Overview
- Discussion of demand driven R&D challenges ofrural technologies
- Description of technology dissemination and scaling up challenges in rural areas
- Case studies of selected rural innovations
Part of the book series: Design Science and Innovation (DSI)
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Table of contents (20 papers)
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Front Matter
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Innovative Designs for Rural Livelihoods
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Rural Energy Systems
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Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. S. U. Susha Lekshmi is currently working as Program Manager at I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC), Technology Innovation Hub at IIT Delhi. Earlier, she worked as a SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in collaboration with Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG IIT Delhi). She also worked in RuTAG IIT Delhi prior to her post-doctoral fellowship. Her areas of research interests are multi-disciplinary, ranging from rural technology and development, electrical and magnetic characterization of geomaterials, evaluation of non-invasive soil sensors, soil and water conservation, and system dynamics modeling of soil management. Her academic profile includes a Ph.D. in the area of Environmental Geotechnology from the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay; a Master’s in Technology & Development from Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA),IIT Bombay; and Bachelor’s in Agricultural Engineering from Kerala Agricultural University. She has published her research outcomes in various peer-reviewed international journals, national and international conferences, and contributed a book chapter as well. She also worked as a Visiting Researcher at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, with the financial support of the European Commission via the Marie Curie IRSES project.
Abhijit P. Deshpande is Professor-in-charge of Rural Technology Action Group Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras since January 2017. In these years, RuTAG has continued efforts towards projects impacting livelihoods such as on Electronic Jacquard for Pattamadai mat weaving, and initiated projects in agri-technology such as paddy thresher. He is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He teaches courses on Polymers, Rheology, and undergraduate Chemical Engineering subjects. His research interests include polymer rheology, gels, and gelation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rural Technology Development and Delivery
Editors: Sreenivas Chigullapalli, S. U. Susha Lekshmi, Abhijit P. Deshpande
Series Title: Design Science and Innovation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2312-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-2311-1Published: 23 June 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-2314-2Published: 24 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-2312-8Published: 22 June 2022
Series ISSN: 2509-5986
Series E-ISSN: 2509-5994
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 279
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 122 illustrations in colour
Topics: Engineering Design, Science and Technology Studies, Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes