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More from Less for More

Inclusive Innovation to Solve India's Grand Challenges at Scale | Innovation's Holy Grail

Sushil Borde
,
Raghunath Mashelkar
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Inequality is still one of the greatest challenges of the twenty-first century. Income inequalities, for instance, create access inequalities, which lead to social disharmony. However, reducing income inequalities takes generations. Can we create access equality despite income inequality?

This book introduces the idea of ‘More from Less for More’ under the umbrella of inclusive innovation as a solution to solving grand challenges of India at scale and at speed. By bringing focus to some breakthrough real-life examples from India, where ‘more from less for more and more’ has already been achieved, breaking down the science of affordable excellence, and providing its readers with practical tools and processes, the book aims to serve as a guide for stakeholders across segments.

From innovators, entrepreneurs, industrialists, governments, scientists, technocrats, teachers and students,
More from Less for More will attempt to enable all kinds of readers to appreciate the idea of how inclusive innovation is an answer to the grand challenges not just for India but for the whole world.

Imprint: Penguin Business

Published: Aug/2025

ISBN: 9780143471936

Length : 280 Pages

MRP : ₹799.00

More from Less for More

Inclusive Innovation to Solve India's Grand Challenges at Scale | Innovation's Holy Grail

Sushil Borde
,
Raghunath Mashelkar

Inequality is still one of the greatest challenges of the twenty-first century. Income inequalities, for instance, create access inequalities, which lead to social disharmony. However, reducing income inequalities takes generations. Can we create access equality despite income inequality?

This book introduces the idea of ‘More from Less for More’ under the umbrella of inclusive innovation as a solution to solving grand challenges of India at scale and at speed. By bringing focus to some breakthrough real-life examples from India, where ‘more from less for more and more’ has already been achieved, breaking down the science of affordable excellence, and providing its readers with practical tools and processes, the book aims to serve as a guide for stakeholders across segments.

From innovators, entrepreneurs, industrialists, governments, scientists, technocrats, teachers and students,
More from Less for More will attempt to enable all kinds of readers to appreciate the idea of how inclusive innovation is an answer to the grand challenges not just for India but for the whole world.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Sushil Borde

SUSHIL BORDE is president of the Anjani Mashelkar Foundation, driving affordable, high-tech healthcare innovations. He formerly served as president of the Fab Foundation at MIT, where he advanced the global ‘Invention as Aid’ mission through Fab Labs. As senior adviser to the Global Research Alliance, he has helped harness the power of science, technology and innovation for global good. At Reliance Industries, Sushil Borde leads the Reliance Innovation Leadership Centre. He convened the Reliance Innovation Council of Nobel Laureates and global thought leaders and holds a patent for an innovation platform. Sushil Borde was co-creator of Timeless Inspirator: Reliving Gandhi, a book inspired by R.A. Mashelkar.

Raghunath Mashelkar

RAGHUNATH MASHELKAR, FRS, is one of India’s foremost science and innovation leaders. Council of Scientific & Industrial Research transformation, under his leadership as director general, is ranked among the top-ten twentieth-century achievements of Indian science and technology. He was president of Global Research Alliance, a conglomerate of 60,000-plus scientists from leading global research and technology organizations. He was also chairman of the National Innovation Foundation as well as several corporate innovation boards besides being president of the Indian National Science Academy. He holds the record of fifty-four honorary doctorates from universities around the world. Former US President George H.W. Bush (Senior) honoured him with the Star of Asia Award and the President of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan—three of the highest civilian honours.

More from Less for More: The Future of Inclusive Innovation

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