What`s New
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List of shortlisted candidates against Adv-01-2025 -
NIF Newsletter: July-August 2025-English
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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
- 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
On 2 Sept 2025, a delegation from Dudhnoi College, Assam visited the @nifindia Guwahati Cell to explore grassroots innovations
— NIF - India (@nifindia) September 4, 2025
Students & faculty engaged with solutions in agri, healthcare, handloom, energy & more—sparking curiosity & innovative thinking.@DrJitendraSingh pic.twitter.com/D96pfGrWQI
* Highlighted role of local knowledge in sustainable development@DrJitendraSingh @IndiaDST @karandi65 @arvind_c_ranade @mygovindia pic.twitter.com/AfmgQZH6IR
— NIF - India (@nifindia) September 1, 2025
Innovations
Coconut breaker and water collector, cello tape-end finder etc.
Mr M S V Naidu
Kerosene and Steam Heated Stove
Vyasji Mishra
Metal Protected acid scale remover radiator cleaner
Mr. Bharat Thumar
Mobile Groundnut Thresher
Nileshbhai Dobariya & Pankajbhai Lunagariya
Innovative Multiple Rooting Propagation Method for Cashew
Smt. Aniyamma Baby
Using discarded water from RO for household applications
Ramya Ahuja
VKA _Episode 123 Dr. R K Ravikumar