Expanding the public domain: Many technologies may take long time to blossom into products or services. In some cases, they may not have much future impact, except in the specific context in which they originated, unless they are blended with other technologies from the formal or informal sectors. Some technologies may not have much commercial potential at all, but be open to social diffusion. The GTIAF addresses such needs. NIF acquires the rights to such technologies, which are then licensed at low or no cost to small entrepreneurs. Some of these technologies enter the public domain and are transmitted to communities whose members make use of them. The idea here is that the state and not innovators should subsidize society. Though NIF acquires the rights to a given technology, innovators still retain their right to use their innovations in any way they want at their level. If the NIF is able to license it to third party for a higher sum or generate more revenue, these funds are shared with the innovators even though they have licensed the rights. Volunteers can contribute to pooling technologies to generate value-added products, use social media to create wider awareness and translate non-monetary practices into local languages. NIF organised two GTIAF meetings in February and March 2012 inviting different innovators and farmers to explain them the purpose of the fund, rights, and the duties and obligations of both NIF and the innovators. Subsequently, the innovators willing to hand over the rights of their technologies to NIF signed agreement with it. In total NIF has acquired rights of seventy eight technologies of fifty eight innovators from fourteen states at the cost of Rs thirty five lakh fifty thousand. Plans are being chalked out for social diffusion/dissemination of these technologies in relevant pockets of the country. .

List of engineering technologies acquired under GTIAF
S.No.	Innovator	Technology	Technology Manuals
1	R Jayaseelan, Tamil Nadu	Coconut husker
2	N. Sakthimainthan, Tamil Nadu	Manually Operated Water Lifting Pump,Hand Operated Pump
3	Mathew V Mathew, Kerala	Kerosene stove with gravity feed fuel tank and cylindrical wick
4	P J Abraham, Kerala	Cardamom drying chamber
5	K. S. Sudheer, Kerala	Side-stand Gear Lock System
6	Vikram Rathore, Andhra Pradesh	Cycle pump
7	U Krishna, Andhra Pradesh	Centrifugal Sprayer
8	Kanak Das, Assam	Transmission of energy from shock absorber for smooth riding of bicycle on uneven road
9	Karunakant Nath, Assam	Improved wood cutting machine
10	Mohammad Idris , Uttar Pradesh	Automatic horse shaver
11	Prem Singh Saini, Haryana	Telephone Operated Remote Switch
12	Madan Lal Kumawat , Rajasthan	Improved hand pump
13	Radhey Shyam Sharma, Madhya pradesh	Bullock operated sprayer
14	Gopal Malhari Bhise,	Bicycle hoe
15	Subhash Jagtap, Maharashtra	Sprayer
16	Mansukhbhai Jagani	Bullet driven santi and sprayer
17	Arvind Patel, Gujarat	Auto air kick pump for two wheelers & tongs
18	Khimjibhai Kanadia, Gujarat	Nursery bag filler, sprayer, gum scrapper, etc
19	Mulubhai Senjaliya, Gujarat	Sprayer
20	Gopal Bhai Suratiya, Gujarat	Sprayer
21	Bhanjibhai Mathukiya, Gujarat	Sprayer
22	Ganeshbhai Dodiya, Gujarat	Sprayer
23	Pareshbhai Katurbhai Panchal, Gujarat	Automatic String / Thread Winder
24	Vinod Gajjar, Gujarat	Vatsal Tong
25	Narsimha Bhandari, Karnataka	Arecanut Peeler
26	Nazeer Ahmad, Andhra Pradesh	Pounded chilly sorter
27	Ranjeet Ghorai, West Bengal	Parboiled paddy spreader
28	Yengkhom Maipakpi Devi W/o Late Mangi Singh, Manipur	Kouna mat weaving machine
29	Guruaribam Bashuchandra Sharma, Manipur	Direct silk reeling machine
30	R Ravi, Tamil Nadu	Oil seed and parboiled rice spreader
31	Amandeep Singh, Rajasthan	Solar laminator
32	Ashok Thakur, Bihar	Portable stove fueled by paddy husk
33	Ramashankar Sharma, Bihar	Modified hand-pump
34	Md. Rozadeen, Bihar	Coffee Cooker
35	Maibam Deben Singh, Manipur	Low cost fish dryer and stove
36	Md. Shaikh Jabbar, Maharashtra	Variable gear system for cycle rickshaw