Civic & Social Organization - Secunderabad, Telangana, India
Palle Srujana is a voluntary organization works for aiding and promoting creativity at Grassroots level in the States of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana. It pursues the mission of National Innovation Foundation –India (NIF-India) in the states of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana as part of nationwide Honeybee network. We Scout across the rural parts (knowledge hubs) of Andhra Pradesh for knowledge and innovations. We document the knowledge acquired through scouting with sufficient recognition to the knowledge provider. The Grassroots innovations will be promoted and provided support for validation and reengineering. Palle Srujana also helps the innovators to get their technologies patented and take them to national and international level of recognition. The rural knowledge is disseminated horizontally, from land to land and village to village through Shodha Yatra, magazines in local language, participating in various farmers' meet etc. Palle Srujana being a Voluntary organization, entire activity is accomplished through pure volunteerism. We involve students, elders, women, private and public institutions and organizations, NGOs, and Government in the entire value chain of the grassroots innovations. The grassroots knowledge is linked to the formal system for validation, value addition, patenting, reengineering, manufacturability, marketability and business incubation etc.