Primary health centers are the cornerstone of the rural health care system. In 1991, India had about 22,400 primary health centers, 11,200 hospitals, and 27,400 clinics. These facilities are part of a tiered health care system that funnels more difficult cases into urban hospitals while attempting to provide routine medical care to the vast majority [...]
Jun 12, 2010 | Categories: News, Product, Service, Technology | Tags: ChangeMakers, Design, Health, Innovation, Interaction Design, Ria Rajan, Social, Social Awareness | 2 Comments »
In India, power cuts during exam time is every child’s biggest anxiety. One breaks into a sweat, starts pacing up and down and even goes to the extreme of praying to the Almighty; promising reforms, pledging away a life of sin and the long dreadful countdown to when the lights will turn back on.
This very [...]
Mar 23, 2010 | Categories: Energy, News, Product, Technology | Tags: Design, Ideas, Interaction Design, Ria Rajan, Technology | Leave A Comment »
Lina Srivastava is the Principal of Lina Srivastava Consulting, LLC, which focuses on employing strategy, innovation, engagement and the use of cultural assets to create and demonstrate social change. For our new feature ‘The Indovators’, Lina talks about opportunities for indian designers in the fields of service design, information design, systems design, climate change and [...]
Feb 18, 2010 | Categories: Communication, Featured, Service, Strategy | Tags: Climate Change, Corporations, Design, Government, green technology, Indovators, Innovation, Lina Srivastava, Service Economy, Strategy, sustainable, Systems Design | 2 Comments »
Most people in the US of A, may have already heard about the Uniform Project. But for those few who still don’t know, here is a quick update. Uniform Project is the brain child of this quirky, fun and fabulous girl called Sheena Matheiken from Brooklyn, NY. She was born and raised in South India [...]
Jan 26, 2010 | Categories: News, Wearable | Tags: children, Design, Education, fashion, Ideas, philanthropy, Prutha Raithatha, Social Awareness, Sustainability | Leave A Comment »