Frugal Innovation aka Jugaad is about lowering the cost & complexity of a product. They’re masters of the art of doing more with less. In this era, it is the only way we can sustain growth and prosperity because demand is increasing and resources are limited.

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“FRUGAL
INNOVATION”

2.  Meaning of frugal innovation
 Related terms
 Need of frugal innovation
 Characteristics of frugal innovation
 Principles of frugal innovation
 Rapid innovation cycle
 Challenges
 GOVT. Initiatives
 Position of India in global innovation index
 Advantages, recommendations & conclusion
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3. Meaning-
Frugal innovation is about lowering the complexity and cost of
producing a product-in a scalable and sustainable manner.
i. it entails making better things, not just cheaper things.
ii. frugal innovation extends to services, not just products.
iii. frugal innovation is about remodelling, not just de–featuring.
iv. low cost does not mean low–tech: frugal innovation can require,
or be combined with science and technology.
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5.  Related terms - jugaad, grassroot innovation , bottom of
pyramid(BOP), inclusive innovation
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6.  Increasing population
 Large number of middle class families
 Resources are becoming increasingly valuable as
the Earth is the only source till date
 Projections estimate that we will need the
equivalent of two planets by 2030 to meet our
annual demands
 We can reduce our footprint by producing more
with less, and consuming better, wiser and less.
 Increasing the efficiency of our buildings, cars and
factories can cut our total energy use by half.
 Demographic shifts
 Rapid technology changes
 Global competition
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7.  Affordability
 Simplicity
 Quality
 Sustainability
 User-friendliness
 Scalability
 Robustness
 Attractive value proposition
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9. •Formulate design
•Select design
•Optimise design
•Map processes
•Optimise working
•Improve &
transition
• Refine innovation
opportunity
• Leverage team
brainpower
• Search knowledge bases
• Prioritise & select ideas
• Create innovation
opportunity
• Manage people &
projects
DEFINE DISCOVER
DEVELOPDEMONSTRATE
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11.  Comparatively low investment
 Lack of manpower in research
 Lack of FDI
 Industry academia gap (IIT’S)
 Brain drain
 Lack of entrepreneurship friendly policies
 IPR & Patenting policies on decline
 Outdated education system
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12.  Make in INDIA
 National Innovation Council,
INDIA
 State Innovation council
 DST & DSIR takes the lead
 New Science, technology &
innovation policy
 National Jawaharlal Nehru
Fellowship
Scheme/Professorship
scheme
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13.  INDIA climbs 15 spots in global innovation index from
last year’s 81 to this year 66 rank
 India ranks 1st in the region,
 Market sophistication (33rd)
 Knowledge and technology outputs(43rd)
 India data coverage increased, specifically in
graduates in sciences and engineering(ranked 8th
overall in 2016)
 INDIA an ‘emerging’ economy – economists
predict that it will be the third largest in the world
by 2050.
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15. India is attempting to regain it….
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17. Rank Country/Region
Expenditures on
R&D
(billions of US$,
PPP),
% of GDP PPP
Expenditures on
R&D per capita
(US$ PPP),
Year
1 United States 473.4 2.742% 1,442.51 2013
2 China 409 2.1% 298.56 2015
- European Union 334.3 1.94% 657.48 2014
3 Japan 170.8 3.583% 1,344.31 2014
4 Germany 106.5 2.842% 1,313.46 2014
5 South Korea 91.6 4.292% 1,518.47 2014
6 India 66.5 0.85% 39.37 2015
7 France 58.4 2.256% 914.54 2014
8 United Kingdom 43.7 1.701% 677.44 2014
9 Russia 42.6 1.187% 290.21 2014
13 Canada 25.7 1.612% 724.87 2014
10 Brazil 35.4 1.15% 177.89 2012
12 Italy 27.4 1.287% 452.14 2014
11 Taiwan 32.4 3.006% 1,383.84 2014
16 Spain 19.2 1.222% 413.46 2014
14 Australia 23.3 2.12% 986.86 2014
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19. i. Battery-operated sprayer
ii. Seed broadcaster
iii. Motorised weeding machine
iv. Richa 2000 perennial pigeon pea variety
v. Smallest portable balance: 8.2 gm.
vi. Shivraj multipurpose agricultural equipment
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20.  Sugarcane bud chipper and others
 Reaper windrower
 Bullock operated sprayer
 Pooran pump
 Automatic motor winding machine
 Bahuhetuk Krishi Yantra- the seed cum
fertilizer drill machine
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21. To solve this problem of shattering of pods in soybean crop.
3 different units :-
i. cutting unit-cutter and reel unit
ii. gathering unit
iii. threshing floor
width of operation -7 ft
cover 0.4 ha/hr.
fuel consumption of tractor - 2.5-3 litres /hr.
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22. By - Roshan Lal Vishwakarma
Morena
To remove buds from the sugarcane for plantation purpose
Minimizes :-
Losses
Time
money &
Seeds
Consists of:-
i. a self made platform
ii. semi circular cutting blade
iii. linkage system
iv. handle
By pressing the handle , the unit removes the bud from the
node, which is then used for planting/tissue culture
serial innovator-
like sugarcane set cutter
sugarcane harvesting tool
automatic spray pump
timer for three-phase motor etc.
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24.  Environmental constraints around climate, energy,
water and other resources will increase demands
for more frugal models of production and
consumption.
 Today’s fastest growing markets are in developing
and emerging economies where demand for frugal
products and services is naturally high.
 New technology platforms are drastically reducing
the cost of some forms of innovation, which is
creating huge new opportunities for frugal
innovators
 Improving jobs ,productivity & competitiveness
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25.  India should market its distinctive strengths in
frugal innovation to the world
 India should spend more on R&D programmes
 Institutionalise innovate thinking in youth.
 Connecting grassroots technologists with big
business.
 Patenting policies should be improved.
 Popularising the portals of innovation.
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26.  Indian investment in science and innovation has
continued to rise, and science is growing in both
output and quality
 Effective use of resources—is the need of the hour!
 The countries or organizations having efficient
frugality are more likely to thrive.
 2010-2020 is declared as “decade of innovation”
 Now, we have 19th Century mindset,20th Century
processes and 21st Century needs.
 We are not just 1.4 billion “MOUTHS” but 1.4
billion “MINDS”.

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28.  “Innovation opens up new vistas of knowledge
and new dimensions to our imagination to make
everyday life more meaningful and richer in
depth and content”.
- Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
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