lab+2

1)Chose a country on the map and read the products designed for each country. Which product interests you the most and why?

2)Which category would interest you to research further for your group project and why?

1) To start off, the region of interest for me is south-Asia since I come from that part of the world. And when you think or consider about South-Asia, the first country that comes to your mind is India since it is the largest region of the area, a parent to many countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh hence it shares many over lapping problems of the over all region such as poverty, hygiene, illiteracy, child labor etc.

With this respect and the current economic state of the country (India). I would say the most suited product to catch my attention is the ceramic water filter. This product is most suited because it caters one of the basic needs of the region that is clean drinking water hence this product is not only profitable but also fulfills a social responsibility to wards the society. Moreover the interesting feature about the product is that it is affordable hence it will be a success in the area. It will not only provide people with clean drinking water, but would also reduce the impact of other hazardous diseases such as diarrhea as it witnessed that According to the World Health Organization, "21% of communicable diseases in India are water related" ( [] ).

2) I would be interested in researching about education for my group project. The reason behind my selection is an obvious one. The region south Asia in particular India has a lot of poverty and lack of education. And it is the lack of education, which is the route to a lot of growing problems such as pollution, child labor etc. More over in order for development to take place on a mass level the people have to be educated at a grass route, at least basic education has to be provided in order to create awareness for further technological development and exposure to innovation.