Name and Address of the organization :
National Innovation Foundation (NIF), India
Grambharti, Amrapur,
Gandhinagar - Mahudi Road,
Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Pin: 382650

Head of the organization
Dr. Arvind C Ranade, Director

Comprehensive details about National Innovation Foundation can be found at the following links:

• About us
• Objectives
• Mission
• Function/Activities
• Organisational Structure

Public Information Officer: Mr Tushar Garg, Innovation Officer /Scientist D
Assistant Public Information Officer: Dr. Parthkumar P. Dave, Research Associate III
Appellate Authority : Dr. Arvind C Ranade, Director
Nodal Officer : Mr Tushar Garg, Innovation Officer /Scientist D

For the delegation of financial powers as approved by the Governing board please refer to page 57 of Bye-Laws.

https://nif.org.in/upload/dwn_files/Bye-Laws-2023.pdf

As per the organizational chart given above

Time limit for taking a decisions are mentioned in the citizen charter
citizen charter

The NIF follows the rules/guidelines as approved by the Governing Board in consultation with DST.

Citizens charter can be referred for more details following the link given above

Process of redress of grievances:

Public Grievance (PG) Cell of NIF is entrusted with the responsibility of redressal of public grievances. PG Cell receives the grievances/representations from two sources i.e electronically on pgportal.gov.in and through post.

Link to public grievances page

a) Ideas/Innovations/Traditional knowledge practices documented from different parts of the country, these cannot be shared with a third party without informed consent of the knowledge provider unless the same is already in public domain.
b) Annual reports
c) Budget documents
d) Scientific Papers/articles relevant to grassroots innovations and their valorization
e) Publications- books, compendiums, manuals, etc.
f) Technology transfer agreements (confidential), Memorandum of Understandings
g) Project reports

Custodian of documents: Relevant departmental heads

Governing Body:

a) Governing body of NIF re-constituted on 21.07.2024
1	Chairperson	Prof. Anil D. Sahasrabudhe Chairman, NETF, NBA, NAAC and Former Chairman AICTE
2	Vice Chairperson-Member	Mr. Vivekananda Pai Secretary General, VIBHA, Architect, Kochi
3-9	Members	Prof. Vivek Kumar Head - Centre for Rural Development and Technology, IIT Delhi
		Mr. Ravindra Chamaria Chairman and Managing Director, Infinity Group
		Mr. Aakash Chaudhary Co-Founder, Aakash Educational Services Limited
		Ms. Sulajja Firodia Motwani Founder and CEO Kinetic Green Energy and Power Solutions Limited
		Mr. Mayank Gandhi Social Activist and Founder, Global Vikas Trust
		Ms. Aradhana Khaitan Founder and MD, Manya Education Private Limited
		Prof. Tanuja Nesari Director, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi
10-19	Members ex officio or his/her nominee	Secretary, DST, Government of India
		Secretary, DBT, Government of India
		Secretary, D/O School Education & Literacy, MHRD, Government of India
		Secretary, MSME, Government of India
		Secretary, AYUSH, Government of India
		DG-ICMR, Government of India
		DG-ICAR, Government of India
		DG-CSIR, Government of India
		Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat
		Financial Advisor, DST, Government of India
20	Member - Secretary, ex officio	Dr. Arvind C Ranade, Director

 

b) Previous Governing board of NIF
1	Chairperson	Dr. R A Mashelkar National Research Professor and President, Global research Alliance, Pune
2	Executive Vice Chairperson	Prof Anil K Gupta  Visiting Faculty, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
3-12	Members	Ms.Elaben Bhatt  Founder, Self-Employed Women Association, Ahmedabad
		Dr. V L Kelkar DST Nominee, Pune
		Shri H K Mittal  Scientist G, Adviser & Head, NSTEDB, New Delhi
		Dr.GirishSahni Director General, CSIR, New Delhi
		Dr.TrilochanMohapatra  Director General, ICAR, New Delhi
		Prof.DevangKhakhar Director-Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
		Shri Pradyumna Vyas   Director National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
		Prof Pankaj Chandra Chairman, Board of Management, Ahmedabad University and Former Director, IIM Bangalore
		Ms Riya Sinha Honey Bee Network Nominee, New Delhi
13-18	Members ex officio	Secretary, AYUSH, New Delhi
		Chairman, SIDBI, Lucknow
		Secretary, MSME, New Delhi
		Financial Advisor - DST, New Delhi
		Chief Secretary,  Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar
		Director, National Innovation Foundation-India, Gandhinagar

Finance Committee

a.) Finance committee of NIF reconstituted on 28.05.2018
   i) Dr. P. S. Goel, Chairperson of the Governing Body (Chairperson)
   ii) Director (Member-Secretary)
   iii) Financial Adviser, DST, GOI, Ex Officio (Member)
   iv) Three members of Governing Body (Members) to be approved by the Chairperson

b) Previous Finance committee of NIF

1.	Dr. R A Mashelkar - Chairperson  National Research Professor and President, Global research Alliance, Pune
2.	Prof Anil K Gupta - Secretary  Visiting Faculty, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
3.	Prof Pankaj Chandra - Member Chairman, Board of Management, Ahmedabad University and Former Director, IIM Bangalore
4.	Ms.Elaben Bhatt - Member Founder, Self-Employed Women Association (SEWA), Ahmedabad
5.	Financial Advisor - Member Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
6.	Director - Member National Innovation Foundation-India, Gandhinagar

Research Advisory Committee of Formal experts constituting eminent scientists, researchers to advice on grassroots technologies.

Research Advisory Committee of Informal experts constituting seasoned innovators, farmer breeders, traditional knowledge holders to advice on grassroots technologies.

Project Review Committee to assess, recommend and/or evaluate projects in different departments.
The meetings of these Committees/Board are not open to public and minutes of the meetings are not accessible to the public.

S. No.	Name	Email	Designation	Phone No.
1	Dr. Arvind C Ranade	director@nifindia.org	Director	9429112689
2	Dr Vipin Kumar	vipin@nifindia.org	Scientist G	02764-261134
3	Mr. Mahesh Patel	mahesh@nifindia.org	Scientist G	02764-261139
4	Dr Vivek Kumar	vivekkumar@nifindia.org	Scientist F	9937395992
5	Dr. Rintu Nath	rintunath@nifindia.org	Scientist F	98112 32599
6	Dr Ravikumar R. K.	ravikumar@nifindia.org	Scientist E	02764-261135
7	Dr Nitin Maurya	nitin@nifindia.org	Scientist E	9662150140
8	Er. Rakesh Maheshwari	rakesh@nifindia.org	Scientist E	02764-261131
9	Mr. Hardev Choudhary	hardev@nifindia.org	Scientist E	9925040386
10	Mr. Tushar Garg	tusharg@nifindia.org	Scientist D	8511167451

S. No.	Name	Designation	Level	Pay
1	Dr. Arvind C Ranade	Director	14	2,44,112/-
2	Dr. Vipin Kumar	Scientist G	14	3,18,680/-
3	Mr. Mahesh Patel	Scientist G	14	2,91,710/-
4	Dr. Vivek Kumar	Scientist F	13A	2,40,268/-
5	Dr. Rintu Nath	Scientist F	13A	-
6	Dr. Ravikumar RK	Scientist E	13	2,19,931/-
7	Dr. Nitin Maurya	Scientist E	13	2,13,208/-
8	Er. Rakesh Maheshwari	Scientist E	13	2,01,796/-
9	Mr. Hardev Choudhary	Scientist E	13	1,96,061/-
10	Mr. Tushar Garg	Scientist D	12	1,25,860/-

System of compensation:As per Government of India Norms.

None from NIF team was observed having doubtful integrity.

Sl No	Year	RTI applications		RTI appeals
		Received	Disposed	Received	Disposed
1	2023-24	10	10	2	2
2	2022-23	4	4	0	0
3	2021-22	5	5	1	1
4	2020-21	11	11	1	1
5	2019-20	7	7	1	2
6	2018-19	12	12	2	1
7	2017-18	17	17	1	1
8	2016-17	12	12	1	1
9	2015-16	16	16	0	0
10	2014-15	7	7	1	1
11	2013-14	12	12	1	1
12	2012-13	3	3	0	0
13	2011-12	3	3	0	0

The details are available under specific functional heads at the following link:

function

Foreign Tours by Head of Institution

Sl No.	Places visited	The period of visit	The number of members in the official delegation	Expenditure on the visit
1	Pretoria, S.A	3 Days (17-06-15 to 19-06-15)	Along with delegation from DST	Expenditure met by DST
2	Dubai	3 Days (8-02-16 to 10-02-16)	Along with delegation from DST	Expenditure met by DST
3	Washington, Buffalo, Boston	7 days (14-04-16 to 20-04-16)	Along with delegation from DST	Expenditure met by DST
4	Pretoria, S.A	7 days (04-07-16 to 10-07-16)	Along with delegation from DST	Expenditure met by DST
5	Vancouver and Cranbrook	12 Days (03-06-17 to 14-06-17)	Along with delegation from DST	Expenditure met by DST
6	South Africa	6 Days (03-10-17 to 08-10-17)	Along with delegation from DST	Expenditure met by DST
7	Jakarta, Indonesia	7 Days (11-12-17 to 17-12-17)	Along with delegation from DST	Expenditure met by DST
8	Jakarta, Indonesia	6 Days (25-09-18 to 30-09-18)	Along with delegation from DST	Expenditure met by DST
9	Bangkok, Thailand	2 Days (18-02-19 to 19-02-19)	Along with delegation from DST	Expenditure met by DST
10	Bangkok, Thailand	3 Days (18-06-19 to 20-06-19)	Along with delegation from DST	Expenditure met by DST

Information related to procurements

NIF follows rules of procurement laid down by government of India. Purchase are made through GEM or through the process mentioned in GFR. Detail related to procurements /services availed through tendering process can be accessed by visiting weblink http://nif.org.in/tenders

Along with all its publications/reports mentioned NIF maintains databases of ideas/innovations and traditional knowledge electronically. The database of innovations is accessible at https://innovation.nif.org.in/ . Before sharing any information (idea/innovation/traditional knowledge) to any third party, explicit written consent of the knowledge provider (innovator/traditional knowledge provider) as mentioned by him / her in the Prior Informed Consent form is considered.

Citizens can visit National Innovation Foundation - India from 9:30 am to 6 pm on working days of the week and can meet Public Information Officer and/or, Assistant Public Information Officer.

• Guidelines for eligibility/other information for the Biennial National Competition of Unaided Green Grassroots Innovations and Outstanding Traditional Knowledge are available here : announcement
• Details about Awardees of NIF's different National Competition are available here : innovation_db
• Other documents like PIC forms, IPR related forms, Annual reports, Award Books, State Innovation Books etc., are available for download from the following locations : download and publications