Understanding reality and testing ideas

India Switzerland Social Innovation Camp

Why

Engaging the next generation to fight today’s pressing and complex societal and environmental challenges.

Everything, from the tools we use and the ways we do things, is evolving rapidly. As a result an important role of education is to help students develop the skills which help them get their feet on the ground quickly in a new environment and propose solutions.

In the 21st century,

India is going to be a home to one-fourth of the world’s population.

The country faces huge challenges: the unplanned growth of cities, pressure on environmental resources, access to drinking water, sanitation, education, and medical care. India’s long and rich tradition in social entrepreneurship provides a fantastic place to explore existing and potential social innovations. INSSINC enables participants to discover complex societal challenges from the bottom-up starting from the communities’ needs.

At the same time,

Breaking a technology-driven paradigm

Designing successful solutions for social issues cannot be made remotely over the night, with a top-down approach. Embracing so many cultural, social and economic constraints is a very powerful but challenging human-centered design experience. Going back to the beneficiaries to demonstrate and test prototypes enable participants to validate/invalidate their assumptions. Eventually, building a better understanding of the problem statement. 

INSSINC Staff

Marius Conti

Strategic Designer & Lecturer - EPFL, Vice Presidency of Innovation / College of Humanities

Marc Laperrouza

Economist & Researcher - EPFL, College of Humanities

Léa Pereyre

Designer

Iskander Guetta

Designer & Activist

Gautam Prakash

Co-Founder - Reap Benefit

Archana K R

Director Community team - Reap Benefit

Ishita Roy

Program Coordinator - SELCO Foundation

Sudarshan S Bisht

Project Manager - SELCO Foundation

Shahaab Javeri

Senior Program Manager - SELCO Foundation

Prajwala Ravikrishna

Academic Engagement Coordinator - swissnex India

Previous editions staff

Pierre-Xavier Puissant (2020)

Design Researcher - EPFL, College of Humanities

Hilda Liswani (2020)

Social Impact Strategy & impact entrepreneur - EPFL, Tech4Impact

Cassius Castellino (2019, 2020)

swissnex India

Beatrice Scarioni (2019)

Social Impact Strategy & impact entrepreneur - EPFL, Tech4Impact

Gregory Peper (2019)

Designer & Innovation Strategist

Vivi Jiang (2019)

Visual Communication Designer