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GKI – UNESCO to Train Tanzania’s Next Generation of Innovation Leaders
Collaborative innovation-a rich frontier of science, technology, and innovation (STI) for development-encompasses a variety of concepts and skills that, once mastered, can inspire real-world problem solving. Training in collaborative innovation helps individuals cut across sectors and disciplines. Central to the idea is teaching people-entrepreneurs, researchers, policymakers and others-how to use an array of tools to…
GKI Advances Pakistan-Afghanistan Science Collaboration
With the success of Round I of our Learning and Innovation Network for Knowledge and Solutions (LINK) program, the Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) is excited to announce the beginning of LINK Round II, hosted by Afghanistan and Pakistan. The winners are Dr. Rashid Ahmad, Professor in the Department of Crop Physiology at the University of…
Improving Rural Life Through ICTs: GKI Chairman Sam Pitroda Honored for Humanitarian Work
The Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) congratulates its Chairman Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations, on receiving the 2011 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Telecommunication and Information Society Award. He was bestowed this honor on May 17, 2011, in recognition of his work with information and communication…
From the Lab to the Field: GKI Sparks a US-Africa Conversation between Penn State and Ugandan Researchers
For Khanjan Mehta, Director of Humanitarian Engineering & Social Entrepreneurship at Pennsylvania State University, engineering isn’t just a profession. It is a passion. He knows that science and technology can accomplish amazing things, like increasing the agricultural yields of farmers, bringing medical diagnostic tools to out-of-reach areas, and turning garbage into clean energy. For this…