What`s New
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NIF Newsletter - May 2025-Hindi -
NIF Newsletter - May 2025-English
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Inspiring journey of P.G. George
- Padma Shri Hariman Sharma- The apple man of India !
- The entries for 15th National Biennial Campaign for Green Grassroots unaided Technological Innovations, Ideas & Outstanding Traditional Knowledge are open till 31st March 2027
- Video Glimpses of NIF's Silver Jubilee Celebration
- 25 Years of Innovation- Celebrating Grassroots creativity
- NIF-India Documentary
- Celebrating 25 years of Innovation - SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION
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NIF Newsletter - May 2025-Hindi
-
NIF Newsletter - May 2025-English
-
Inspiring journey of P.G. George
- Padma Shri Hariman Sharma- The apple man of India !
- The entries for 15th National Biennial Campaign for Green Grassroots unaided Technological Innovations, Ideas & Outstanding Traditional Knowledge are open till 31st March 2027
- Video Glimpses of NIF's Silver Jubilee Celebration
- 25 Years of Innovation- Celebrating Grassroots creativity
- NIF-India Documentary
- Celebrating 25 years of Innovation - SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION
Celebrating 25 years of Innovation - SILVER JUBILEE YEAR CELEBRATION
Messages
Dr. Arvind C Ranade
Director, NIF
National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF) journey of two decades and Four years has been devoted to supporting and encouraging grassroots innovations and igniting traditional knowledge across the length and breadth of the country and beyond. Since its inception in 2000, NIF has been working with an unwavering commitment... Read more
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About Us
The National Innovation Foundation (NIF) - India
is India's national initiative to strengthen the grassroots technological innovations and outstanding traditional knowledge. Its mission is to help India become a creative and knowledge-based society by expanding policy and institutional space for grassroots technological innovators.
NIF scouts, supports and spawns' grassroots innovations developed by individuals and local communities in any technological field, helping in human survival without any help from formal sector. It also tries to ensure that such innovations diffuse widely through commercial and/or non-commercial channels, generating material or non-material incentives for them and others involved in the value chain... Read more
Departments
NIF team trains 50+ VSS members in Khammam, Telangana on grassroots innovations like leaf plate making machines, cotton wick machines & food processing units. New livelihood opportunities unlocked!#Grassroots #Innovation #Livelihood #Empowerment@IndiaDST @ranade_arvind pic.twitter.com/l0K3pJaYTD
— NIF - India (@nifindia) May 20, 2025
Tribal women in Mayurbhanj, Odisha, now reel more than silk — they spin empowerment! NIF installed innovator-made reeling machines & trained locals to boost income & preserve tradition. #TussarSilk #Women #Empowerment #Tribal #Livelihood #OdishaWeaves @IndiaDST @ranade_arvind pic.twitter.com/6TQAbNRWJr
— NIF - India (@nifindia) May 19, 2025
Innovations
A Device to Separate Tamarind Seeds
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Double shuttle loom
N. Nabakumar Singh
Bicycle with rider and terrain induced forces for transmission system
Kanak Das
Herbal preparation for controlling insects and pests (leaf folder and stem borer) in paddy More Sharing
Vijay Prasad
Portable latch for restrooms
P.S.Senthur Balaji
Jacket that can sense body temperature blood pressure etc and send alerts
Sheikh Sipai Farhinbanu Makbul Ahmed,Amlan Anupam
VKA _Episode 119 Dr. Vipin Kumar