Prasun Sinha Faculty Advisor, Sankalpa India (also Associate Prof., CSE) Reaching Out through Innovations.

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Prasun Sinha Faculty Advisor, Sankalpa India (also Associate Prof., CSE) Reaching Out through Innovations

What is holding back the country that once was the epicenter of knowledge? Low literacy rate: 60% (US: 99%) 15% of students reach high-school Diseases Many severe diseases: measles, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, cholera 2.47 million HIV+ Malnutrition 5.6 million child deaths every year 50% of children underweight (similar to sub-saharan Africa) Poverty 37% below poverty line

Impact of Contributions from Indian Americans Education Health Sanitation Agriculture Energy Relief Efforts Sanskardham Vidyalaya for Hearing Impaired, Mumbai suburb (supported by sankalpaindia.org, Columbus) Sukhdev Raj Soin Hospital, Haryana (non-profit, by Ohio based Rajesh K. Soin)

Change through Innovations Feel the pulse Travel, read, think, interact Come up with brilliant ideas to address the problems considering unique constraints Example 1: Micro-financing: Grameen Bank (Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, 2006) Grameen Bank supported businesses In Bangladesh

Example 2: Lifestraw : $2, 20 liters per day, 1 year

Vermitank Converts biodegradable garbage into best quality organic manure Vermibox For houses without courtyard. Converts biodegradable garbage into manure Example 3: Vermibox and Vermitank

Example 4: Parabolic-Mirror Community Cooker, Bhadal, Narmada Valley

Example 5: Dannon in Bangladesh: Cooler bags and Microplants Coolerbag equipped salespersonChildren enjoying Shokti-doi (Energy Yogurt)

My Appeal (Summary) Increase awareness to comprehend the issues and the constraints Challenge yourself to find innovative solutions Motivate yourself to put your ideas into action Reward yourself with inner-satisfaction

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