The technological breakthroughs of the Green Revolution in the 60s and 70s sprang us forward. But our growth has slowed. Agricultural growth has missed targets by 1 percentage point for the past 4 years, and the combination of economic growth with a swelling population means more people are demanding more agricultural commodities.

Premlata Poonia grew up among big dreams. Her father was an educator at a government school who dreamt of transforming rural India through education. He insisted that she receive the best education available. But as part of a farming family with deep rural roots, that education did not come without sacrifice.

The world is watching India to see whether we can rise into a global economic power. Can we spread our growth to include the whole country? Only if we can meet the need for sustainable transportation infrastructure.

Our world is being transformed by groups of ordinary people who share a belief. It’s the rise of movements.

Much has been made of Generation Connected: It demands this;...

Technology hasn’t always meant iPhones and laptops, the internet or electronics. In fact, for thousands of years technology was simply the tools you used to search for food. A spade? Technology. A bow and arrow? Technology. The wheel? One of the technologies that has transformed the world!

Cities…much maligned and much lusted after. What is it about cities that makes them hotbeds of chaos, pollution, and decay, and at the same time centers of innovation, creativity, and wealth creation?