bee NetworkState/Regional Collaborators, Nodal Officers, Volunteers from Educational, R&D

Institutions, NGO, Students, Innovators Associations, GIAN

Scouting and Documentation

Dissemination and Information Technology

Value Addition and Product

Development

Incubator, Business Development and

Micro Venture

IPRs Management

National Co-coordinators

Advisery Committee of Science and Technology experts

Advisery Committee of expert grassroots innovators from informal sectors

Chief Innovation Officer

Executive Vice-Chairperson

Chairperson

Governing Council

Organization Support• SRISTI :In 1993, SRISTI was set up to provide some backup support

for the network

Incubation support• GIAN: Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network (GIAN) was set

up as an incubator to convert innovations into enterprises.

Value additional support• NIF: National Innovation Foundation (NIF) was set up by Department

of Science and Technology, Government of India.

• Honey Bee database of Innovations & traditional knowledge crossed the limit of 70000.

• Honey Bee gathers ideas by staying in touch with rural India and conducting shodhyatras.

• It has also filed more than 142 patents, such as a Singapore patent for a walnut-peeling machine and a US patent for a tree-climbing apparatus. Two-dozen patents have been granted.

• The villagers will get royalty for their contribution

• The centre also encourages women to innovate. Of the total funds received by Sristi, 5% is reserved for women innovators.

• Matrix Biosciences, part of Hyderabad-based Matrix Group, signed a deal with the National Innovation Foundation.

• Sristi, with a local marketing firm Nirmaan, will be launching five herbal pesticides. These herbal pesticides have been developed by farmers in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.

• The Honeybee Network Supported Remya Jose in rural Kerala who has developed a pedal-powered washing machine that saves time, energy, and water.

Rider Induced bicycle Mr. Kanak Das, Assam

Bicycle based sprayer Mr. Mansukhbhai Jagani, Gujarat

Bicycle with gear Mr. Jayanti J Patel,Gujarat

Bamboo bicycle

Mr. Dodhi Pathak, Assam

Amphibious BicycleMohd. Saidullah, Bihar

Bicycle based mobile spray pumpSubhas Vasantrao Jagtap, Maharastra

Multipurpose Bicycle Md. Kamruddin, Rajasthan

Bicycle operated pump

Mr. Vikram Rathore, AP

Bicycle based portable Pump Mr. Nasiruddin Gayen, WB

Bicycle based Innovations

Motor-bike based Innovations

Motor-cycle based ploughing attachment ‘Bullet-Santi’

Mr. Mansukhbhai Jagani, Gujarat

Modified scooter for handicapped

Mr. Dhanjibhai Kerai, Gujarat

Motorcycle based sprayer

Mr. Ganeshbhai Dodiya, GujaratSmall efficient diesel engine

Mr. Mansukhbhai Sanchaniya, Gujarat

Non-return valve for 4-stroke engineMr. Arvind Khandake, Maharashtra

Auto engine Stopper

Mr. Tukaram Varma

Chhattisgarh

Micro Windmil– Mr. N V Satyanarayanan, AP

Energizer Shoes Mr. Pankaj Sharma & Team, HP

E-bike Mr. Kanak Das, Assam

Solar Spectacle Frame for Night Reading Mr. Prakash Shende, Maharashtra

Remote Fire Cracker Device Balram Singh Saini, Haryana

Electronics based Innovations

Mobile Operated SwitchMr. Prem Singh Saini, Harayana

Kushal SprayerKhimjibhai, Gujarat

Bestow-Foot Operated SprayerMr. Parbhatbhai Vaghani, Gujarat

Bicycle based sprayer Mr. Mansukhbhai Jagani, Gujarat

Motorcycle based sprayer

Mr. Ganeshbhai Dodiya, Gujarat

Motorized multi-purpose

Mulubhai Senjaliya,Gujarat

Bullock-cart based sprayer

Mr. Bhanjibhai Mathukia, Gujarat

Hand Operated SprayerMr.Gopalbhai, Gujarat

Jayant Sprayer

Mr. Rameshbhai Bhalala, Gujarat

Agriculture Sprayers

Bullock-cart based sprayer

Mr. Bhanjibhai Mathukia, Gujarat

Location disadvantage. Formal promotional or advertising problems. Questions on preliminary test results done by GIAN/NIF. Presence of low cost substitutes or machines. Delaying payment of licence instalment fees. Difficulty in tracking the sales record. Subsidy problems. No following up is done by innovators to entrepreneurs. Selling of another variant of products by entrepreneurs.

• Scaling up product development. Do more marketing. Better designing.

• Not commercializing all the products but instead commercializing those which have enough market potential.

• Asking NGOs to increase innovators awareness regarding following up the entrepreneur, royalty etc.

• Searching market properly and should identify if low cost products exist.

APPENDIX

“THANK YOU”

QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME!!