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  Project-Based Learning (PBL): Learning in Action! 5  From Ideas to Solutions: Addressing Social Problems through Innovation Last year I had an opportunity to travel to Ahmedabad to visit the 'National Innovation Foundation.' They had organized a competition for students called 'Ignite' in the name of former Indian president Dr A. P. J. Kalam. Students were asked to submit their ideas for this competition, and the students with novel ideas were awarded. Experts from the foundation then helped the students to build prototypes of these ideas. This year, the competition was also full of interesting and novel ideas. For example, the taps on the water tanks in our school are at the same height. This causes tall students to bend down, while short students are unable to reach them. So, one student suggested that if the pipe carrying the water is fitted in a slanting manner instead of parallel to the ground, the lower taps will be at the level of shorter students, whereas