Jugaad is our most precious resource

Perfectly suited to Indian condition.  Our road side mechanics are more pragmatic and practical than the those who have obtained Engineering degrees from premier institutions.  Whatever said and done, we are tuned to quick-fix solution, which our Indians are capable of managing than any one in the world!

Very good initiative Disha.
I personally feel that 'Jugaad' is to take risk of remote problem (which may be more important in long term overall ), just to solve the bottlenecked (and utmost important for the present time) problem.

Thanks a lot for sharing this more useful and informative article on JUGAAD.
very interesting to read... thanks Ms.Disha Roy.. really it is a fact.. 

hi disha
this article was apt not only cos it mentioned 'jugaad' the Indian version of frugal engineering (as the author rightly put), but also the fact that i was published on the day of our independence. jugaad may be viewed in many many ways... for some its good for some its bad, for some its unethical for others its easier way to do their work. what ever the views may be, it does help in getting things done. the reason why we are so good in jugaad is (what i think) that we do not have ample resources for doing things, and if there are resources they are not easily accessible. well what ever the reason is, we use in every walk of our life...and the fact that people are recognising it globally proves that they want to be what we are... proud to be a part of it :)
 but beware, as the old saying goes, too much of anything is bad...  

** Jugaad ** Is not any tools or predefine technique which is used to every people when you want to use it. The Jugaad is the common people`s think to be generated when we have no technique and tools are available to solved that time problems. then that time we can use a common thinks without using any resources to resolve that time problems. that is called "Indian JuGaAd" !! :) 

It is good but many a times it boomerangs. Jugaad can not be a tool to success all the time and so I don't think it is our most precious resource.

Thanks for sharing Disha... We Indian commonly use the word JUGAAD in our daily life to resolve our problems and I think every Indian is expert in JUGAAD.. It is used by Indian world wide and they made any difficulty easy by JUGAAD.. And I am agree with one member who said that it is in our blood.. Its so true...!!!
So proud to be Indian..!!  

I think its more relevant at the operational/production level than management level 

good one disha

Nice Disha !

"Jugaad" is nothing but the simple, quick, available solution for any work. Innovations can be a part of jugaad but not Inventions.  

hey disha, jugaad is global word through which we can make anything possible......... 

Hey Disha,
I would like to thanks you for giving such a beautiful article to all users.
"JUGAAD", we use this term in our daily life. Jugaad is not invented, it is already in blood of all Indians. 
I want to share one of my experience, 2 yrs back me and my elder brother were driving from dehradun to delhi its around 250 kms, all of a sudden there was a noise and I lost balance on car somehow I manage and park my car at the side. we checked and found that the pulley (Part of engine) has broken due to which power steering, power break stop working. We start the car and drive slowly and reach to mechanic but that was a town and its hard to find genuine parts of Honda City. 

My brother asked what is the solution? he said sir it would take a day because we are not having the part we need to import it from delhi.

Then I said "koi jugaad kar de yaar", He thinks for 2 min and checked engine again and conclude "sirji jugaad to ho jayega aur gadi delhi pohoch jayegi, itni guarantee deta hu". We both were surprised and asked what will you do.
He said I will change the place of some parts of your engine but due to this your A.C wont work.
We agreed because my brother was having a meeting in delhi. it took around an hour and handover the car to us. we paid him just Rs.300, and came to delhi.
Next day we complaint to handa service centre and they were surprised after examining the engine and asked us "What you did with engine?", according to honda engineers car was not able to move but we drove the car around 180 kms after JUGAAD.
We replied "ye JUGAAD hai!!!"

The word 'JUGAAD'(jugaar) is used mainly for some required but unavailable gadgets to repair/maintenance on urgent basis, e.g. to open one 22mm nut, the available Box spanner is 25mm only,then placing some object in the rest 3mm gap to open nut is "JAGAAD".

Really a good topic to discuss.The number of comments that have poured in shows how precious 'JUGAAD' is actually to all. Be it in top business management or slightest domestic issues it forms very essential resource to all

Jugaad is a local term and is not a MBA term (Its a POINT). It generates less tension when told to do. If someone tells you to find a 'solution', your approach becomes somewhat scientific. But when some tells you to do a Juggad the whole approach is way to different :)

Punjab business have reached heights using the term JUGGAD. Its like less tension. It brings out the creative BEAST (that right) in you. It make you witty and wise (YUP). It makes a DEVIL with an ANGEL circle over you head (yeh yeh).

So guys no guesses JATT is from Punjab and we are JUGGADEE (A new term to CHEW).  

Thanks for the referral Ms Disha-very true.

Jugaad at best is a stop gap arrangement and if treated as such it may be a positive tool. thatt can as well provide feed for innovations with provided strengths of best practices and technology. Continuing to use Jugaad without improvements can at best bring stagnation and decay.
Thanks Disha

Yes Disha!
We some time overcome our problems with some solutions and we say "Kya karna yehi accha Jugaad hai." And we most of the common people thinks that Jugaad is like essential solution or necessity.For intelligent person or for scientists Necessity is the Mother of Innovation.So It is proud to say that "Our Indians has inborn cability of scientist thinkings"!. only we have to explore it and appreciate the JUGADS of common peoples.

Hi, Thanks for the nice message Disha. 

We use these innovations in our day to day lives right from fixing a cycle, bike to kitchen items, etc. Even kids take to this kind of Jugaad especially in their games related affair. Look at how some of our street cricket is being played. The Dabba-wallas of Mumbai, etc., are another example of how we "jugaaded" in the past to provide solution to various problems. Great.

Proud to state that we Indians produce great "JUGAAD-EES".

Looks very nice but, sorry to say that I have no chance to do like this.Enjoyed reading.

Jugad is an example of the skill of our people who use is in the absence of any resource or help. This is the skill of a common man, who are really very intelligent but not wealthy.
We should be proud of our people.

Thanks for sharing the information, Disha...
This article by Swaminathan S Anklesaria Iyer is a very good exposition on the importance of Jugaad and how it has helped the Indian economy over a long period of time..... 

good one Disha.. at times it seem like an extension of our chalta hai attitude...  it cud also mesn some how or the other ' find a solution' ...

Ms Disha..It was a good one...:)
Jugaad..our secret of success!!

Jugad is part of Indian life to day and I agree every enterprenure tries the same once normal procedure fails. Yes to some extent this may be responsible to take India ahead in ecomomic growth.

this helps in making one feel that he can do anything without doing hard work

Thanks for the information Disha. Everybody has their own perception regarding "JUGAAD". For me its just a word we use in our daily life..

Jugaad is improvisation not innovation.We are jagaadus but we lack in developing high end sophisticated technologies that are still imported.

Ms. Disa. Thank you for the information...and meaning of Jugaad.

this tools works every where. could be learn from marketing and technical peoples.

Till it is a combo of frugality and innovation and till it gives you the ability to think beyond standard lines (as in Mr. Santosh's example) Jugaad is a marvellous tool and can be termred as national pride for Indians. I was just reading the book, "Games Indians Play" in which the writer, inspite of criticising a lot (for which the book is written), he appreciated that an european laundry assistant would not accept an apparel not in his rate list while an Indian will immediately work out a rate for it.
But when this Jugad becomes synonym of "by hook or crook" then it is the worst and most shameful tool to possess and does not remain our national pride. 

sTREET sMARTNESS HAS A NAME NOW .... jUGAAD...

"Jugaad" We indian mature to use "Jugaad " terminology in all area. Jogaad means time being adjustment and we are widley using this concept in our country. 

It sure is,that's why jobs get outsourced here.It's good and bad both but quite a USP for us.

Yes disha mam,This word is so common in all language. i was in andhra ,there also same word i listen,in maharashtra the same word in marathi language. even i want to say to be successful in less efforts,& to do efficient work we all need to do some "JUGAAD" .  i saw poor people specially from rural background are master in this.

This is really intresting and Jugaad is simillar to Chalta hai Attitude. 
I agree with Mr. Santhoshs comments on Jugaad. One can say Jugaad is application of ones smartness in getting things done may be though hook or crook and at the end of the day the results should be favourable. 

Every Indian is expert in Jugaad, no matter whether the person is She or He.
Every Indian tends to make Jugaad, due to non-friendly govt. policies & rules.
Thanks for sharing , Disha. 

Ms Disha u r very correct and all the information given by was also very correct and interesting... but really I'll tell you one practical example of this previously i was working with a heavy engineering company we were manufacturing very difficult parts for big MNC's across the world.. once 5 jobs were returned back to us from Germany as the OD was found 10micron oversize, as the OD was around 2500mm the job cannot be trued again on the machine and hence the jobs were rejected ....
But WE Indian (Proud to be) me and my collegues and our senior we changed the whole scenario in a single night shift ..what we did was JUGAAD (cant tell here what we did) but seriously telling you all the jobs were again inspected and found OK... till now those german engineers are sending us mail and asking us what we did ....

I'm really proud to be an Indian as we wake up where other's had left the game ..

hats off to JUGAAD