I will apply my Organizational behavioral learning to understand India's innovation injunction. Any successful organization brags about its D.N.A which makes it best at what it does. Innovation is also a culture which has to be ingrained in Indian citizens to get fruitful results. Unlike western countries our schooling systems rarely allows students to experiment. Whether it is with an innovative lunch-box or an opinion about Indian histories. It does not teaches us that it is ok to fail. It fails to advocate that process matter more than the results. Coming to college and job there are performance metrics formally decided by society which basically tests how complacent you can be. In addition to this the famous neighbor's opinion syndrome and family's reputation in the community kills any idea which is still left in the bag. To change this it requires conscious efforts from all the stake-holders government in terms of monetary encouragement and infrastructure help they can provide, teachers in instilling a culture of thinking differently, students in barring risk of going against the wave and finally family who should learn to accept the individuality of Indian child.
In India one innovates only when it is necessary or when it is profitable. Together we have to instill a culture where people innovate because it is fun to do so. Who knows a wheel invented today might contribute in building tomorrow's car.
Sahil Shah
PGP-1 student of IIM Indore
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