Theme: PARIKALPANAM

TOPICS FOR THE TRACK

Academic Track: Within this overall theme, the main topics of the conference include, but are not limited to:

• Technological Enablers of Frugality
• Synergies of Artificial Intelligence and Digitization with Frugal Innovation
• Frugal Business Models
• Frugal Approaches to Education and Healthcare
• Solving Urban Distress through Frugal Philosophy
• Psychological Attributes of Frugal Innovators/Teams
• Future of Planet and “Frugality”
• Social Contours of Frugal Innovation
• Roots of “Frugal” Philosophy and Perils of “Abundance”
• Ethnographical Accounts of Frugal Innovators
• Frugal Innovation for Business Sustainability

Practitioner Track: Within this overall theme, the main topics of the practitioner track include, but are not limited to:

• Urban Problems and Frugal Solutions
• Industry Specific Enablers and Challenges for Frugal Innovation
• Auto-ethnography/Autobiographical treatise on Frugal Innovation
• Accounting for Real Challenges on Field through “their” Stories
• Way Forward for Frugal Approach to Innovation