The event is over with 110 campers joinin in. Here's the event summary. Do keep in touch with pavan.soni@wipro.com for upcoming WiCamps
(pronounced as we-camp)
Theme: Cultural Dimensions of Innovation
Date: Friday, July 18, 2008
Time: 2 PM till 7 PM
Venue: Wipro Technologies, Shantiniketan, 2nd floor, Learning Centre, Block DM, Sector – V, Saltlake, Kolkata - 700091
Sponsor
The event it was!
Perhaps the only community missing out in our WiCamps was ‘Politicians’. And what better a place than the ‘City of Joy’ to have them here. And who better than the ‘IT Minister of State’ to be a camper at this 6th episode of Wipro’s Innovation Camp. Over 110 campers joined in from various hues and shades of this great city and near around places. They came in from institutions including: XLRI Jamshedpur, OldMonkStuff, Convonix, IIIT Kolkata, KIIT Bhubaneswar, Institute of Engineering & Management Kolkata, IIM Calcutta, Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata, State Government of Kolkata, The Economic Times, One Laptop Per Child, Alvari Systems, IIFT Kolkata, Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, Seahorse Ship Agencies, APT Software, Jadavpur University, Acclaris Business Solutions, Indus Towers, L2C2 Technologies, AneaMedia, ITME Kolkata and Wipro Limited. As you can see, there are increasing number of startups and students participating, and the sentiments are wide and clear that there is more than enthusiasm that one could learn from them. So here’s a quick take on the Kolkata WiCamp.
Having widely realized that innovation is a peoples’ game, the theme chosen for the Kolkata WiCamp was “Cultural Dimension of Innovation”. The IT Minister of State set the context apt for culture when he vouched that “anyone can innovate” provided that s/he has free time and be sufficiently motivate/ challenged. With a belief that innovation can be toughed, the much excited and humble minister narrated his experiments with creativity as a faculty (earlier) and in politics (currently). As debates broke, few arguments appeared … innovation calls for a spirit of enquiry, freedom and an out-of-box thinking… formal education doesn’t really kill creativity but teachers have the onus to inspire risk taking attitude and challenge youth.
The gears changed quickly when a few bright startups did some story telling on their endeavors. The essential ingredients of innovations were: a challenge/ cause/ desperation or at times insult; a personal pursuit characterized by courage, faith and discipline; a business model which is ingenious; and an ecosystem which is agile and rich.
The first brainstorming session broke on arriving at the RoI of Innovation, or simple the RoI (Return on Innovation). The streaming views read as ROI is in measuring… the value added to society as well an individual/ team; the resulting sustainable development; personal satisfaction; that small change which is felt; the impact on brand (internal and external); the ∆ (additionally); and of course money. But it was a common sentiment that RoI must include both tangible and intangible measures and the discipline of measurement is the hallmark of a great innovator.
Post a high tea break (one without tea) the campers joined in with lot more enthusiasm (atleast I felt so)! The topic now for the brainstorming was “Innovation Culture in a Globally Connected Services Economy” (quite a mouthful). Essentially it to debate on how services firms operating in a global supply chain could hone an innovation culture. It all started with deciphering the difficult term ‘culture’. Hints came as: set of beliefs, behavior patterns, policy, an approach and common aspirations. In context to an innovative culture, the manifestation would be in terms of: allowance of make mistakes, having proper measures in place, agility, a suitable managing style (+ buy-in), drive from leadership, ability to create an innovative brand for customers as well employees. What is increasingly important is to make employees aware of the context in which they innovate, as not all what employees do is visible (or valuable) for the customer.
In all, the Kolkata WiCamp was characterized by a lot of enthusiasm, eagerness to (un)learn and a sincere approach towards socializing. Am sure that we would have even more campers joining in even more bizarre WiCamps of future.
To learn more and contribute to this bandwagon, please visit WiCamp.
About WiCamp
WiCamp which stands for Wipro’s Innovation Camp is inspired by the silicon-valley styled BarCamps which are un-conference like meetings. Here like minded people come over and share their learning on a topic of mutual interest through presentation, demos, videos, etc.
Who can attend the WiCamp
Students across ages! We all are students wearing different masks, working in organizations run by us or otherwise. To be more specific; invitation goes to Start-ups, Large Firms, VCs, Students, Researchers and by no means limited to the IT industry. The more diverse the more creative!
What would be the takeaway for me
Knowing people and their perspectives on Innovation and Creativity. You would also be encouraged to share your thoughts on the subject and expand your knowledge horizon.
Themes for the WiCampKolkata
- The people dimensions of innovation
- Practices of motivating people
- Instigating the creative spirit among people
Campers
| 1 |
Pavan Soni |
pavan.soni@wipro.com |
http://pavansoni.blogspot.com/ |
Wipro Technologies |
| 2 |
Tathagata Dasgupta |
tathagata.dasgupta@wipro.com |
http://tathagatadg.blogspot.com/ |
Wipro Technologies |
| 3 |
Jaydeep Chakraborty |
jaydeep.chakraborty1@wipro.com |
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Wipro Technologies |
| 4 |
Abhishek Choudhary |
abhishek.chaudhury@wipro.com |
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Wipro Technologies |
| 5 |
Debasish Chanda |
debasish.chanda@wipro.com |
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Wipro Technologies |
| 6 |
Kaushik Banerjee |
kaushik.banerjee@wipro.com |
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Wipro Technologies |
| 7 |
Sudipta Ghosh |
sudipta.sghosh@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 8 |
Tanmoy Sil |
tanmoy.sil@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 9 |
Soumik Ghosh |
soumik.ghosh@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 10 |
Subhendu Banerjee |
subhendu.banerjee@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 11 |
Siddharth Shah |
siddharth@parichay.co.in |
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XLRI, Jamshedpur |
| 12 |
Sushil K Agarwal |
sushil.kumaragarwal@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 13 |
Amitansu Mahapatra |
amitansu.mahapatra@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 14 |
Arijit Ghose |
arijit.ghose@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 15 |
Prabhu Ram Krishnamurthy |
prabhu.krishnamurthy@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 16 |
Saujatya Guin |
saujatya.guin@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 17 |
Mohua Sarkar |
mohua.sarkar@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 18 |
Shantanu Sikdar |
shan@oldmonkstuff.com |
www.OldMonkStuff.com |
Oldmonkstuff |
| 19 |
Rohit Tayal |
rohitmanit07@gmail.com |
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XLRI, Jamshedpur |
| 20 |
Sudipto Dey |
sudipto.tn@gmail.com |
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XLRI, Jamshedpur |
| 21 |
Ram N K |
ram@rangde.org |
http://www.RangDe.Org |
RangDe.Org |
| 22 |
Mitesh Ashar |
email at miteshashar dot com |
http://www.miteshashar.com |
Convonix |
| 23 |
Vivek Karmakar |
vivekananda.karmakar@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 24 |
Gourav Kumar Dugar |
gouravdugar@gmail.com |
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Amity University |
| 25 |
Ankit Kanodia |
ankitkanodia04@yahoo.co.in |
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IIIT, Kolkata |
| 26 |
Neeraj Khandelwal |
gdugar@rediffmail.com |
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Torry Harris |
| 27 |
Pramit Mitra |
pramit.mitra@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 28 |
Prof M.K Sanyal |
hodhrm@becs.ac.in |
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BE Shibpur |
| 29 |
Prof B.N Datta |
hodhrm@becs.ac.in |
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BE Shibpur |
| 30 |
Prof. D P Mandal |
dpmandal@isical.ac.in |
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ISI Kolkata |
| 31 |
Prof. Pinakpani Pal |
pinak@isical.ac.in |
|
ISI Kolkata |
| 32 |
Prof. Animesh Tripathy |
animesh_tripathy@kiit.ac.in |
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KIIT |
| 33 |
Prof. H.Pal Thethi |
harpal_nitr@rediffmail.com |
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KIIT |
| 34 |
Gaurav Srivastava |
- |
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KIIT |
| 35 |
Summet Kumar |
- |
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KIIT |
| 36 |
Prof. Abhishek Bhattacharya |
abhishek_bhattacharya78@rediffmail.com |
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IEM |
| 37 |
Prof.Arindam Chakraborty |
- |
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IEM |
| 38 |
Agniva Dey |
- |
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IEM |
| 39 |
Sayanta Ghatak |
- |
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IEM |
| 40 |
Prof Siddhartha Bhattacharya |
sbsidh12@gmail.com |
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Jadavpur University |
| 41 |
Amrut Ranjan Jena |
- |
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Jadavpur University |
| 42 |
Madusmita Mishra |
- |
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Jadavpur University |
| 43 |
Prof Anindya J. Pal |
- |
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Heritage Institute |
| 44 |
Prof Nirmalya Prasun Nayak |
- |
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Heritage Institute |
| 45 |
Dayita Das |
- |
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Heritage Institute |
| 46 |
Rinita Modak |
- |
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Heritage Institute |
| 47 |
Jyoti Prasad |
jyoti.prasad@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 48 |
Rakesh Ranjan |
rakesh.ranjan1@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 49 |
Neha Tiwary |
neha.tiwary@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 50 |
Nishith Verma |
nishith.verma@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 51 |
Rupesh Papneja |
rupesh.papneja@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 52 |
Anuj Jain |
anuj.jain@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 53 |
Joyeta Choudhury |
joyeta.choudhury@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 54 |
Dipanjan Biswas |
dipanjan.biswas@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 55 |
Arjun Bhattacharya |
arjun.bhattacharya@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Infotech |
| 56 |
Kingshuk Mazumdar |
kingshuk.mazumdar@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Infotech |
| 57 |
Deep Bhowmick |
deep.bhowmick@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 58 |
Barnali Acharya |
barnali.acharya@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 59 |
Debojyoti Dutta |
debojyoti.dutta@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 60 |
Soumyabrata Das |
soumyabrata.das@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 61 |
Gourav Agrawal |
gourav.agrawal@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 62 |
Anurag Kumar |
anurag.kumar1@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 63 |
Apoorva Kumar |
apoorva.kum@gmail.com |
|
IIM Calcutta |
| 64 |
Ankit Kumar Sawai |
sawaiak@gmail.com |
|
IIM Calcutta |
| 65 |
Ankit Gupta |
guptaankit.iitr@gmail.com |
|
IIM Calcutta |
| 66 |
Atul Bhargava |
atul.bhargava.1984@gmail.com |
|
IIM Calcutta |
| 67 |
Dushyant Daatatrey |
dattatraygkv@gmail.com |
|
IIM Calcutta |
| 68 |
Yalla Jagadish |
yalla.jagadish@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 69 |
Sulagna Bhattacharya |
sulagna.bhattacharya@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies/IIM Calcutta |
| 70 |
Vidyanand Jha |
vjha@iimcal.ac.in |
|
IIM Calcutta |
| 71 |
Sayamindu Dasgupta |
sayamindu@gmail.com |
http://sayamindu.randomink.org/ramblings |
One Laptop Per Child |
| 72 |
Indranil Das Gupta |
indradg@l2c2.co.in |
http://indradg.randomink.org/blog |
L2C2 Technologies |
| 73 |
Saikat Kar |
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Alvari Systems |
| 74 |
Subhro Bandopadhyay |
|
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Alvari Systems |
| 75 |
Rajyasree Gupta |
|
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Acclaris |
| 76 |
Dibyendu Basu |
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Acclaris |
| 77 |
Ratna Sengupta |
ratna@aptsoftware.com |
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APT Software Avenues Pvt. Ltd. |
| 78 |
Ravi Ranjan |
ranjan354 at gmail.com |
Animation Courses |
Animation in India |
| 79 |
Satsheel |
satsheel@gmail.com |
|
IIM Calcutta student |
| 80 |
Avik Guha Thakurta |
avikguha96@gmail.com |
|
Engineer in Business |
| 81 |
Myshkin Ingawale |
myshkin@anaemedia.org |
http://www.anaemedia.org |
AnaeMedia and IIM Calcutta |
| 82 |
Atul Kumar Lal |
atul.indus@indiatimes.com |
|
IndusTowers Pvt. Ltd |
| 83 |
Somnath Mukherjee |
somnath.mukherjee@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 84 |
Sita Prasad |
sita.prasad@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 85 |
Vikesh Mehta |
vikesh.mehta@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 87 |
Rahul Gandhi Burra |
rahulg_kd09@iift.ac.in |
|
IIFT Kolkata |
| 88 |
Banchit Yadav |
banchit_kd09@iift.ac.in |
|
IIFT Kolkata |
| 89 |
Manjir Sen |
- |
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ITME College |
| 90 |
Soumyamoy Acharya Choudhuri |
- |
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ITME College |
| 91 |
Prof Rajib Biswas |
- |
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ITME College |
| 92 |
Prof Raunajeet Sarkar |
- |
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ITME College |
| 93 |
Amit Bhattacharjee |
amit.bhattacharjee1@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 94 |
Himadri Sekhar Das |
himadrid@aptsoftware.com |
|
APT Software Avenues Pvt. Ltd. |
| 95 |
Ratul Kislaya |
ratul.kislaya@wipro.com |
|
Wipro Technologies |
| 96 |
Robin Goyal |
robin_kd09@iift.ac.in |
|
IIFT, Kolkata Campus |
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