SRISTI

SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions), which means ‘creation’ in Sanskrit, was born in 1993 to address the felt need for institutional support to the activities of the Honey Bee Network.

SRISTI manages the Honey Bee database of innovations and supports the publication of the Network’s newsletter in English and several regional languages such as Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Oriya etc. Lately, SRISTI has been focusing on hitherto neglected domains such as: women’s knowledge systems; adding value to traditional knowledge through a natural products development laboratory; using ICT to establish knowledge networks; connecting innovators and traditional knowledge holders with formal centers of excellence and entrepreneurs, and promoting innovations in education.