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Human-Centered and Context-Driven Design for Developing Countries Khanjan Mehta Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship Program The Pennsylvania State University
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Human-Centered and Context-Driven Design for
Developing Countries
Khanjan MehtaHumanitarian Engineering and Social
Entrepreneurship ProgramThe Pennsylvania State University
How do we engage with developing communities to co-create sustainable technology ventures that lead to self-determined improvement in lives and livelihoods?
Global Developmental Challenges
Base of the Pyramid
Tata NanoReverse Innovation: Tata Nano
Reverse Innovation: Ushahidi
Globalized Interdependent World
HESE Academic Program
Certificate in HESE | Minor in Social Eship
Design Affordable Greenhouses
Affordable Greenhouses
Mango Waste Briquettes
$250 Solar Food DryersNutritious Pizza | Food Carts
Pre-Primary Healthcare
Healthcare Crisis: Focus Africa
Source: www.dowusa.org
Global Health Challenges
Current employees
15
Eunice Ann Salome Margaret Lillian Ann
Current Mashavu Social Franchisees
$10 Pulse Oximeter
5c Test Strip: UTIs and Diabetes
$20 3D Printed Prosthetics
Design with CommunitiesCommercialize for Markets
79 Publications; 23 Review; 40+ Prep
Research: Engaged ScholarshipImpact: Scholarship
Is it Affordable?
High-Tech or Low-Tech?
High-Tech or Low-Tech?
Is there a Business Model?
Individual or Community?
Environmentally Benign?How Much Simplification?
Is it Socially Acceptable?
Will Customers Use It?
Does it Meet Every Need?
Localize or Standardize?
Design Is it Pretty?
Environmentally Benign?Human Labor or Automation?
Who will Manufacture it?
Who will Manufacture it?
Can you Compete?
Who Wins; Who Loses?
Who Wins; Who Loses?
Environmentally Benign?Will it Hurt the Environment?
Will it Reach the People?
Environmentally Benign?How Will You Educate Customers?
Environmentally Benign?How Will You Educate Customers?
Can YOU Scale It?
Technologically Appropriate
Environmentally Benign
Culturally Acceptable
Economically Sustainable
Sustainable & Scalable Solution
Marketing Distribution Consumption
Production Processing Storage
Food Value Chains
Why Do Ventures Fail?
Why Do Ventures Fail?
TIME
REV
ENU
E
(Pilot)
Idea
PrototypeLaunch
Reinvention
Obsolescence
Typical Venture Lifecycle
Design Implementation Maturity
120 Projects
500 FVC Actors25 Experts
Why Do Ventures Fail?
45
6
7
3
2
1
Why Do Ventures Fail?1
5
6
7
8
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12 2
3
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Why Do Ventures Fail?
45
6
7
3
2
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What are the problems for which we can design and deliver sustainable solutions?
1
Drying Bananas
Drying Fish
Design Ensembles and Systems2
Drying Tomatoes
Post-processing
-Verify Moisture-Package slices-Label
Solar Dryer
Pre-processing
- Slice- Salt bath- Sulphur bath
$
Design Ensembles and Systems2
Business Model
Concept of Operations
Product
Centrifuge?Labor Needs?
Design Ensembles and Systems2
Greenhouse Ensemble3
Greenhouse Ensemble3
Focus on Execution3
Design Execution Strategy
TIME
REV
ENU
E
(Pilot)
Idea
PrototypeLaunch
Reinvention
Obsolescence
Typical Venture Lifecycle
Design Implementation Maturity
3
Design Execution Strategy3
Design Execution Strategy3
Practical Partnerships4
Reframe Research5
Curricular Innovation
www.youtube.com/hesepsu
6
Curricular Innovation6
Curricular Innovation6
KnowledgeBase
PrimaryResearch
Facts &Statistics
BestPractices
BollywoodDrama
CustomIllustrations
PersonalExperiences
CommunityPerspectives
DevelopmentConcepts
Research: Engaged ScholarshipKochia Chronicles Mashup6
Okello’s Foray into Social Business
Traditions Social Innovation
Meaning of Community
Mr. Jackson’s Secret to Success
The Orphanage Business
Donor Education
The Fisherman’s Sweet Fate
The Fisherman’s Sweet Fate
Resource-Driven Entrepreneurship
Lean & Inclusive Business Models
Mzungu Memories:A Conversation over Busaa
Mzungu Memories:A Conversation over Busaa
Learning Objectives
Get Stuff Done
Building Relationships
Social Innovation
How Things Work
Systems Thinking
Self Determination
Lean Business Models
`Changing The Conversation7
Career Pathways7
Nature of “Jobs”
1. Professional, Independent and Innovative
2. Most went to Grad school
3. Balance of Fieldwork and Paperwork
4. Meaningful Extra-curricular Activities
5. STEM Education Developing a Mindset
6. Circuitous Path to Current Position
7. Salary range: 30,000 300,000
8. Step up; Get Stuff Done; Take the Plunge!
7
Execution; Partnerships; Story Telling; Conversation
ECOSYSTEMS that fosterMulti-Million Smile Enterprises
