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NIF Newsletter: Mar-Apr 2026-English - The entries for 15th National Biennial Campaign for Green Grassroots unaided Technological Innovations, Ideas & Outstanding Traditional Knowledge are open till 31st March 2027
- iPhD कार्यक्रम के बारे में आपको कुछ जानना चाहिए | All You Need to Know About the iPhD Programme
- iPhD પ્રોગ્રામ વિશે તમારે જાણવાની જરૂર છે | All You Need to Know About the iPhD Programme
- What is the iPhD Programme? | NIF Director Explains | NIF-India | Arvind C. Ranade
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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
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
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NIF participated in Mission SANKALP’s National Exhibition-cum-Technical Meet at DAIC, New Delhi, showcasing 22 grassroots innovations across sectors. Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood visited the pavilion, highlighting innovation-led livelihood solutions.@PrinSciAdvGoI @DrJitendraSingh
— NIF - India (@nifindia) March 20, 2026
Empowering women through grassroots innovation: NIF-India, with NRLM-BIHAN and district administrations in Chhattisgarh, trained 40+ SHG members on Cotton Wick-Making Machines and Improved Dal Mills, promoting sustainable livelihoods and rural entrepreneurship.@DrJitendraSingh
— NIF - India (@nifindia) March 20, 2026
Innovations
Windmill having different design of blades
T Bhoomaiah Chary
Seed Scatterer
Dharmendra Patidar
Gait identification in mobiles
Anurag Rathore
Mousambi and SebMango: Conserved Indigenous Varieties of Mango
Syed Ghani Khan
Automated traffic signal system
Girish.S and Ashwin Nagarajan
Paan delivery and processing machine
Lahar Jyoti Das
VKA _Episode 131 Dr. Hardev Chaudhary