What`s New
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Innovation Yatra 2026 - Applications are invited from eligible Indian citizens for filling up various Administrative posts at NIF through Direct Recruitment and/or Deputation/ absorption through open competition on all India basis
- NIF Newsletter: September - October 2026-English
- National Innovation Foundation - India (NIF) invites applications from the eligible and suitable Indian citizens for the Scientific posts on direct recruitment basis through open competition on all India basis.
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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 seventy five lakh plus entries scouted
One thousand one hundred forty-five recognitions
Over one hundred twenty technology transfers
One thousand six hundred fourteen patents filed
Seven hundred thirty-five 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
Discover how grassroots innovation is turning waste into wealth! @nifindia refined an eco-friendly mould for cow dung-based Ganesha idols, supporting livelihoods and environmental conservation. @IndiaDST @DrJitendraSingh @mygovindia @arvind_c_ranade https://t.co/URlODsj0M9
— National Innovation Foundation - India (@nifindia) October 15, 2026
@nifindia with Uttar Dinajpur KVK, West Bengal, trained 20 farmers on RTB-16 Improved Mustard Variety on 14 October 2026, promoting grassroots innovation and participatory on-farm trials. @DrJitendraSingh @arvind_c_ranade @IndiaDST @icarindia @mygovindia https://t.co/h3OVmGekuN
— National Innovation Foundation - India (@nifindia) October 15, 2026
Innovations
Fuel wastage alert system in vehicles
Priyanka Panda
Retrofitted car for physically challenged
Biju Varghese
IPL Business Twenty20
Siddharth Somani
System to provide back view mirror with extended view
Ujjawal Jain
Pineapple Peeling Machine and Shredding cum Peeling Machine
Imkongsunep
Connecting Rod Lifter
Mr.Gamanbhai Patel
VKA _Episode 124 Dr. R K Ravikumar