Volunteer at
Innovation Kitchen
You may be a writer artist, small or big investor, entrepreneur, academic, school teacher, ecologist, food technologist; agricultural, veterinary, human or microbiological scientist, engineer, fabricator, student, a vendor on the street, shop keeper, householder, translator, government servant, corporate executive, lawyer, manager of an incubator, a start-up, or just a farmer, pastoralist etc.
How to Volunteer for The Innovation Kitchen Network
Scouting involves extensive fieldwork to search for experimenters & knowledge experts in local communities.
The scouting of innovations & traditional knowledge is to be achieved through the following modes:
- SEEKING THROUGH OUR VOLUNTEERS
- A LOCAL NETWORK OF GRASSROOTS INNOVATORS
- SCANNING OF OLD LITERATURE
- LOCAL & SOCIAL MEDIA
- PARTNERING WITH OTHER NETWORKS IN SCOUTING & DOCUMENTATION
- COMPETITION WITH PRIZES, ONLINE & OFFLINE PROGRAMS SUPPORT
Our methods of Collection include SURVEYS, SUBMISSIONS BY VOLUNTEERS & STUDENTS, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, SUMMIT & EXPOS , FAIRS, EXHIBITIONS & SPECIALIZED UNIT FOR INNOVATORS DEVELOPMENT
Our Methods of Collection include OUR IN-HOUSE SELECTION SEARCH PROCESS, ESTABLISHING ORIGINALITY/ ASCERTAINING UNIQUENESS, PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT (PIC)
You can do many things and you can do them from anywhere:
You don’t have to be very clear about what you can do to begin with, but it must be clear whether you want to contribute voluntarily or as a paid intern, at the Innovation Kitchen premises or from your own place, online or off line, or just want to spread the good word.
It is possible that when you study the activities, participate in some, you begin to appreciate better which aspect of our work resonates with your spirit.
What Can You Do?
Translate:
You can translate local ideas to English and vice versa
Transform:
You can transform local knowledge, ideas and traditional practices into value added products/services
Tweak:
You can tweak many challenges posed at student unit and help young students design better solutions.
Transfer:
Lots of knowledge need to be transferred from one creative community to another.