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			[[File:Anil K gupta Erudite Conclave Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram.JPG\|thumb\|Gupta addressing at [[Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram]]]]'''Anil Kumar Gupta''' is an Indian scholar in the area of grassroots [[innovations]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.global-innovation.net/projects/grassroot/mediareports.html \| title=Global Innovation: A Research Project of TIM @ TUHH }}</ref> He is the founder of the Honey Bee Network. He retired as a full-time professor at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad\|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]] in 2017, where he served for about 36 years.<ref>{{cite news \|title=IIM-A gives Professor Anil Gupta pyaau farewell gift \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/iim-a-gives-prof-anil-gupta-pyaau-farewell-gift/articleshow/58438685.cms \|access-date=23 March 2020 \|work=The Times of India \|date=30 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Prof. Anil Gupta: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad \|url=https://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/ \|access-date=2020-01-19 \|archive-date=2020-07-29 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729083318/https://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	~~[[File:Anil K gupta Erudite Conclave Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram.JPG\|thumb\|Gupta addressing~~ at ~~[[Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram]].]]'''Anil Kumar Gupta''' is an Indian scholar in~~ the ~~area of grassroots [[innovations]]~~.<ref>{{~~cite~~ web \| ~~url~~=~~http://www.global~~-~~innovation.net/projects/grassroot/mediareports.html~~ \| title=~~Global Innovation: A Research Project of TIM @ TUHH }}</ref> He is the founder of the [[~~National Innovation Foundation#Honey Bee Network\|Honey Bee Network]]. He retired as a full-time professor at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad\|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]] in 2017, where he served for about 36 years.<ref>{{cite news \|title=IIM-A gives Professor Anil Gupta pyaau farewell gift \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/iim-a-gives-prof-anil-gupta-pyaau-farewell-gift/articleshow/58438685.cms \|access-date=23 March 2020 \|work=The Times of India ~~\|date=30 April 2017}}</ref> He is a visiting faculty at the institute now.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Prof. Anil Gupta: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad~~ \|url=https://~~faculty~~.~~iima~~.ac.in/~~~anilg/~~ \|~~access~~-~~date~~=~~2020-01-19 \|archive-date=2020-07-29~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/~~20200729083318~~/https://~~faculty~~.~~iima~~.ac.in/~~~anilg/~~ \|~~url~~-~~status~~=~~dead }}</ref> He held an executive vice~~-~~chair at the [[~~National Innovation Foundation~~]],<ref>http://www.nif.org.in/~~</ref> ~~where he is a member of its governing board now.~~ He is also a fellow of the [[World Academy of Art and Science]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.worldacademy.org/view/general_listing?field_name_value=gupta&field_country_value=&field_city_value= \|title=General Listing \|publisher=[[World Academy of Art and Science]] \|access-date=5 February 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728190815/http://www.worldacademy.org/view/general_listing?field_name_value=gupta&field_country_value=&field_city_value= \|archive-date=28 July 2011 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2004 for his contributions to management education.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sristi.org/cms/padmashri_award_congerred_prof \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=2015-06-10 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105156/http://www.sristi.org/cms/padmashri_award_congerred_prof \|archive-date=2015-09-24 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		He was a member of the governing board at the National Innovation Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-03-04 \|title=Governing Board - National Innovation Foundation-India \|url=https://www.nif.org.in/governing_board \|url-status=deviated \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304030202/https://www.nif.org.in/governing_board \|archive-date=2024-03-04 \|access-date=2024-07-08 \|website=National Innovation Foundation - India}}</ref> He is also a fellow of the [[World Academy of Art and Science]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.worldacademy.org/view/general_listing?field_name_value=gupta&field_country_value=&field_city_value= \|title=General Listing \|publisher=[[World Academy of Art and Science]] \|access-date=5 February 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728190815/http://www.worldacademy.org/view/general_listing?field_name_value=gupta&field_country_value=&field_city_value= \|archive-date=28 July 2011 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2004 for his contributions to management education.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sristi.org/cms/padmashri_award_congerred_prof \|title=Padma Shri award conferred on Prof Anil K Gupta \| SRISTI \|access-date=2015-06-10 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105156/http://www.sristi.org/cms/padmashri_award_congerred_prof \|archive-date=2015-09-24 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Most innovations are scouted by volunteers: Anil K Gupta \|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-nation/most-innovations-are-scouted-by-volunteers-anil-k-gupta/50095/1}}</ref>
	He has contributed in documenting people's knowledge with the help of teams of volunteers spread across India. He helps grassroots innovators and communities build on their knowledge systems by providing help in filing patents, promoting scientific validation of these innovations by involving government scientific institutes and private individuals and bodies, and facilitating tie-ups with entrepreneurs and industrial groups.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Most innovations are scouted by volunteers: Anil K Gupta \|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-nation/most-innovations-are-scouted-by-volunteers-anil-k-gupta/50095/1}}</ref>

	Gupta has developed courses for students at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad\|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]]. One of his most popular courses included S''hodh Yatra,'' under which he took management students to different parts of the country to learn from local communities and study their knowledge systems.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Prof. Anil K. Gupta: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad \|url=http://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/facultypage.php?facultyid=anilg&menuno=2&pageid=8&menuname=My \|access-date=2020-03-23 \|archive-date=2020-07-29 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729083318/http://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/facultypage.php?facultyid=anilg&menuno=2&pageid=8&menuname=My \|url-status=dead }}</ref> This course was derived from his larger concept of walking through the length and breadth of the country, interacting with farmers, [[traditional knowledge]] holders, grassroots innovators, innovative students, etc~~., which he named shodh yatra (meaning 'research walk')~~. It started in May 1998 in the western Indian province of [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=How One Man Traveled 19 States, Studied 6 Crore Plants and Planted 5200 Varieties \|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/119922/gaffarbhai-qureshi-nursery-gir-gujarat/ \|access-date=23 March 2020 \|work=The Better India}}</ref>		Gupta has developed courses for students at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad\|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]]. One of his most popular courses included S''hodh Yatra,'' (meaning 'research walk'), under which he took management students to different parts of the country to learn from local communities and study their knowledge systems.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Prof. Anil K. Gupta: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad \|url=http://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/facultypage.php?facultyid=anilg&menuno=2&pageid=8&menuname=My \|access-date=2020-03-23 \|archive-date=2020-07-29 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729083318/http://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/facultypage.php?facultyid=anilg&menuno=2&pageid=8&menuname=My \|url-status=dead }}</ref> This course was derived from his larger concept of walking through the length and breadth of the country, interacting with farmers, [[traditional knowledge]] holders, grassroots innovators, innovative students, etc. It started in May 1998 in the western Indian province of [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=How One Man Traveled 19 States, Studied 6 Crore Plants and Planted 5200 Varieties \|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/119922/gaffarbhai-qureshi-nursery-gir-gujarat/ \|access-date=23 March 2020 \|work=The Better India}}</ref>

	== Education ==		== Education ==
	Upon finishing his bachelor's degree (Hons) in [[Agriculture]], he went on to complete his ~~Masters~~ in Sciences (Biochemical Genetics) from [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University\|Haryana Agricultural University]] in 1974. In 1986, he earned a Ph.D. in ~~Management~~ from the [[Kurukshetra University]].		Upon finishing his bachelor's degree (Hons) in [[Agriculture]], he went on to complete his master's degree in Sciences (Biochemical Genetics) from [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University\|Haryana Agricultural University]] in 1974. In 1986, he earned a Ph.D. in management from the [[Kurukshetra University]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=National Academy of Agricultural Sciences \|url=https://naas.org.in/detail.php?id=160 \|access-date=2026-01-07 \|website=naas.org.in}}</ref>

	~~==Career==~~		==Research==
	=== Research ~~and interests =~~==		He authored the book, " Garssroots Innovations"- minds on the margins are not marginal minds published by Penguin India, which details his work with the Honey Bee Network.[https://www.penguin.co.in/book/grassroots-innovation-2/#:~:text=A%20moral%20dilemma%20gripped%20Anil,ISBN:%209780143497387] The book won the Best Business Book Award at the '''Tata Literature Live! Festival''' in 2018.[https://vitatales.com/anil-kumar-gupta/] He is Honorary Secretary of GIAN (Gujarat Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network) and Co-Ordinator of SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiative for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions).<ref>{{cite web\|title=Profile of Anil K Gupta \|url=http://www.sristi.org/anilg/profile.php \|access-date=13 December 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209171020/http://www.sristi.org/anilg/profile.php \|archive-date=9 December 2011 }}</ref> He was a speaker at [[TED (conference)\|TED]] India in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Anil Gupta: India's hidden hotbeds of invention\|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_gupta_india_s_hidden_hotbeds_of_invention\|access-date=14 December 2011}}</ref> Since 2011, he is an advisor on issues pertaining to innovation, environment, and sustainability to Fair Observer, an online magazine covering [[global issues]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=A.Gutpa{{!}}Fair Observer \|url=http://fairobserver.com/profile/agupta \|access-date=13 December 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212164159/http://fairobserver.com/profile/agupta \|archive-date=12 December 2011 }}</ref>
	~~His primary focus is on ensuring recognition, respect, and reward for grassroots inventors, and protection of their Intellectual Property rights. His other research interests include~~ the ~~amalgamation of formal and informal science~~, ~~ethical issues in conservation, and~~ the ~~prosperity of biodiversity. Every summer and winter for more than twelve years, he has spent more than a week walking approximately 6000  km across~~ India ~~to learn from grassroots teachers as part of [[Shodh Yatra\|Shodhyatra]]. Shodhyatra~~, ~~a second-year course, is one of the most popular courses taught in IIM-Ahmedabad. Through~~ the Honey Bee Network~~, he has aimed to demonstrate that the ideas and knowledge of economically poor people are important for the sustainable progress of developing countries~~.

	~~=== Professional experience ===~~
	~~Gupta has been a professor in the Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad since 1981~~. ~~Various positions held by him~~ in ~~IIM~~-A ~~include Chairperson of Research and Publications~~, ~~Chairperson of Ravi J Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation, and Kasturbhai Lalbhai Chair~~ in ~~Entrepreneurship~~.

	He is a Co-Ordinator of ~~[[National Innovation Foundation#SRISTI\|~~SRISTI]] (Society for Research and Initiative for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions).<ref>{{cite web\|title=Profile of Anil K Gupta \|url=http://www.sristi.org/anilg/profile.php \|access-date=13 December 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209171020/http://www.sristi.org/anilg/profile.php \|archive-date=9 December 2011 }}</ref> He was a speaker at [[TED (conference)\|TED]]India in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Anil Gupta: India's hidden hotbeds of invention\|url=~~http~~://www.ted.com/talks/anil_gupta_india_s_hidden_hotbeds_of_invention~~.html~~\|access-date=14 December 2011}}</ref> Since 2011, he is an advisor on issues pertaining to innovation, environment, and sustainability to Fair Observer, an online magazine covering global issues.<ref>{{cite web\|title=A.Gutpa{{!}}Fair Observer \|url=http://fairobserver.com/profile/agupta \|access-date=13 December 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212164159/http://fairobserver.com/profile/agupta \|archive-date=12 December 2011 }}</ref>

	~~== Grassroots Innovation ==~~
	Gupta wrote the book ‘Grassroots Innovation: Minds on the Margin are not Marginal Minds’ in 2016. Published by Penguin Books India, the book is a compilation of his empirical research, carried out through the Shodh Yatras, on ingenious solutions and innovations crafted by common individuals, targeting local problems faced by local communities.

	== Awards and honours ==		== Awards and honours ==
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	[[File:Anil K gupta Erudite Conclave Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram.JPG\|thumb\|Gupta at Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram]]'''Anil Kumar Gupta''' is an Indian scholar in the area of grassroots [[innovations]].<ref>http://www.global-innovation.net/projects/grassroot/mediareports.html</ref> He is the founder of the [[National Innovation Foundation#Honey Bee Network\|Honey Bee Network]]. He retired as a full-time professor at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad\|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]] in 2017, where he served for about 36 years.<ref>{{cite news \|title=IIM-A gives Professor Anil Gupta pyaau farewell gift \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/iim-a-gives-prof-anil-gupta-pyaau-farewell-gift/articleshow/58438685.cms \|access-date=23 March 2020 \|work=The Times of India \|date=30 April 2017}}</ref> He is a visiting faculty at the institute now.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Prof. Anil Gupta: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad \|url=https://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/}}</ref> He held an executive vice-chair at the [[National Innovation Foundation]],<ref>http://www.nif.org.in/</ref> where he is a member of its governing board now. He is also a fellow of the [[World Academy of Art and Science]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.worldacademy.org/view/general_listing?field_name_value=gupta&field_country_value=&field_city_value= \|title=General Listing \|publisher=[[World Academy of Art and Science]] \|access-date=5 February 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728190815/http://www.worldacademy.org/view/general_listing?field_name_value=gupta&field_country_value=&field_city_value= \|archive-date=28 July 2011 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2004 for his contributions to management education.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sristi.org/cms/padmashri_award_congerred_prof \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2015-06-10 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105156/http://www.sristi.org/cms/padmashri_award_congerred_prof \|archive-date=2015-09-24 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		[[File:Anil K gupta Erudite Conclave Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram.JPG\|thumb\|Gupta addressing at [[Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram]].]]'''Anil Kumar Gupta''' is an Indian scholar in the area of grassroots [[innovations]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.global-innovation.net/projects/grassroot/mediareports.html \| title=Global Innovation: A Research Project of TIM @ TUHH }}</ref> He is the founder of the [[National Innovation Foundation#Honey Bee Network\|Honey Bee Network]]. He retired as a full-time professor at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad\|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]] in 2017, where he served for about 36 years.<ref>{{cite news \|title=IIM-A gives Professor Anil Gupta pyaau farewell gift \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/iim-a-gives-prof-anil-gupta-pyaau-farewell-gift/articleshow/58438685.cms \|access-date=23 March 2020 \|work=The Times of India \|date=30 April 2017}}</ref> He is a visiting faculty at the institute now.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Prof. Anil Gupta: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad \|url=https://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/ \|access-date=2020-01-19 \|archive-date=2020-07-29 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729083318/https://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref> He held an executive vice-chair at the [[National Innovation Foundation]],<ref>http://www.nif.org.in/</ref> where he is a member of its governing board now. He is also a fellow of the [[World Academy of Art and Science]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.worldacademy.org/view/general_listing?field_name_value=gupta&field_country_value=&field_city_value= \|title=General Listing \|publisher=[[World Academy of Art and Science]] \|access-date=5 February 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728190815/http://www.worldacademy.org/view/general_listing?field_name_value=gupta&field_country_value=&field_city_value= \|archive-date=28 July 2011 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2004 for his contributions to management education.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sristi.org/cms/padmashri_award_congerred_prof \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2015-06-10 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105156/http://www.sristi.org/cms/padmashri_award_congerred_prof \|archive-date=2015-09-24 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
	He ~~is seen as a pioneer in the field of grassroots innovations,~~ in ~~which his contribution includes~~ documenting people's knowledge with the help of teams of volunteers spread across India. He helps grassroots innovators and communities build on their knowledge systems by providing help in filing patents, promoting scientific validation of these innovations by involving government scientific institutes and private individuals and bodies, and facilitating tie-ups with entrepreneurs and industrial groups.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Most innovations are scouted by volunteers: Anil K Gupta \|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-nation/most-innovations-are-scouted-by-volunteers-anil-k-gupta/50095/1}}</ref>		He has contributed in documenting people's knowledge with the help of teams of volunteers spread across India. He helps grassroots innovators and communities build on their knowledge systems by providing help in filing patents, promoting scientific validation of these innovations by involving government scientific institutes and private individuals and bodies, and facilitating tie-ups with entrepreneurs and industrial groups.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Most innovations are scouted by volunteers: Anil K Gupta \|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-nation/most-innovations-are-scouted-by-volunteers-anil-k-gupta/50095/1}}</ref>

	Gupta ~~is known for crafting innovative~~ courses for students at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad\|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]]. One of his most popular courses included ''~~shodh yatra~~,'' under which he took management students to different parts of the country to learn from local communities and study their knowledge systems.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Prof. Anil K. Gupta: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad \|url=http://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/facultypage.php?facultyid=anilg&menuno=2&pageid=8&menuname=My}}</ref> This course was derived from his larger concept of walking through the length and breadth of the country, interacting with farmers, [[traditional knowledge]] holders, grassroots innovators, innovative students, etc., which he named shodh yatra (meaning 'research walk'). It started in May 1998 in the western Indian province of [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=How One Man Traveled 19 States, Studied 6 Crore Plants and Planted 5200 Varieties \|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/119922/gaffarbhai-qureshi-nursery-gir-gujarat/ \|access-date=23 March 2020 \|work=The Better India}}</ref>		Gupta has developed courses for students at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad\|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]]. One of his most popular courses included S''hodh Yatra,'' under which he took management students to different parts of the country to learn from local communities and study their knowledge systems.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Prof. Anil K. Gupta: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad \|url=http://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/facultypage.php?facultyid=anilg&menuno=2&pageid=8&menuname=My \|access-date=2020-03-23 \|archive-date=2020-07-29 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729083318/http://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/facultypage.php?facultyid=anilg&menuno=2&pageid=8&menuname=My \|url-status=dead }}</ref> This course was derived from his larger concept of walking through the length and breadth of the country, interacting with farmers, [[traditional knowledge]] holders, grassroots innovators, innovative students, etc., which he named shodh yatra (meaning 'research walk'). It started in May 1998 in the western Indian province of [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=How One Man Traveled 19 States, Studied 6 Crore Plants and Planted 5200 Varieties \|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/119922/gaffarbhai-qureshi-nursery-gir-gujarat/ \|access-date=23 March 2020 \|work=The Better India}}</ref>

	== Education ==		== Education ==
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	==Career==		==Career==
	=== Research and interests ===		=== Research and interests ===
	His primary focus is on ensuring recognition, respect, and reward for grassroots inventors, and protection of their Intellectual Property rights. His other research interests include the amalgamation of formal and informal science, ethical issues in conservation, and the prosperity of biodiversity. Every summer and winter for more than twelve years, he has spent more than a week walking approximately 6000 km across India ~~in order~~ to learn from grassroots teachers as part of [[Shodh Yatra\|Shodhyatra]]. Shodhyatra, a second-year course, is one of the most popular courses taught in IIM-Ahmedabad. Through the Honey Bee Network, he has aimed to demonstrate that the ideas and knowledge of economically poor people are important for the sustainable progress of developing countries.		His primary focus is on ensuring recognition, respect, and reward for grassroots inventors, and protection of their Intellectual Property rights. His other research interests include the amalgamation of formal and informal science, ethical issues in conservation, and the prosperity of biodiversity. Every summer and winter for more than twelve years, he has spent more than a week walking approximately 6000  km across India to learn from grassroots teachers as part of [[Shodh Yatra\|Shodhyatra]]. Shodhyatra, a second-year course, is one of the most popular courses taught in IIM-Ahmedabad. Through the Honey Bee Network, he has aimed to demonstrate that the ideas and knowledge of economically poor people are important for the sustainable progress of developing countries.

	=== Professional experience ===		=== Professional experience ===
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.iimahmedabad.org/ IIM Ahmedabad]		*[http://www.iimahmedabad.org/ IIM Ahmedabad] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822024134/http://www.iimahmedabad.org/ \|date=2015-08-22 }}
	*[https://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/ Prof. Anil K. Gupta]		*[https://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/ Prof. Anil K. Gupta] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729083318/https://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/ \|date=2020-07-29 }}
	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110614150533/http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~anilg/ Presentation page on Indian Institute of Management]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110614150533/http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~anilg/ Presentation page on Indian Institute of Management]
	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130730003215/http://www.sgiquarterly.org/feature2012Jan-5.html Interview with Anil Gupta on Grassroots Innovation in India]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130730003215/http://www.sgiquarterly.org/feature2012Jan-5.html Interview with Anil Gupta on Grassroots Innovation in India]
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[[File:Anil K gupta Erudite Conclave Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram.JPG|thumb|Gupta at Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram]]'''Anil Kumar Gupta''' is an Indian scholar in the area of grassroots [[innovations]].<ref>http://www.global-innovation.net/projects/grassroot/mediareports.html</ref> He is the founder of the [[National Innovation Foundation#Honey Bee Network|Honey Bee Network]]. He retired as a full-time professor at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]] in 2017, where he served for about 36 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=IIM-A gives Professor Anil Gupta pyaau farewell gift |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/iim-a-gives-prof-anil-gupta-pyaau-farewell-gift/articleshow/58438685.cms |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=30 April 2017}}</ref> He is a visiting faculty at the institute now.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. Anil Gupta: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad |url=https://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/}}</ref> He held an executive vice-chair at the [[National Innovation Foundation]],<ref>http://www.nif.org.in/</ref> where he is a member of its governing board now. He is also a fellow of the [[World Academy of Art and Science]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldacademy.org/view/general_listing?field_name_value=gupta&field_country_value=&field_city_value= |title=General Listing |publisher=[[World Academy of Art and Science]] |access-date=5 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728190815/http://www.worldacademy.org/view/general_listing?field_name_value=gupta&field_country_value=&field_city_value= |archive-date=28 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2004 for his contributions to management education.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sristi.org/cms/padmashri_award_congerred_prof |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105156/http://www.sristi.org/cms/padmashri_award_congerred_prof |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He is seen as a pioneer in the field of grassroots innovations, in which his contribution includes documenting people's knowledge with the help of teams of volunteers spread across India. He helps grassroots innovators and communities build on their knowledge systems by providing help in filing patents, promoting scientific validation of these innovations by involving government scientific institutes and private individuals and bodies, and facilitating tie-ups with entrepreneurs and industrial groups.<ref>{{cite web|title=Most innovations are scouted by volunteers: Anil K Gupta |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-nation/most-innovations-are-scouted-by-volunteers-anil-k-gupta/50095/1}}</ref>

Gupta is known for crafting innovative courses for students at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]]. One of his most popular courses included ''shodh yatra,'' under which he took management students to different parts of the country to learn from local communities and study their knowledge systems.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prof. Anil K. Gupta: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad |url=http://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/facultypage.php?facultyid=anilg&menuno=2&pageid=8&menuname=My}}</ref> This course was derived from his larger concept of walking through the length and breadth of the country, interacting with farmers, [[traditional knowledge]] holders, grassroots innovators, innovative students, etc., which he named shodh yatra (meaning 'research walk'). It started in May 1998 in the western Indian province of [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite news |title=How One Man Traveled 19 States, Studied 6 Crore Plants and Planted 5200 Varieties |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/119922/gaffarbhai-qureshi-nursery-gir-gujarat/ |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=The Better India}}</ref>

== Education ==
Upon finishing his bachelor's degree (Hons) in [[Agriculture]], he went on to complete his Masters in Sciences (Biochemical Genetics) from [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University|Haryana Agricultural University]] in 1974. In 1986, he earned a Ph.D. in Management from the [[Kurukshetra University]].

==Career==
=== Research and interests ===
His primary focus is on ensuring recognition, respect, and reward for grassroots inventors, and protection of their Intellectual Property rights. His other research interests include the amalgamation of formal and informal science, ethical issues in conservation, and the prosperity of biodiversity. Every summer and winter for more than twelve years, he has spent more than a week walking approximately 6000 km across India in order to learn from grassroots teachers as part of [[Shodh Yatra|Shodhyatra]]. Shodhyatra, a second-year course, is one of the most popular courses taught in IIM-Ahmedabad. Through the Honey Bee Network, he has aimed to demonstrate that the ideas and knowledge of economically poor people are important for the sustainable progress of developing countries.

=== Professional experience ===
Gupta has been a professor in the Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad since 1981. Various positions held by him in IIM-A include Chairperson of Research and Publications, Chairperson of Ravi J Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation, and Kasturbhai Lalbhai Chair in Entrepreneurship.

He is a Co-Ordinator of [[National Innovation Foundation#SRISTI|SRISTI]] (Society for Research and Initiative for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions).<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile of Anil K Gupta |url=http://www.sristi.org/anilg/profile.php |access-date=13 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209171020/http://www.sristi.org/anilg/profile.php |archive-date=9 December 2011 }}</ref> He was a speaker at [[TED (conference)|TED]]India in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anil Gupta: India's hidden hotbeds of invention|url=http://www.ted.com/talks/anil_gupta_india_s_hidden_hotbeds_of_invention.html|access-date=14 December 2011}}</ref> Since 2011, he is an advisor on issues pertaining to innovation, environment, and sustainability to Fair Observer, an online magazine covering global issues.<ref>{{cite web|title=A.Gutpa{{!}}Fair Observer |url=http://fairobserver.com/profile/agupta |access-date=13 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212164159/http://fairobserver.com/profile/agupta |archive-date=12 December 2011 }}</ref>

== Grassroots Innovation ==
Gupta wrote the book ‘Grassroots Innovation: Minds on the Margin are not Marginal Minds’ in 2016. Published by Penguin Books India, the book is a compilation of his empirical research, carried out through the Shodh Yatras, on ingenious solutions and innovations crafted by common individuals, targeting local problems faced by local communities.

== Awards and honours ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
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! Year of Award or Honor !! Name of Award or Honor !! Awarding Organization
|-

| 2004
| [[Padma Shri]] National Award (management education)
| [[Government of India]]
|-
| 2004
| Science-in-Society Award
| [[Indian Science Congress Association]]
|-
| 2000
| Asian Innovation Award Gold
| [[Far Eastern Economic Review]]
|-
| 1993 - 96
| Pew Conservation Scholar Award
| [[University of Michigan]], USA.
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.iimahmedabad.org/ IIM Ahmedabad]
*[https://faculty.iima.ac.in/~anilg/ Prof. Anil K. Gupta]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110614150533/http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~anilg/ Presentation page on Indian Institute of Management]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130730003215/http://www.sgiquarterly.org/feature2012Jan-5.html Interview with Anil Gupta on Grassroots Innovation in India]
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