Aalto Talk: category "feed:431ec960266a0e7cafd48e7cd8c79859"
In Preparation part two – “Ethnographic Methods in the BoP Markets”
23.01.2012 - Sujil Kodathoor
While doing a project in any scale it really helps to organise a workshop with all the individuals involved. This should be aimed at figuring out the goals and objectives of such a field trip. There is a lot that cannot be planned and there is no real way of knowing what can happen on the ground. It he...
Read more ››In preparation to Chennai and before flying out.
18.01.2012 - Sujil Kodathoor
Prior to the field study there was not a lot I got to do in preparation for the trip. What I did focus on was the project as a whole, its scope, roles, expectations and so on. Basically, I was trying to gauge what we can achieve with what we have. Mapping out the project in this way is one of the prim...
Read more ››Design Research & Systemic Influences
10.01.2012 - Sujil Kodathoor
The following posts are based on my initial findings of the field research concluded in November, 2011. This will mostly be a recap of what I did in the five weeks we were in India and my reflections of the process during the field work. I will briefly introduce my MA thesis; and my contribution to t...
Read more ››Design Research & Systemic Influences
10.01.2012 - Sujil Kodathoor
The following posts are based on my initial findings of the field research concluded in November, 2011. This will mostly be a recap of what I did in the five weeks we were in India and my reflections of the process during the field work. I will briefly introduce my MA thesis; and my contribution to t...
Read more ››
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Sujil Kodathoor
Sujil Kodathoor is a design student at the Aalto University. In his thesis work he is developing a mobile nutrition platform, GloCal targeting at improving the infant health in the rural India. GloCal is part of the larger Inclusive Innovation for Poverty Alleviation project, aiming at reducing poverty and creating new wealth by innovative business models in the so-called "base of the pyramid" markets.
Sujil is of Indian origin. He became interested in studying at Aalto University because of the Creative Sustainability program offering unique opportunities in studying sustainability in an interdisciplinary manner. He is currently in India doing a field study for a Glocal pilot project. With a team of researchers he is studying nutrition practices in a village in Selam in Tamil Nadu in southeastern India. From India Sujil will be posting about his findings and experiences during his field trip.
