Outlook magazine issue dated July 18th , 2005 In the wake of globalisation, why should one pay attention to grassroots innovations? Does it matter if someone in a rural area has designed a mechanical coconut husker that simplifies the task? A grassroots innovator from Madurai has created a machine to peel garlic without damaging its quality. And entrepreneurs from Pakistan want to buy it. Another one from Singapore read about an arecanut peeler on the National Innovation Foundation website and placed an order.(read more....) Give Me An Idea: India needs to take risks and back innovation for scientific progress by Dr R.A. Mashelkar. Outlook magazine issue dated July 18th , 2005 Innovation is the key for the production and processing of knowledge. A nation's ability to convert knowledge into wealth and social good through innovation determines its future. This presents us with a challenge: of the resurgence of an innovative India, since in recent times the 'I' in India was seeming to stand for imitation and inhibition, not innovation. (read more....) Indian grassroots innovation in Pakistan for the first time!!! News briefing dated June 18th , 2005 In a momentous agreement that added a landmark dimension to India-Pakistan grassroots partnership, Mr. M. Nagarajan of Madurai, Tamilnadu successfully signed a deal with Perfect Food Industries of Lahore, Pakistan for his grassroots innovation - Garlic Peeling Machine. The final payment was received today and the machine has been despatched, according to Mr. Manish Saxena, National Coordinator-Business Development, National Innovation Foundation, who facilitated this deal..... Technology Transfer of 10 HP Mini Tractor News briefing dated March 7th , 2005 I am delighted to participate in the Indian Innovation Awards 2005 organized by the Entrepreneurial Management Processes International (EMPI) in collaboration with NDTV and Business World. I greet the organizers who are celebrating Indian Innovative Organisations towards promotion of a culture of innovation among our entrepreneurs. I congratulate the award winners.... News briefing dated October 17th, 2004The Gujarat Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network (GIAN), Ahmedabad has recently undertaken the technology transfer of the 10 HP Mini Tractor to M/s Pramal Farmatics (P) Ltd. a company based out of Vittal Udyognagar, near Anand. The deal, which is valued at upwards of Rs. 1 crores has been structured into four components, which are.....News briefing dated August 14th, 2004Amongst GIAN’s (Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network’s) many achievements in the last seven years is its recent technology transfer deal struck on behalf of four grassroots innovators with Mr. Nilesh Satasiya, an entrepreneur from Ahmedabad. This agreement covers the right to manufacture and market four different types of agricultural sprayers at the national level on non-exclusive basis. This means that other entrepreneurs can also license the same technologies.News briefing dated May 12th ,2004 Gujarat Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network (GIAN)– a grassroots technology incubator based in Ahmedabad, has been adjudged the joint winner of the National Award for Technology Business Incubation for the year 2003.
