Culture & Heritage
SRISTI celebrates and preserves India's rich cultural heritage through Shodhyatras, traditional food festivals, children's creative workshops, and recipe competitions — keeping alive the knowledge systems of grassroots communities.
Celebrating Living Knowledge
From journeys into remote villages to food festivals at IIM-A, SRISTI's cultural programmes connect traditional knowledge with contemporary society.
Journey for Knowledge & Innovation
Shodhyatra
Shodh Yatra is to undertake a journey for the search of knowledge, creativity and innovations at the grassroots. Shodh Yatra is an attempt, on the part of SRISTI, to reach out to the most remote parts of the country with a firm belief that the hardship and challenges of natural surroundings are prime motivators of creativity and innovations. Shodh Yatra aims at unearthing such traditional knowledge and grassroots innovations.
Traditional Food Festival
Sattvik
SATTVIK the festival to celebrate traditional nutritious food and associated knowledge systems was started fourteen years ago at the IIM-A, to provide market-based incentives for conserving agro-biodiversity. Creation of demand for rarely or less cultivated nutritionally rich crops and varieties may stimulate their cultivation. The paradox of development is that the food rich eat is often poor. While food that poor grow in poorer regions is richer.
Tapping Dormant Creative Potential
Children — Creative Workshop
The workshops aimed at tapping the dormant creative potential of underprivileged children who probably did not have the courage or opportunity or a platform to articulate their ideas. Likewise, children from relatively affluent families who received the award who have innovated in some areas were expected to come out with creative ideas in other domains as well.
Preserving Traditional Food Knowledge
Recipe Competition
SRISTI has organised 15 competitions amongst 707 rural participants yielding a total of 1638 traditional recipes of food. In addition another 285 competitions were organised during 42 Shodhyatras which yielded another 3150 recipes. The recipe competitions are organised for the women in the villages.
Insights & Reflections
Anil K. Gupta Blog
Prof. Anil K. Gupta's blog shares insights, reflections, and perspectives on grassroots innovation, traditional knowledge, sustainability, and the journey of SRISTI over the decades. A rich resource for those interested in the philosophy and practice of inclusive innovation.