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NIF -India teams up with local communities in Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, to uncover traditional plant protection secrets & innovative health practices

Training workshop on scouting and documentation of grassroots innovation and outstanding traditional knowledge at Bhagdari Village, Taluka Akkalkua, District Nandurbar, Maharashtra

Training programme on cultivation of improved onion varieties -SandipPyaz and Sona40 for participatory on-farm trial at Chopra block in collaboration with Uttar Dinajpur Krishi Vigyan Kendra

11th NLEPC successfully held during 17-19th Sep'24- Top 31 winners were felicitated at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

Commencement of Hindi Pakhwada at NIF - India with an insightful lecture by Prof. Dr. Bhola Ram Gurjar, Director, NITTTR Chandigarh

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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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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

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15-10-2024: Amazon Smbhav Hackathon to boost AI, tech innovations for small biz ( Source : Business Standard)

14-10-2024: Amazon Smbhav Hackathon 2024: Inviting next-gen tech and AI-powered innovations for Indian SMBs ( Source : Amazon)

25-09-2024: Nagaland wins 1st position in Painting Competition at 11th Nat’l level exhibition ( Source : Nagaland Page)

25-09-2024: Nagaland secures top positions at INSPIRE MANAK event ( Source : Nagaland Post)

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In regards to "Swachhata Hi Seva", stepped forward towards a Greener Tomorrow!
NIF joined the nationwide movement with a cleanliness drive in the premises along with the tree plantation initiative.@IndiaDST @ranade_arvind #SwachhataHiSeva #CleanlinessDrive #Plantation pic.twitter.com/s433dhrcYL
— NIF - India (@nifindia) October 4, 2024

A two-day training workshop on scouting and documentation of grassroots #Innovation and outstanding traditional knowledge was organized with the support of #YOJAK and REEDS at Bhagdari Village, Taluka Akkalkua, District #Nandurbar, #Maharashtra @IndiaDST @ranade_arvind pic.twitter.com/Zz6l2bTf4U
— NIF - India (@nifindia) October 3, 2024