Professor Anil K. Gupta

Research and Action Interests: Expanding global, national and local space for grassroots inventors and innovators to ensure recognition, respect and reward for them; protection of their Intellectual Property Rights; blending excellence in formal and informal science; ethical issues in conservation and prospecting of biodiversity; linking innovations, investments and enterprise; creating Knowledge Network at different levels for augmenting grassroots green innovations and build a global value chain to get the creativity its due; support to Honey Bee Network including about 124,000 ideas, innovations and examples (not all unique) of traditional knowledge from various parts of the country and rest of the world on farm and non farm sustainable technologies

Mission: is to demonstrate the potential of knowledge rich economically poor people in taking developing societies out of the morass of mediocrity and lead these on to a path of sustainable progress.

Have been walking (along around 6000 kms across India) for a week or more every summer and winter for last twelve years as a part of Shodh yatra (journey on foot to celebrate creativity at grassroots) to learn from grassroots teachers.