September 30, 2005
Scouting for Homegrown Ingenuity
A unique academic network nurtures innovation among India's poor
Mansukhbhai Patel, a hard-working farmer with a 10th-grade education, has revolutionized the cotton industry here in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Had it not been for a chance meeting with a college student, the cotton-stripping machine Mr. Patel invented might never have been a success.
That student put Mr. Patel in touch with Anil Gupta, a management professor at one of the country's elite Indian
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