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Innovation is important to all companies but the very premise of a startup is based on fresh, new ideas, additionally, there is a thirst for risk and transformation. They, therefore, tend to have a special relationship with innovation. Over the past few years, Telangana has made significant contributions to building a world-class innovation ecosystem in the state. In 2016, the state launched its innovation policy with the aim to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, the government has established and supported numerous eco-system enablers for startups and entrepreneurs such as TSIC, T-Hub, T-Works, WE-Hub, RICH, TASK and Y-Hub.

The state has been a pioneer in the domain of social and grassroot innovation giving a platform for social and grassroot innovators to thrive and create a credible impact.

Grassroot Innovation

Social Innovation

Grassroot Innovation

Grassroot Innovation is an essential fragment as it has a dynamic aspect because the innovative products and ideas are originated and designed by a person who belongs to the grassroots of the nation. Telangana state has been consistently enterprising a robust grassroot innovation ecosystem with the objectives to identify, celebrate and provide sector specific assistance to rural innovators. The state has strived to work towards representing identified innovators through visibility & recognition and enable the villages through diffusion of innovation. Several events and meets have been organised to stimulate the people.

Grassroot Innovation has a tremendous influence over people can relate to the people established by it and can make several young people to understand that they can achieve greatness with the help of the state and its modern resources , better things are yet to come.

The Government of Telangana has defined Grassroot Innovation and Startups with Grassroot/Rural impact as follows in the G.O.Ms.No. 8 dated 27-07-2021.

Definition of Grassroot Innovation:

Grassroot Innovation is a term that has gained recent popularity in India and other developing nations. While the term “Grassroot Innovation” can be understood by alloying the meaning of the word “Grassroot” and “Innovation” together; its ambit can hardly be contained in the definition. But for the sake of clarity, we would define “Innovation”, “Grassroot” and “Grassroot Innovation” to make the initial contours.

Innovation: An idea/product which is unprecedented/novel manifested through its usage of either one or multiple of the undermentioned:

  1. Method
  2. Material
  3. Application
  4. Business System

Grassroot: Grassroot is a collective term to represent the economically marginalized, bottom most pyramid of the society. For clarification, this economically marginalized section of society is not to be taken as marginalized in other capitals like: skill, intellectual, and ethical. This is a collective mass of people who could be termed as “Last Mile” “The last beneficiary”, “Antyodaya”.

Grassroot Innovation: Grassroot Innovation by simple amalgamation of the definition of its parts becomes: Innovation with direct implication for the people at Grassroots.

Grassroot innovation has traditionally been done by grassroot innovators but increasingly startups too have ventured into the space of grassroot innovation.

Definition of “Startups with Grassroot/Rural Impact”:

A registered entity (Private Limited Company, Registered Partnership Firm, Limited Liability Partnership, Sole Proprietorship, or One Person Company) that uses technology or innovative methodologies to improve livelihoods, processes, lifestyles, health, education or the general welfare of the people at grassroots as defined in the definition above will be called as Startups with grassroot/rural impact.

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Utsavam

School innovation
Challenge

Intita Innovator Exhibition
2019

Assistive Technology
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Village Innovation Challenge
2020

Innovation Yatra
2020

Impact of Grassroot Innovation Initiative

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Grassroots Innovators scouted

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Grassroots Innovators currently supported

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Grants rolled out to multiple innovators

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District Administration Officials sensitised every year on Innovation

Partners of Grassroot Innovation

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Impact of Grassroot Innovation Initiative

Partners Of Grassroot Innovation Initiative

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urbankisan
zenoti
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cornext
darwinbox
During my visit along with the TSIC team to an engineering college near Warangal, I had the opportunity to learn and witness some of TSIC's initiatives towards bringing visibility to rural and Tier-3 city innovators.TSIC team appears to have a very subtle approach through which they make it comforable for innovators, specifically from these localities to come out and speak about their innovations. Be it a group of grads who developed a light weight pesticide sprinkling system for farmers in their village or another individual who has the courage to challenge conventional methods of applying scientific learnings to generate energy through perpetual motion, TSIC's efforts to identify and support them is extremely commendable. Kudos to the entire TSIC team for their selfless efforts. All the very best!
Aravind Maran
Aravind MaranFounder, YZThings
GMP played a huge role in accelerating our journey towards building geospatial decision support systems for the government. As a social enterprise focused on working with the government - two of the biggest barriers we face are gathering deep insights on customer pain points and converting those insights into a project. Our mentor, who is the Officer on Special Duty for Adoption of Emerging Technologies, and the broader TSIC team were of great help in solving both of these issues. Thanks to their support we were able to conceptualize a project on disaster management, and are currently in the pilot phase. We've found Telangana to be one of the most supportive states for deep/emerging tech use-cases, and the GMP initiative provides a great entry pathway into the state. I highly recommend this program to innovative startups!
Dipika Prasad
Dipika PrasadCo-Founder, Lakeer
TSIC has made huge strides in bringing innovation to the education sector in Telangana. Ashoka Innovators for the Public partnered with TSIC to conduct Change maker boot camps for middle school students from tribal and social welfare schools. TSIC was monumental in the successful organisation and implementation of the boot camp. As a result, many of the young students are now launching their own initiatives. Additionally, the innovation fellows are very diligent, hardworking and show exemplary leadership skills which were exhibited during our work with them.
Khyati
KhyatiAshoka Innovators for the Public
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During my visit along with the TSIC team to an engineering college near Warangal, I had the opportunity to learn and witness some of TSIC's initiatives towards bringing visibility to rural and Tier-3 city innovators.TSIC team appears to have a very subtle approach through which they make it comforable for innovators, specifically from these localities to come out and speak about their innovations. Be it a group of grads who developed a light weight pesticide sprinkling system for farmers in their village or another individual who has the courage to challenge conventional methods of applying scientific learnings to generate energy through perpetual motion, TSIC's efforts to identify and support them is extremely commendable. Kudos to the entire TSIC team for their selfless efforts. All the very best!

Aravind Maran photo

Aravind Maran

CEO, YZThings.

GMP played a huge role in accelerating our journey towards building geospatial decision support systems for the government. As a social enterprise focused on working with the government - two of the biggest barriers we face are gathering deep insights on customer pain points and converting those insights into a project. Our mentor, who is the Officer on Special Duty for Adoption of Emerging Technologies, and the broader TSIC team were of great help in solving both of these issues. Thanks to their support we were able to conceptualize a project on disaster management, and are currently in the pilot phase. We've found Telangana to be one of the most supportive states for deep/emerging tech use-cases, and the GMP initiative provides a great entry pathway into the state. I highly recommend this program to innovative startups!

Dipika Prasad photo

Dipika Prasad

Co-Founder, Lakeer

TSIC has made huge strides in bringing innovation to the education sector in Telangana. Ashoka Innovators for the Public partnered with TSIC to conduct Changemaker boot camps for middle school students from tribal and social welfare schools. TSIC was monumental in the successful organization and implementation of the boot camp. As a result, many of the young students are now launching their own initiatives. Additionally, the innovation fellows are very diligent, hardworking and show exemplary leadership skills which were exhibited during our work with them.

Khyati photo

Khyati

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Social Innovation

In recent years, the potential of social innovation for bringing about social transformation has been actively explored on a global scale. Several countries, including the member countries of the European Union (EU), have successfully implemented different social innovation models to find innovative answers for a wide range of social challenges in the context of public health, microcredit, climate change, education, poverty and so on. In recent years, the potential of social innovation for bringing about social transformation has become extremely evident. The new vision of the government is to focus on building a vibrant Social Innovation Ecosystem in Telangana. The state is on its way to becoming the leading hub for social innovation in India and is also the first state in the country to draft a Social innovation Policy. In efforts to build a flourishing ecosystem for social enterprises and innovators, the state has conducted multiple programs.

Social Impact Bootcamp

Impact Labs

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Impact of Social Innovation Initiative

0 8947
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No. of Startups registered

0 356

Seed funded
Startups

0 148

Venture funded Startups

0 3420
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No. of
incubatees

0 150
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Purchase order awarded

Partners Of Social Innovation Initiative

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urbankisan
zenoti
dhruvaspace
cornext
darwinbox

Success Stories

During my visit along with the TSIC team to an engineering college near Warangal, I had the opportunity to learn and witness some of TSIC's initiatives towards bringing visibility to rural and Tier-3 city innovators.TSIC team appears to have a very subtle approach through which they make it comforable for innovators, specifically from these localities to come out and speak about their innovations. Be it a group of grads who developed a light weight pesticide sprinkling system for farmers in their village or another individual who has the courage to challenge conventional methods of applying scientific learnings to generate energy through perpetual motion, TSIC's efforts to identify and support them is extremely commendable. Kudos to the entire TSIC team for their selfless efforts. All the very best!
Aravind Maran
Aravind MaranFounder, YZThings
GMP played a huge role in accelerating our journey towards building geospatial decision support systems for the government. As a social enterprise focused on working with the government - two of the biggest barriers we face are gathering deep insights on customer pain points and converting those insights into a project. Our mentor, who is the Officer on Special Duty for Adoption of Emerging Technologies, and the broader TSIC team were of great help in solving both of these issues. Thanks to their support we were able to conceptualize a project on disaster management, and are currently in the pilot phase. We've found Telangana to be one of the most supportive states for deep/emerging tech use-cases, and the GMP initiative provides a great entry pathway into the state. I highly recommend this program to innovative startups!
Dipika Prasad
Dipika PrasadCo-Founder, Lakeer
TSIC has made huge strides in bringing innovation to the education sector in Telangana. Ashoka Innovators for the Public partnered with TSIC to conduct Change maker boot camps for middle school students from tribal and social welfare schools. TSIC was monumental in the successful organisation and implementation of the boot camp. As a result, many of the young students are now launching their own initiatives. Additionally, the innovation fellows are very diligent, hardworking and show exemplary leadership skills which were exhibited during our work with them.
Khyati
KhyatiAshoka Innovators for the Public
Previous
Next

During my visit along with the TSIC team to an engineering college near Warangal, I had the opportunity to learn and witness some of TSIC's initiatives towards bringing visibility to rural and Tier-3 city innovators.TSIC team appears to have a very subtle approach through which they make it comforable for innovators, specifically from these localities to come out and speak about their innovations. Be it a group of grads who developed a light weight pesticide sprinkling system for farmers in their village or another individual who has the courage to challenge conventional methods of applying scientific learnings to generate energy through perpetual motion, TSIC's efforts to identify and support them is extremely commendable. Kudos to the entire TSIC team for their selfless efforts. All the very best!

Aravind Maran photo

Aravind Maran

CEO, YZThings.

GMP played a huge role in accelerating our journey towards building geospatial decision support systems for the government. As a social enterprise focused on working with the government - two of the biggest barriers we face are gathering deep insights on customer pain points and converting those insights into a project. Our mentor, who is the Officer on Special Duty for Adoption of Emerging Technologies, and the broader TSIC team were of great help in solving both of these issues. Thanks to their support we were able to conceptualize a project on disaster management, and are currently in the pilot phase. We've found Telangana to be one of the most supportive states for deep/emerging tech use-cases, and the GMP initiative provides a great entry pathway into the state. I highly recommend this program to innovative startups!

Dipika Prasad photo

Dipika Prasad

Co-Founder, Lakeer

TSIC has made huge strides in bringing innovation to the education sector in Telangana. Ashoka Innovators for the Public partnered with TSIC to conduct Changemaker boot camps for middle school students from tribal and social welfare schools. TSIC was monumental in the successful organization and implementation of the boot camp. As a result, many of the young students are now launching their own initiatives. Additionally, the innovation fellows are very diligent, hardworking and show exemplary leadership skills which were exhibited during our work with them.

Khyati photo

Khyati

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Impact of Social Innovation Initiative

0 30
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organisations in the field of Assistive Technology engaged

0 80
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Social Startups supported with various mechanisms

Partners of Social Innovation

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T Innovation Utsavam

Thought: Thought: To provide a platform to celebrate the stories of inspiring innovators ranging from different age groups backgrounds and diverse sectors, who have against all the odds created a significant impact on their local communities.
Impact: 65 rural innovators participated
Partners Involved: NIRD, Palle Srujana, Inqui-Lab Foundation, CIPS, CREYA.

Intita Innovator Exhibition 2019

Thought: First-of-its-kind initiative, executed in all the districts under the supervision of 33 district collectors, served as a platform for the innovators of Telangana to exhibit their ideas and prototypes to solve their day-to-day problems
Impact: 500 entries, 220 shortlisted innovations
Partners Involved: District Collectorates, Palle Srujana.

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Village Innovation Challenge

Thought: An attempt to nurture the mindsets of Unemployed Rural Youth through the approach of establishing a culture of Innovation.
Impact: 28 villages participated, 15 teams pitched innovative solutions for the identified problems
Partners Involved: Telangana Information Technology Association

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Social Impact Bootcamp

Thought: An intensive 4-week long mentoring program to mentor some of the most promising social startups from Telangana and give them a platform to connect with the key ecosystem players like impact investors, government promoted bodies and other impact driven organisations.

Impact: 96+ startups participated, 48 interests received from investors, 36 mentors on board, 32 pitches to government of Telangana.

Impact Labs

Thought: A platform that focuses on co-creation and experimentation in social innovation. The lab curates programs for the various stakeholders of the Social Impact Space like Social Startups, NGOs, Multilateral Organisations, CSRs and Researchers to tackle complex social challenges and explore novel methods to drive social innovation.

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