Incubation Partners

GIANs have been set up by NIF, with geographical jurisdiction, for incubating and commercializing various grassroots innovations. The first GIAN was set up at Ahmedabad to incubate innovations from the western state of Gujarat (with inclusion of Maharashtra and Goa later on). Subsequently GIANs were set up at Guwahati, for the innovations from north-eastern states and at Jaipur, for the innovations from the northern states. In addition, two GIAN cells have been set up at Madurai (Tamil Nadu) and Tumkur (Karnataka) in South India, to incubate innovations from the southern states. GIANs, in a short period of time, have been successful in converting a number of innovations into products and setting up enterprises based on them.

The role GIANs is to provide innovations with, linkages to modern science and technology, design institutions, funding organizations and market research. The objective is to generate new models of sustainable development through poverty alleviation, rural development, employment generation and conservation of natural resources without impairing the ecological balance.