Jugaad (Frugal) Innovation : From India To The World

Jugaad (Furgal)
Innovation:
From India To The World
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What is “Jugaad” (Frugal)?
By: GlobIndian (2013)
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Jugaad, a Hindi word , means innovative fix/creative
solution in crisis/problem solving in available resources
• Indians are know for their “Jugaad” practices. New term
Jugaad Innovation is a result of using “Jugaad(u)” ability to
solve technical/business problems and innovate.
• An attitude of finding quick, creative, less cost, local market
solutions in available resources, test locally and apply same
solutions to other markets is roughly called as Jugaad
(Frugal) Innovation process in world business community.

Jugaad (Frugal)
Similar term like ‘Jugaad’ in different countries:
@ China it is known as ‘zizhu chuangxin’
@Brazil as ‘gambiarra’
@ USA as ‘D-I-Y’ (Do It Yourself)
@Africa as ‘jua kali’
@France as ‘systeme d’
– Reference from Jugaad innovation Book@ http://jugaadinnovation.com/

Jugaad Innovation in India
• World’s first Canal Top Solar Power Project (Reduces Evaporation & No Land cost)
- Photo Credit / Project details @ Wikipedia
- Read about India’s Innovations @ India Innovates @ National Innovation Foundation & Honey Bee Network (SRISTI)

• Auto Rickshaw (TukTuk) : Low fare 3 passenger Taxi using Bike Engine (~ 145cc)
- Photo Credit @ Wikipedia

• World’s least expensive ($2000) Car – TATA Nano
- Photo Credit @ Wikipedia

• Ramya Jose’s Pedal-Powred Washihng Machine
- Screen Photo Credit/See full story @ IBNLive
- Read about India’s Innovations @ India Innovates @ National innovation Foundation & Honey Bee Network
(SRISTI)

• Dwarka Prasad Chaurasia’s Water Walking Shoes
- Read about India’s Innovations @ India Innovates @ National innovation Foundation & Honey Bee Network (SRISTI)

• MJ Joseph’s Tree Climbing Machine
(SRISTI)

• Jahangir Ahmad’s Electric Painting Brush

MansukhBhai’s MittiCool Clay Products :
Screen shot photo / See product details at official website : Mitti Cool
About MansukhBhai Prajapati @ Wikipedia
 Clay Refrigerator
 Non Stick Coated
Cooking Tawa (Pan)
 Cooker
 Water Filter
 Food Plate (Bowl, Cup,
plate)
 Lamps (Diya)

• Home / Office from unused Cargo Containers
 See various container homes/Offices in India @ Economic Times Slide Show
 Watch company website @ http://containersolutionsindia.com/projects/
- Photo credit/ See Container Architecture information @ Wikipedia
Photo is from
Wikipedia.
See original
home/offices
in India at
links below

• Nattubhai Vader’s Cotton Harvesting Machine

• Dharamveer Kamboj’s ‘Aloe Vera’ Plant Processor

• Abdul Raheem Khan’s Cotton De-seeder Machine

• Amit Agrawal’s innovative Pulley with Braking Mechanism to pull
heavy water bucket from well
(SRISTI)

Mumbai Airport’s unique Y-shaped large Pillars &
Fibreglass roof top construction process
• Most complicated construction project
• Revolutionary 4 million sq. ft. terminal to handle 45 million passengers each year
• One of the largest Roof tops in the world –17 acre under roof space
• Building on Active current airport without canceling a single flight
• $2 Billion project to build single terminal T2
• Unique State-of-art Pillar/Columns design to get more space & innovative
construction process by L&T – India company
• A systematic Jugaad Innovation to handle all complexity and on-site construction
challenges!
Watch interesting details :
Terminal construction (L&T company) documentary @ Discovery’s Build It Bigger
T2 terminal pictures @ Economic times slide show

UID (Aadhaar) Card project
• Indian Jugaad Innovation in terms of Technology/Hardware development , Process of
registration and approach (Mobiles, door step, through agencies), Logistics,
implementation, Speed and Scale up model, Fresh innovative idea generation.
• Ambitious ~ $ 3 billion project
• 12 digit Unique Identification Number to all 1.2 billion Indian Citizens
• Collects biometric data: Photo, 10 Finger prints & iris at Official Registration center
• Every citizen will get Aadhaar ( Hindi word means ‘Support’) Card at home by post
• Cost of less than $1 per person
• Largest human database in the world
• Will Create 100,000 new jobs and business over $1 Billion in first phase (estimated)
• Till date about 400 million Indians got registered
• Speed of 1 million people registration each day
• Innovative approach to registration process according to local situation
See more details :
Official Govt. of India website @ UIDAI
Read Information @ Wikipedia By: GlobIndian (2013)

Konkan Railway Project:
Zuari Bridge , Goa Photo credit Wikipedia
See details about Konkan Railway Project @ Wikipedia
Official website for many details @ Konkan Railway
• Build by Indian Railway
Engineers
• One of the difficult rail
projects in the world
• Built 760 km Railway with 59
stations at difficult landscape,
Moist land, Hills and Big Rivers
• Built over 2000 bridges and 91
tunnels
• Kankan railway got many
technical breakthroughs/
patents to solve challenges
• Longest bridge- 2065 m
• Tallest Viaduct (Saraswati
River) - Panval nadi @ 64 m
high
• Longest tunnel - 6.5 km
(Karbude tunnel)

ARTI’s Portable Biogas unit for Home
• Converts Food/Plant waste to Energy
(Flame/cooking/heating/boiling) for home
• Biogas from food/plant waste using
Methanogenic (Methane producing) bacteria
• Better than traditional dung based units
• Compact, Clean, Odor-free technology
• Portable and can be fitted to any house or at
rooftop
• Got ASDEN awards for this project
• Effluent is used as bio-fertilizer for plants at
garden.
• See Demo/Documentary @ youtube
• Visit Institute’s website for details @ ARTI-
India

Jaipur Foot/Leg for Handicap person
• Jaipur is a name of Indian city where this
hospital is based
• Indian Doctors and Technicians designed
these affordable foot/legs
• Low cost/affordable to all, high
performance foot/legs
• Treating Indian and International
patients
More details :
• Watch Documentary about Jaipur Foot @
Youtube
• Official Jaipur Hospital website@
JaiPurFoot (see screen shot)
• Jaipur leg details @ Wikipedia

More about Jugaad innovation in India :
 Read book “Jugaad Innovation : Think Frugal , Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth”
By : Navi Radjou, Jaideep Prabhu and Simone Ahuja
 Government of India programme about India’s Innovations @ India Innovates
 Govt. of India institute to promote grassroot innovation @ National Innovation Foundation
 Organization helping Indians to protect their talent @ Honey Bee Network (SRISTI)
 More about Honey Bee Network @ TED talks by Anil Gupta
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