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A Proposal for Rural Innovation Center

A Proposal for Rural Innovation Center. Professor Partha Ghosh, Chairman of The Boston Pledge Rishub Solan, Member of The Boston Pledge February 21, 2013. Our Mission: Empowering Change. “Real change happens from the bottom up” - President Obama, Clinton Global Initiative(9/25/2012).

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A Proposal for Rural Innovation Center

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  1. A Proposal for Rural Innovation Center Professor Partha Ghosh, Chairman of The Boston Pledge Rishub Solan, Member of The Boston Pledge February 21, 2013

  2. Our Mission: Empowering Change “Real change happens from the bottom up” -President Obama, Clinton Global Initiative(9/25/2012)

  3. The Mission $250,000

  4. The Boston Pledge Catalyst • Boston Pledge’s overall mission is catalyzed by YOU! • World kindness and social responsibility has created a unique time in which people are contributing to the welfare of the less fortunate • The incubation center movement is essential to assisting this cause to enable bottom up enterprising

  5. Success from the Base • A great deal of innovative, successful people have come from underprivileged backgrounds. Recognize some of these ground-breaking individuals? • Thomas Edison • John D. Rockefeller • Oprah Winfrey • J.K. Rowling • Richard Branson • Abraham Lincoln • Andrew Carnegie • Maya Angelou

  6. Our Inspiration We derive our inspiration from established Indian Vedic Philosophy dating back to 2500 B.C., with fundamentals that include:

  7. The Future Movement TowardsCircular Economics: The 5 R’s Old paradigm: Linear Business Model New Paradigm: Circular Business Model* Conventional Value delivery model Conventional Value Delivery Component Enhanced Value Recycle Model * Partha S Ghosh Model Shrinking Resources Overflowing Land Fills

  8. Innovation Centers Incubators & Innovation Labs at the bottom of the pyramid Trickle down of Upgraded Solutions Proven Applications to break old habits • We provide impoverished individuals with access to experimental workshops where ideas can be tested, developed, and launched in rural Indian villages • This is facilitated through the use of financing, volunteering, business mentoring, championing of local consumers, and soft technologies • Innovation centers will generate eco-friendly, energy efficient solutions

  9. LakhikantapurTransformation 1983 1990 2013 & Beyond 2003

  10. The Essentials of the Innovation Center Basic functions/Spaces in the Center Eco-friendly Rural Innovation Center Physics lab Wood Working Center Chemistry Lab Knowledge Center Bio/Agro Lab Metal Working Center Design & Eng. Center

  11. The Center’s Facilities Wood working machines to help rural entrepreneurs build eco- friendly tools Wood working Help development of Rural robust products to manage logistics and storage of products Metal Working Facilitate development of imaginative products focused on rural household productivity and comforts Knowledge Center Design & engineering Will guide Agro based Innovation Help apply laws of physics to engineering and development of products Physics Purpose: Fund internal growth through skills development in various areas(wood working, physics, etc.) to develop and fully engineer sustainable products Chemistry Utilize chemical principles in product development Modernize rural health care practices in integration with modern techniques Bio/agro

  12. Where the Money Will Go… • Our Initial Goal of $250,000 for this revolutionary incubation center will go towards: • Land Contribution: (The Boston Pledge Founders Contribution) • Facilities & Land Development: $25,000 • Access Road/Utilities: $15,000 • Construction: $75,000 • Lab Equipment: $35,000 • Mentoring/Residential Quarters: $35,000 • Vehicle Transport(1): $32,000 • Initial Working Capital: $50,000

  13. The Result • The Results of the Boston Pledge Incubation Center are endless…. • The Cure for local diseases? • Development of local plants and seeds? • Solutions to Improve Farming Techniques? • A Financially Feasible Water Desalination Method? • New Engineering Processes to Harness Natural Energy? • The Evident: Providing Unparalleled Opportunities to Underprivileged Children

  14. How can you help? • Donate as little as $1 or $2 to help the cause! • Proceeds go towards funding this nonprofit group and innovation centers we are setting up abroad in India • Access our online payment system to donate now: http://www.eventedge.biz/tbp

  15. Innovation Center Sponsorship Levels Attain these sponsorship levels and be forever remembered on our Wall of Founder’s: Platinum: $100,000(Name Placard on Innovation Center Entrance) Gold, $50,000(Name on one of the Innovation Center Rooms) Sapphire $25,000 Silver$ 10,000 Sponsors: $5,000 Champions: $ 1-5k

  16. Gratitude & Thanks *Images Extracted from Google Images and Photographs of TBP In India Special Thanks to YOU for helping the cause…

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