Anil Wali

Anil Wali is an Indian innovation theorist and former director of the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. His book The Art and Science of Frugal Innovation studies the Indian-conditions genius for creating high-functioning things with minimal resources — the jugaad then the "frugal" design school.

Wali has spent a career at the intersection of research management, innovation policy and industry, leading IIT Delhi's technology transfer and incubators for start-ups. His thinking on "affordability-by-design" and inclusive innovation has influenced both corporate practice and teaching about how scarcity can be made the mother of design.