A Proposal for Rural
Innovation Center
Professor Partha Ghosh, Chairman of The Boston Pledge
Rishub Solan, Member of The Boston Pledge
February 21, 2013
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Our Mission: Empowering
Change
“Real change happens from the bottom up”
-President Obama, Clinton Global Initiative(9/25/2012)
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The Mission
Boston Pledge aims at empowering the base of the
human pyramid
Positive change at the base funnels to the top
Our focus is on providing to poor, impoverished
populations and empowering these individuals
Our mission is to setup revolutionary innovation
centers in rural Indian villages and raise $250,000
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$250,000
The Boston Pledge Catalyst
 Boston Pledge’s overall mission is catalyzed by YOU!
 World kindness and social responsibility has created a
unique time in which people are contributing to the
welfare of the less fortunate
 The incubation center movement is essential to
assisting this cause to enable bottom up enterprising
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Success from the Base
 A great deal of innovative, successful people have come
from underprivileged backgrounds. Recognize some of
these ground-breaking individuals?
 Thomas Edison
 John D. Rockefeller
 Oprah Winfrey
 J.K. Rowling
 Richard Branson
 Abraham Lincoln
 Andrew Carnegie
 Maya Angelou
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Our Inspiration
We derive our inspiration from established Indian
Vedic Philosophy dating back to 2500 B.C., with
fundamentals that include:
Knowing thy self: Uncover Power
Within
Harmony with Nature
Self Enrichment : Rising Beyond
Self
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The Future Movement Towards
Circular Economics: The 5 R’s
Old paradigm: Linear
Business Model
New Paradigm: Circular
Business Model*
Conventional Value delivery model
Create
Make
1. Reclaim
Conventional Value Delivery
Component
Sell/Serve
5.
Repurpose
2. Reverse
Logistics
Enhanced Value Recycle Model
4. Re-Entry
Shrinking Resources
Overflowing Land Fills7
3. Recover
* Partha S Ghosh Model
Innovation Centers
 We provide impoverished individuals
with access to experimental
workshops where ideas can be
tested, developed, and launched in
rural Indian villages
 This is facilitated through the use of
financing, volunteering, business
mentoring, championing of local
consumers, and soft technologies
 Innovation centers will generate ecofriendly, energy efficient solutions
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Incubators & Innovation Labs at
the bottom of the pyramid
Trickle down of
Upgraded
Solutions
Proven Applications to
break old habits
Lakhikantapur
Transformation
1983
1990
2003
2013 &
Beyond
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The Essentials of the Innovation
Center
Basic functions/Spaces in
the Center
Eco-friendly Rural
Innovation Center
Wood
Working
Center
Metal
Working
Center
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Physics
lab
Chemistry
Lab
Knowledge
Center
Bio/Agro
Lab
Design &
Eng.
Center
Knowledge
Center
Purpose:
Fund internal growth
through skills
development in
various areas(wood
working, physics,
etc.) to develop and
fully engineer
sustainable products
Wood working
Wood working machines to help
rural entrepreneurs build ecofriendly tools
Metal Working
Help development of Rural
robust products to manage
logistics and storage of products
Design &
engineering
Facilitate development of
imaginative products
focused on rural household
productivity and comforts
Physics
Help apply laws of physics
to engineering and
development of products
Chemistry
Utilize chemical principles
in product development
Bio/agro
Modernize rural health care
practices in integration with
modern techniques
Will guide Agro based Innovation
The Center’s Facilities
Where the Money Will Go…
Our Initial Goal of $250,000 for this revolutionary incubation
center will go towards:
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Land Contribution: (The Boston Pledge Founders Contribution)
Facilities & Land Development: $25,000
Access Road/Utilities: $15,000
Construction: $75,000
Lab Equipment: $35,000
Mentoring/Residential Quarters: $35,000
Vehicle Transport(1): $32,000
Initial Working Capital: $50,000
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The Result
The Results of the Boston Pledge Incubation Center are
endless….
 The Cure for local diseases?
 Development of local plants and seeds?
 Solutions to Improve Farming Techniques?
 A Financially Feasible Water Desalination Method?
 New Engineering Processes to Harness Natural Energy?
 The Evident: Providing Unparalleled Opportunities to
Underprivileged Children
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How can you help?
 Donate as little as $1 or $2 to help the cause!
 Proceeds go towards funding this nonprofit group and
innovation centers we are setting up abroad in India
 Access our online payment system to donate now:
http://www.eventedge.biz/tbp
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Innovation Center Sponsorship
Levels
Attain these sponsorship levels and be forever
remembered on our Wall of Founder’s:
 Platinum: $100,000(Name Placard on Innovation Center
Entrance)
 Gold, $50,000(Name on one of the Innovation Center
Rooms)
 Sapphire $ 25,000
 Silver $ 10,000
 Sponsors: $5,000
 Champions: $ 1-5k
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Gratitude & Thanks
Special Thanks to YOU for helping the cause…
*Images Extracted from Google Images and Photographs of TBP In
India
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