Anil Gupta: India's hidden hotbeds of invention

http://www.ted.com Anil Gupta is on the hunt for the developing world's unsung inventors -- indigenous entrepreneurs whose ingenuity, hidden by poverty, could change many people's lives. He shows how the Honey Bee network helps them build the connections they need -- and gain the recognition they deserve.

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[tatapudi]

decades back, a man wearing just a dhoti lead a nation over a nation of tuxedos... mind matters and not clothes...

and yes, we are APU BASTARDS, and we are proud of it sir...

may i suggest, pls respect others to earn their respect...

[Cradle2Venus]

TED is not American. YouTube is accessible worldwide.

I recommend getting a real education. You clearly know nothing outside your own back yard and from your comments you care nothing for others unless it benefits you. YOU and people like you are exactly why these countries ARE third world. Keep shopping at Wal-Mart - the largest trading partner with China - while you somehow take pride in the nothingness which is USA.

[samala51]

Jesus christ... I'm just utterly amazed at the ignorance and stupidity that you've exemplified....

[brij kishor Tyagi]

america was filled with such people before invasion from england .red indians .india is a nation which supports every religion every language supports people dreams.

[Kartik Hegde]

WTF is ur problem if some one wears a cloth of their interest in their country!! People like u spoil the name of US infront of the whole world wit ur senseless comments!! Dumbass....

[dhawal1]

Search google images for 'appropriate technology' - you'll find pictures of such innovations from all over the world!

[furionese]

great video!

in my experience the innovative ideas come from just simply being lazy - or try to be as lazy as possible - that i refuse to put me under strenuous, tedious, repetitive hard work.

id rather invent something does the work for me.

yet at the same time, my ego wont allow me to go and buy existing, expensive and corporate driven hardware that often makes me dependant for their product that is designed to fail after some time.

so id rather invent it myself.

[crudhousefull]

Mmmm...another candidate for the release of personal details. Let's see what you say when we know who you are and where you live. You have a couple of days to try to erase your crap from the digital trail...cause when it's released, it's released. Alexandra Wallace all over again

[DeepakPawndU]

Fucking ugly pricks. ..you make me sick.

[bgupta2001]

souls ,are taken under earth .please request you to request make bring back all the souls ,every molecules back on earth .and make good dissison to save every one . request to give death panality for me,mother ,and father ,and even to my two brothers,and one sister to soul ,grand soul ,kundaliy , by giving or injecting poision ( which science & scientits can produce ) and ( shown in the "dasavataram "tamil & hindi india movie )burn infront of everyone on the earth only .

[ankit jain]

I have an absolute honour of working under Prof. Anil Gupta at Indian Institute of Management, Ahemdabad. The guy is a genious. Totally commited to the cause of uplifting people. Can you imagine at such a age he works for 20 hours ina day. Everyday you can find him talking to fruit vendors, tea makers and all around the campus listening to there problem and suggesting solutions. Respect!