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
Updates
Three point five lakh plus entries scouted
One thousand one hundred forty-five recognitions
Over one hundred twenty technology transfers
One thousand four hundred seventy-three patents filed
Seven hundred twenty-two patents granted
Ninety-five PPV and FRA applications filed
Forty-four PPV and FRA registered
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
In just a few days, the world will celebrate International Day of Yoga 2025. Mark your calendars for June 21st and take a step towards health, peace, and global harmony by embracing Yoga.#IDY2025@IndiaDST @ranade_arvind @DrJitendraSingh @karandi65 @moayush @moesgoi @mygovindia pic.twitter.com/eCrIsRhnsC
— NIF - India (@nifindia) June 11, 2025
A hands-on training on cow dung-based product-making machines was held at Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar. Led by experts, the program promoted rural skills, with machine installations boosting sustainable livelihoods.#SkillDevelopment #nifindia@IndiaDST @ranade_arvind pic.twitter.com/daOvysEmFk
— NIF - India (@nifindia) June 9, 2025
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