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NIF Newsletter: Jan-Feb 2026-English - NIF Newsletter: Nov-Dec 2025-Hindi
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- List of shortlisted candidates against Adv-01-2025
- NIF Newsletter: July-August 2025-English
- Rajbhasha Patal Activities
- 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
- विज्ञापन सं. 01-2025 के अंतर्गत चयनित अभ्यर्थियों की सूची
- NIF Newsletter: July-August 2025-Hindi
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
NIF–India’s Guwahati Camp Office conducted a field visit in Namchi, South Sikkim, engaging 59 farmers, documenting 66 traditional practices, and collecting 25 herbarium samples—highlighting the importance of indigenous knowledge in sustainable farming and grassroots innovation. pic.twitter.com/tGwTiRgh9e
— NIF - India (@nifindia) January 19, 2026
NIF conducted field visits in Chenab Valley, Ramban (J&K), engaging 25+ community members. Grassroots innovations and herbal products were shared, while traditional practices in plant protection, veterinary care, and human health were documented.@DrJitendraSingh @IndiaDST pic.twitter.com/82ib2QoZVt
— NIF - India (@nifindia) January 19, 2026
Innovations
Improved device for cleaning and fluffing cotton
Rohan Dharmendrabhai Bhagora With Team
Oxygen-carbon dioxide level indicators in car
S R Valava
Herbal Preparation to control vegetable crop pests
Mahendrabhai Lallubhai Patel
Herbal Appetizer
Sristi
Water supply line with flow feedback system
Sagar Kumar
VKA _Episode 132 Dr. Hardev Chaudhary