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NIF-India trains 20 women from Forest Fringe Villages in #Odisha to operate Dharambir Kamboj's Multipurpose Processing Machine. Now, they're creating products like juice, skin gels & shampoo from local forest resources, enhancing livelihoods.

NIF JK-Cell organized a meeting at Galwade Chak, Jammu, engaging 15+ farmers on tech dissemination. The session highlighted grassroots innovations aimed at uplifting rural livelihoods through relevant technologies

Driving grassroots change! NIF Bhubaneswar hosted a two-day workshop (5–6 May) on innovation impact and scaling, with 30 participants from 11 districts using six installed rural technologies

Proud moment for NIF-India : Shri Hariman Sharma received Padma Shri from Hon’ble President of India for making apples bloom at 45°C. His HRMN-99 apple variety is a farming revolution across India.

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Celebrating 25 years of Innovation - SILVER JUBILEE YEAR CELEBRATION

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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

Scouting, Documentation and Database Management (SDDM)

Value Addition Research & Development – AGRICULTURE

Value Addition Research & Development – ENGINEERING

Value Addition Research & Development – HUMAN HEALTH & VETERINARY

Business Development

Dissemination and Social Diffusion (DSD)

Impact Assessment and Public Policy

Publication and Communication

Program Planning and Management

Administration and Finance
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NIF JK-Cell organized a meeting at Galwade Chak, Jammu, engaging 15+ farmers on tech dissemination. The session highlighted grassroots innovations aimed at uplifting rural livelihoods through relevant technologies.#Innovation #RuralDevelopment #farmers @IndiaDST @ranade_arvind pic.twitter.com/S0WHWo9G3A
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NIF-India innovator | PG George | Black Pepper Variety#organicfarming #blackpepper #innovation #zionmundi #farmingsuccess #kerala #sustainableagriculture #PGGeorge #nifindia #grassroots @IndiaDST @ranade_arvind pic.twitter.com/olJcTwdgZz
— NIF - India (@nifindia) May 7, 2025

Innovations

Modified hand-cart with steering mechanism and brakes

Nidhi Kumari Gupta

Soil Clod Crusher

SuchilTeron

Pole Pro

Mushtaq Ahmed Dar

Wheel chair convertible to crutches

S Ramakishore, Sanjay Srinivas, Tamil Selvan