Kumar, H and Sharma, G (2022) Grassroots innovations and sustainable energy use in urban contexts: case studies from India. In: Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management .
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Purpose: Grassroots innovations, developed by local people using locally available resources, have shown the potential to provide low-cost technological solutions to the problems faced by underserved consumers in the global south. This paper aims to link the concept of grassroots innovations to energy use in the context of India. Design/methodology/approach: The paper takes three case studies from the list of technologies scouted and nurtured by the National Innovation Foundation to critically discuss the potential of grassroots innovations for the dissemination and diffusion of urban sustainable energy uses. The data for this study has been collected from various secondary sources. It discusses the opportunities and challenges in promoting grassroots innovations for sustainable energy uses in urban settings. Findings: The paper discusses the opportunities and challenges in promoting grassroots innovations for sustainable energy uses in urban settings. Originality/value: Although the concept and understanding of grassroots innovations have well developed, its linkages with sustainable energy use in urban settings have received scarce or no attention in the literature. © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management |
| Publisher: | Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. |
| Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Centre for Society and Policy (formerly: Centre for Contemporary Studies) |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Mar 2022 07:31 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2022 07:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/71515 |
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