Thursday, May 19, 2005

Lemelson Recognition and Mentoring Programme : Boon for Rural Innovators

   Innovation and rural India would seem mutually exclusive terms. But that is about to change.

   The Lemelson Recognition and Mentoring Programme -- or L-RAMP -- launched in rural Tamil Nadu for inventors, is a union of technology, innovation and funds.

   L-RAMP is a joint initiative of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Rural Innovation Network, and the Lemelson Foundation, USA.

   Impressed with the work done by the Rural Innovations Network, the Lemelson Foundation has decided to pour funds into the project and give it financial muscle and a major impetus.

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