Book Discussion with 'Lean Spark' Authors Jaideep Prabhu, Priyank Narayan, Mukesh Sud

About this episode

The episode discusses the book 'Lean Spark' and its insights on frugal innovation in India.

India is entering a decade where ingenuity under constraint will decide who leads and who falls behind. LeanSpark shows how India’s ‘high-tech jugaad’ is turning scarcity into an innovation superpower—across drones and EVs, fintech and AI, sports, space and public policy. It distils a decade of research and fieldwork into a practical playbook for doing more with less, and for doing it at scale. This book will help you: Build frugal, high-tech ventures that start small but scale smart, using the LeanSpark attributes of lean execution, purposeful simplicity, adaptive scalability and systemic sustainability. Design products, services and policies that are affordable, resilient and environmentally conscious—without sacrificing ambition or quality. Apply the Frugal Innovation Canvas (FIC) to turn constraints into launchpads, whether you are in a start-up, large company, social enterprise or government. Learn from real stories: from drones transforming sports broadcasting and DPIs reshaping finance, to ISRO’s space missions and India’s frugal AI revolution. Translate India’s frugal ingenuity into frameworks you can use in any country facing limits of capital, infrastructure or climate…

People in this episode

Guests: Jaideep Prabhu, Priyank Narayan, Mukesh Sud

Topics covered

• frugal innovation
• high-tech jugaad
• scalability
• sustainability
• entrepreneurship
• public policy

Keywords

• frugal innovation
• Lean Spark
• India
• high-tech
• entrepreneurship
• sustainability
• public policy
• AI
• drones
• EVs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ISRO

Books & works: Lean Spark

Places: India

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