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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 &#124; 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&nbsp; 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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This article is about the scholar of grassroots innovation. For the geologist, see Anil Kumar Gupta (scientist).

Gupta addressing at Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

Anil Kumar Gupta is an Indian scholar in the area of grassroots innovations.[1] He is the founder of the Honey Bee Network. He retired as a full-time professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 2017, where he served for about 36 years.[2][3]

He was a member of the governing board at the National Innovation Foundation.[4] He is also a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science.[5] He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004 for his contributions to management education.[6][7]

Gupta has developed courses for students at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. One of his most popular courses included Shodh 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.[8] 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.[9]

Education[edit | edit source]

Upon finishing his bachelor's degree (Hons) in Agriculture, he went on to complete his master's degree in Sciences (Biochemical Genetics) from Haryana Agricultural University in 1974. In 1986, he earned a Ph.D. in management from the Kurukshetra University.[10]

Research[edit | edit source]

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.[1] The book won the Best Business Book Award at the Tata Literature Live! Festival in 2018.[2] 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).[11] He was a speaker at TED India in November 2009.[12] Since 2011, he is an advisor on issues pertaining to innovation, environment, and sustainability to Fair Observer, an online magazine covering global issues.[13]

Awards and honours[edit | edit source]

Year of award or honour Name of award or honour Awarding organisation
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[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Global Innovation: A Research Project of TIM @ TUHH".
  2. ↑ "IIM-A gives Professor Anil Gupta pyaau farewell gift". The Times of India. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Prof. Anil Gupta: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad". Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Governing Board - National Innovation Foundation-India". National Innovation Foundation - India. 4 March 2024. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "General Listing". World Academy of Art and Science. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "Padma Shri award conferred on Prof Anil K Gupta | SRISTI". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Most innovations are scouted by volunteers: Anil K Gupta".
  8. ↑ "Prof. Anil K. Gupta: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad". Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "How One Man Traveled 19 States, Studied 6 Crore Plants and Planted 5200 Varieties". The Better India. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "National Academy of Agricultural Sciences". naas.org.in. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Profile of Anil K Gupta". Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  12. ↑ "Anil Gupta: India's hidden hotbeds of invention". Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  13. ↑ "A.Gutpa|Fair Observer". Archived from the original on 12 December 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.

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