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Learning from Jugaad Innovation

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"173035871"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">&NewLine;<p> <b>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Jugaad”<&sol;b> is a term popularly used in India&period; It originated from Sanskrit word <em>yugat<&sol;em> later converted as<em> jugat<&sol;em>&comma; <em>jugad<&sol;em>&comma; and <em>jugaad<&sol;em> in modern use&period; It means having a creative idea or an alternative to solve a problem&period; The theory originated when people found the need to work around creative solutions due to lack of resources&comma; equipment and money&period; In the past few years&comma; a jugaad movement has gathered a community of enthusiasts&comma; believing it to be the proof of Indian bubbling creativity&comma; or a cost-effective way to solve the issues of everyday life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">The jugaad movement is also popularly known globally as Frugal innovation or frugal engineering&period; It is described as a process of reducing the complexity and cost of a good and its production&period; Carlos Ghosn&comma; Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance&comma; famously coined the term &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;frugal engineering” in 2006&period; He was impressed by Indian engineers’ ability to innovate cost-effectively and quickly under severe resource constraints&period; And under Ghosn’s leadership &comma; Renault-Nissan has proactively embraced frugal engineering and become one of the world’s leading producers of both electric cars as well as low-cost vehicles — two of the fastest growing and most promising market segments in the global automotive sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">In now-a-days resource constraint environment&comma; business and entrepreneurs need to come up with innovative solutions that fix problems and bring long lasting results&period; A quick fix is not the answer&comma; but a way to think and come up with innovative solutions is important&period; Jugaad as a concept has inspired many business owners and innovators to think &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;out of the box” and experiment with unconventional solutions for better results&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&num;idea &num;transportation &num;jugaad &num;cars &num;Resource &num;science &num;technology &num;solution &num;innovation &num;entrepreneurial &num;Frugal &num;businessmen &num;aviation<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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