Frugal and Nudge Innovations

IF YOU WANT TO REPLICATE ANY OF THESE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY WRITING TO fintrust.india@gmail.com


A urine diverting dry toilet or Ecosan and bathroom

Designed by: Shyama V. Ramani and Paranjothi Singaravelu
Idea based on: A Practitioners’ Handbook (UNICEF, 2011, p.29)
Innovation installed in April, 2017

To understand more on Ecosan toilets and toilets in general

 

 


A Public Waste Bin

Designed by: Shyama V. Ramani and Paranjothi Singaravelu
Idea given by: M. Shanmugarajan
Innovation installed in June, 2017

read more…

 

Household waste tin

Designed by: Paranjothi Singaravelu and Shyama V. Ramani
Idea given by: Meena (V. Vaijayanthi)
Innovation installed in June, 2016

Read more – post 2 (2014)

 
 
 

A nudge, according to Thaler and Sonnestein  is “any aspect of the choice architecture that alters people’s behavior in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives”.  This is the famous line from the book by Noble Laureate Richard Thaler.
(Thaler, Richard H. and Sunstein, Cass R. (2008) Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press)

At FIN we have designed and implemented the following types of nudge strategies

–Creating awareness through knowledge sharing

–Creating motivation

–Inducing pride

–Improving community

Here is an example:

Thaneerpandal Bus-stop


Social Innovation to create village pride and hygiene

Conception by: Shyama V. Ramani
Painted by: Students of Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Nagapattinam

Project implemented by: Zoë Heritage (Volunteer 2016) and Paranjothi Singaravelu
Bus-stop inaugurated on August 26, 2016

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY WRITING TO fintrust.india@gmail.com