ABSTRACT

The account so far has presented the idea of jugaad in general and of Dharmadhikari’s work in particular as a function of the milieu in which innovation and technological development is located. Technological jugaad mainly involves finding a solution to an immediate problem. One of the key conditions driving technological jugaad is resource constraint and/or resource denial. Technological jugaad can be seen, then, as drawing upon an idea of the ‘commons’ that is both conceptual and material, and where the resources exist all around – both in their usage but also, more importantly, in their accessibility and availability for use. Technological jugaad might not perform precisely the same function inside a modern laboratory, but it is, undeniably, a part of the same continuum. The account so far has presented the idea of jugaad in general and of Dharmadhikari’s work in particular as a function of the milieu in which innovation and technological development is located.