Wireless Pioneer to Deliver Keynote and Receive Honorary Degree at 2012 Commencement Ceremony
Need to improve dignity of labour: Ramesh
The minister said while efforts had been made to improve the remuneration of workers, enough attention had not been paid to improve the dignity of their work.
National Innovation Council felicitates 6 innovators
NEW DELHI: A bunch of innovators from IITs, students and professionals whose innovations would help reduce the drudgery of people at the bottom of the pyramid were today felicitated by the National Innovation Council chaired by Sam Pitroda.
These winners seek to make working life more safe
New Delhi: He's 70 years old, but almost jumped with childlike glee when he was called to accept his award. Jitendra Nath Das made sure he got his photos clicked with Sam Pitroda and Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh when he received his award from the National Innovation Council, taking another minute to get photographs clicked on his own camera he had carried along.
Innovation council pat for 6 ideas that reduce drudgery
Source: Business Line, 4 April, 2012
NEW DELHI, APRIL 4: The National Innovation Council (NIC) felicitated six winning innovations here on Wednesday. The inventions are: a novel design of a rickshaw, a human-powered motor, display unit for street vendors, a low-cost cycle for the physically challenged, devices to reduce the drudgery of construction and sanitation workers