tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759590320037332801.post212684758432413657..comments2023-07-06T19:09:22.581+05:30Comments on Desires...: Washing machine will run on junks... Indian brains made itPOOJA...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03449314907714567024noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759590320037332801.post-27025570477638335482010-09-11T23:15:57.303+05:302010-09-11T23:15:57.303+05:30This blog reminds me of an article on jugaad. Here...This blog reminds me of an article on jugaad. Here is an excerpt- People ask me, what exactly is jugaad? Global management experts attribute India's rapid economic growth to jugaad. In a recent survey by the Legatum Institute, 81% of Indian businessmen said jugaad was the key reason for their success.<br /><br />Many years ago, innovative Punjabis mounted a diesel irrigation pump on a steel frame with wheels, creating a vehicle they called jugaad. It was ultra-cheap but did not conform to vehicular regulations. Over time, jugaad came to mean grassroots innovation to overcome any constraint.<br /><br />In the West, innovation is done by scientists using expensive equipment. In India, it's done by every housewife, farmer, transporter, trader and industrialist. It does not require high-spending R&D: it simply needs creativity and imagination. Anil Ambani once said Reliance succeeded through innovation, not invention.<br /><br />One avatar of jugaad is what management gurus call "frugal engineering", exemplified in the Tata Nano, the cheapest car in the world. India's telecom companies provide calls at Re 1 a minute, the cheapest in the world. Narayana Hrudayalaya and Shankara Nethralaya provide the cheapest heart and eye treatment in the world. Indian reverse-engineering of patented drugs is also frugal engineering.Sanjeevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13515060268924011144noreply@blogger.com