What can India learn from other countries? Where did we go wrong?

1. IDEAS FOR INDIA:
BUILDING INDIA’S
FUTURE
Balaji Viswanathan
Cofounder, Invento

2. HEFTy: History, Economics,
Finance & Technology

3. The rediscovery of
Aristotle

4. The power of the
underdogs.

5. The story of
Somalia & Kenya
in Mobile banking.

6. The uncanny pairs of
underdogs who
revolutionized the world.

7. England vs. Japan

8. Singapore vs. Switzerland

9. America vs. Russia

10. Turks vs. Mongols

11. Mongols and free trade

12. Arabs vs. Vikings

13. 4 key characteristics of
underdogs

14. Open
door
Stable
ground

15. Absorb
ideas like a
sponge!

16. Work together in sharing &
building ideas.

17. Be Bold!
Boldness: Nothing to
lose

18. China vs. India

20. Each color is a billion people

21. GDP over time

22. The power of water

23. The ability to
withstand
invasions

24. Achaemenid Empire

25. Alexander’s empire

26. Mongol empire

27. Ummayyad Caliphate

28. Map source: FreeVectorMaps.com
By 2020, India would have more youth population than
US, Russia, China and Japan put together
35 Crore
youth

29. Where did we go
wrong?

30. Shift of power out of
the Gangetic plains.

31. Losing in touch with our
past, present and future.

32. The parable of the well:We need
as many hands to lift people out.

33. Let us open up to
business!

34. Ideas for India:
5 key principles.

35. Principle 1: Maker revolution
like our freedom movement.

36. Principle 2: Open
Innovation.

37. Principle 3: Let’s
leapfrog. Jump to
sunrise.

38. Principle 4: Let’s
use up every hand.

39. Principle 5: Hack
your way out.

40. Principle 5: Frugal
engineering

41. Some of the major
ideas shifting the world.

43. Social Robots

44. Consumer
3d printers

45. Security Everywhere

46. Battery technologies

48. Skills you need.

49. Agricultural Age
Industrial Age
Information Age
Conceptual Age
Basic reading &
comprehension
SKILLS REQUIRED ACROSS
VARIOUS ERAS
Understanding
processes
Analysis &
reasoning
Creation,
Metacognition,
Self-actualization

50. Hacking
systems
Six elements of maker education
Respect for
work
Purpose Narrative Empathy
Big Picture

51. Map source: FreeVectorMaps.com
By 2020, India would have more youth population than
US, Russia, China and Japan put together
35 Crore
youth