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Empowering women in Chhattisgarh! NIF-India team trained over 100 SHG women in MCB district on grassroots innovations like improved dal mill, rice grain sorting machine & more. Collaboration with district admin & BIHAN mission to boost livelihoods

Promising results from participatory on-farm trials of onion varieties Sona 40 & Sandip Pyaz in Rajasthan! Developed by NIF-India's grassroots innovators, these varieties show vibrant color, large bulb size & pest tolerance

Women from Adibhumi Mahila Mandal in Odisha's Kuda village learned to make value-added products like soaps, jams & herbal extracts using Multipurpose Processing Machine. New livelihood opportunities unlocked with support from NIFIndia

NIF -India team visits Saranda Forest Division, Jharkhand to review Sal leaf plate making & solar-powered rice puff making units

Honoured to host Shri Jagdish Vishwakarma Ji, Hon’ble MSME Minister, Govt of Gujarat, at NIF. His inspiring presence and visionary words have energized our mission to empower grassroots innovations.

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Celebrating 25 years of Innovation - SILVER JUBILEE YEAR CELEBRATION

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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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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

Scouting, Documentation and Database Management (SDDM)

Value Addition Research & Development – AGRICULTURE

Value Addition Research & Development – ENGINEERING

Value Addition Research & Development – HUMAN HEALTH & VETERINARY

Business Development

Dissemination and Social Diffusion (DSD)

Impact Assessment and Public Policy

Publication and Communication

Program Planning and Management

Administration and Finance
(A & F)

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Discover the latest issue of #InnovationFrontline! Explore workable ideas, traditional knowledge & tested innovations from across India.
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Innovations

Surjeet Basmati 1- High yielding and salt tolerant paddy variety

Surjeet Singh

Herbal formulation for treating bloat in animals

Sakrabhai Kalubhai Baria, Kapuriben Sardarsingh Baraiya

Key with light, shaving brush and razor with light

Ashish R. Sadiya

Preventing people from driving without a license

G Krishna Kumar

Adarsh a new variety of sesame

Mr. Laljibhai Ramjibhai Murani