Like Mysore Santhe (I had earlier written about this here and here), GVK has proposed another superb idea called ChitraSanthe. I am reproducing much of the mail here with a few additions:
Among the ideas that emerged in our weekly Sunday meet is a chitra santhe for amateur artists at a designated space. The idea is [...]
Imagine a place where artists, entrepreneurs, engineers, journalists and people from various streams come together with just one agenda: To let ideas flow. That is the kind of place we want “Mysore Santhe” to be. And for it to be a success, you need to be there too. Just walk into Samvaada vana at Yuvaraja [...]
We were talking with the chief of a company about our business idea and project and how he could sell his product to us but it turned out he was interested in investing in the project too. Another day, another chief, similar proposal and this person provided us the contact of a person who does [...]
A few months back, teachers at Vidyavardhaka school in Mysore called me to gain some knowledge on climate change and renewable energy technologies. Their intention was to participate in a national level science project. I suggested them various simple things such as a simple biodiesel project, a carbon sequestration calculation project, a school level tree [...]
Often, we require rural statistical information related to our business. How many farming communities exist in an area. What is the forest cover in an area. What is the existing economic scenario in rural areas. And many more like this. How do you find such information?
The answer is to visit Gram Panchayat offices, Agricultural information [...]
