Jugaad or frugal innovation refers to problem-solving using limited resources innovatively. It aims to deliver more value at lower costs by adopting simplicity and low costs without sacrificing quality. Examples provided include the Foldscope paper microscope which performs like conventional microscopes at 140x magnification for only $1. Another example is the Embrace infant warmer incubator designed for developing countries that is affordable and easy to maintain. The principles of frugal innovation include engaging customers through iteration, flexing assets through new tools and approaches, creating sustainable solutions, shaping customer behavior, co-creating value with prosumers, and making innovative friends through collaboration.

1. JugaadDoing more with less in an intelligent way
(Frugal Innovation)
Workshop By Virat Ahuja

2. What is Jugaad /Frugal Innovation?
A flexible approach to problem-solving that uses limited resources in an
innovative way.
"countries around the world are beginning to adopt jugaad in order to maximize resources“
Frugal innovation or frugal engineering is the process of reducing the
complexity and cost of a good and its production. Usually this refers to
removing nonessential features from a durable good, such as a car or phone, in
order to sell it in developing countries.

3. Why is frugal innovation(Jugaad )
important?
Frugal innovation is about delivering more value at lower costs to more people.
It is frugal because you need to adopt a mindset of simplicity and extremely low
cost without sacrifing the quality of the user experience.

4. Frugal innovation 1% challenge!
Reproduce products by cost of 1 % only?
Example : The Paper Microscope : Foldscope was created with a vision to
solve an accessibility problem in science… What began as a simple idea has
grown into a company that provides low-cost tools to communities around
the world!
Foldscope is the ultra-affordable paper microscope. It was designed to be
portable and durable, while performing on par with conventional research
microscopes (140X magnification and 2 micron resolution

5. Frugal innovation 1% challenge!
The Challenge : Incubators
Each year, 20 million premature and low-
birth-weight babies are born. In developing
countries, mortality for these infants is
particularly high because incubators are
extremely rare. Most hospitals and clinics in
developing countries don’t have enough
incubators to meet the tremendous need.
New incubators are extremely expensive,
and donated incubators are confusing to
operate and are difficult to maintain and
repair. Design That Matters challenged our
Extreme Affordability students to design a
better incubator for the developing world.
https://extreme.stanford.edu/projects/embrace/

6. Frugal innovation using natural
Resources!

7. Frugal Innovation Design Brief?
Create refrigerator without electricity and ECO Friendly Materials?
https://youtu.be/mgaNZOBvoGo

8. Frugal innovation Design Brief?
Ice Stupa Glaciers - Receding Himalayan Woes
https://youtu.be/7dChiLpYifs
Sonam Wangchuk is an Indian engineer, innovator and
education reformist creator of Ice Stupa Artificial Glaciers.

9. Frugal Innovation with Recycled Materials?
Doing more with less in an intelligent way How to use plastic bottle for..

10. Frugal Innovation In telecom?
Digital world Examples
KaiOS OS that makes ‘dumb phones’ smart takes on Android, Apple
millions of Indians still using feature phones, it’s no surprise that this brainchild of
San Diego startup KaiOS Technologies is already the second most popular mobile
operating system in India after Android, by economictimes

11. Frugal Innovation In startup?
Digital world Examples

12. Frugal Innovation In Enterprise?

13. Frugal Innovation In Enterprise?
2.0 Frugal Innovation with using Mobile Add on!

14. Frugal Innovation Process?

15. The six principles of Frugal Innovation:
Principle 1: Engage and Iterate
Rather than using insular research and development departments that rely on
educated guesses about customer needs, E&I starts with customers, observing
their behavior in their natural environment, and then considers how products can
be made as relevant as possible, going back and forth between the customer and
the lab to refine designs.

16. The six principles of Frugal Innovation?
Principle 2: Flex your assets.
New tools (such as robotics and 3D printers) and new approaches (such as social
manufacturing and continuous production) can help operations and supply chain
managers “flex” their production, logistics, and service assets to satisfy demanding
customers better and more cheaply.

17. The six principles of Frugal Innovation?
Principle 3: Create sustainable solutions.
R&D and manufacturing managers can develop self-sustaining solutions that help
both businesses and the environment, such as “cradle-to-cradle” (where
components and materials are repeatedly recycled.)

18. The six principles of Frugal Innovation?
Principle 4: Shape customer behaviour.
Companies can influence consumers into behaving differently (for example,
driving less or more safely) and feeling richer while consuming less.

19. The six principles of Frugal Innovation?
Principle 5: Co-create value with prosumers.
Consumers – especially the tech-savvy Millennial generation (those born between
1982 and 2004) – are evolving from passive individual users into communities of
empowered “prosumers,” who collectively design, create and share the products
and services they want. As a result, R&D and marketing leaders are working with
do-it-yourself (DIY) and crowdsourcing pioneers, such as TechShop and Quirky, to
bolster and harness the collective ingenuity and skills of consumer communities.

20. The six principles of Frugal Innovation?
Principle 6. Make innovative friends.
You can develop frugal products, services and business models more efficiently by
collaborating with diverse external partners (such as suppliers, universities,
venture capitalists, and start-ups) than by working alone.

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