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At National Innovation Foundation (NIF), we believe in the power of transparency and openness in the decision-making process. Hence, the provisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 (click to download the act in English, in Hindi) have been implemented in its full spirit. In our best efforts to disseminate information to the applicants of RTI, following officers have been designated as Public Information Officer (PIO) and Assistant Public Information Officer (APIO) under Section 5 of the RTI Act.
If you require any information, please write to us with the details sought, along with a prescribed fee of ₹ 10 by way of an Indian Postal Order/Banker's Cheque/Demand Draft in favour of National Innovation Foundation. You also have the option of depositing this amount in cash in the Account's Office of NIF.
One can also apply online, for information under the act, through https://rtionline.gov.in/. The manual for guiding the same can be downloaded following weblink (http://nif.org.in/dwn_files/rti/manual-of-rti-online.pdf)
Public Information Officer: Mr Tushar Garg
Assistant Public Information Officer: Mr Rajiv Mili
Address: National Innovation Foundation (NIF), India
Grambharti, Amrapur,
Gandhinagar - Mahudi Road,
Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Pin: 382650
Tel: 02764-261134/35/36/37/38
Email: rti.nif@nifindia.org
The Appellate Authority to deal with appeals preferred under Section 19 of the RTI Act 2005 is
Director
Address: National Innovation Foundation (NIF), India
Grambharti, Amrapur,
Gandhinagar - Mahudi Road,
Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Pin: 382650
Tel: 02764-261134/35/36/37/38
Email: director@nifindia.org
Information under RTI Act 2005
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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, DirectorComprehensive details about National Innovation Foundation can be found at the following links:
Brochure of NIF can be downloaded following the weblink:
Transfer policy : NIF follows the Govt of India norms.
Public Information Officer: Mr Tushar Garg, Innovation Officer /Scientist D
Assistant Public Information Officer: Mr Rajiv Mili, Sr. Innovation Fellow
Appellate Authority : Dr. Arvind C Ranade, Director
Nodal Officer : Mr Tushar Garg, Innovation Officer /Scientist DTechnical staffTo do elaborate technical, marketing and patent prior art search to ascertain the novelty of claims as mentioned by the innovator/herbal healer/farmer
Departmental Heads
To coordinate with different stake holders to scout, document, add value, validate, and protect IPR
To facilitate diffusion and dissemination of grassroots technologies through commercial/non-commercial means.To coordinate with the team for undertaking activities related to their domain for scouting and documentation, value addition, research & development, intellectual property rights, social and commercial diffusion, etc.
DirectorTo work as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Organization and supervise the administrative as well as scientific work undertaken by the organization.
To carry out financial and administration tasks as per the rules of the organization.
To undertake and implement the instructions/decisions of the Chairperson and the Governing Board.The delegation of financial powers as approved by the Governing board is as given below
- Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO): Upto Rs 100,000
- Director : Upto Rs 25 Lacs
- Chairperson : 25 Lacs to 50 Lacs
- Finance Committee: 50 Lacs to 5 Crore
- Governing board : Above 5 Crore
As per the organizational chart given above
Time limit for taking a decisions are mentioned in the citizen charter
citizen charterThe 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 reportsCustodian of documents: Relevant departmental heads
Governing Body:
a) Governing body of NIF re-constituted on 28.05.2018 1
Chairperson
Dr. P. S. Goel
Former Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)2
Vice Chairperson-Member
Shri. N.P. Rajive
Executive Director, VibhaVani, Delhi3-9
Members
Prof. Anil K. Gupta
Former Professor, IIM-AhmedabadProf. Anil D. Sahasrabudhe
Chairman, AICTE, New DelhiProf.SatyajitMajumdar
TISS, MumbaiDr. C. Shambu Prasad
CSEE, Institute of Rural Management, AnandDr. K. Vijaya Lakshmi
Vice President, Development Alternatives, New DelhiMs.AnuradhaBhavnani
Regional Head, Shell Foundation, GurgaonMs. Lakshmi N.
Trustee, Good Karma Foundation, Kochi10-19
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-CSIR, Government of India
Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat
Financial Advisor, DST, Government of India
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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, Pune2
Executive Vice Chairperson
Prof Anil K Gupta
Visiting Faculty, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad3-12
Members
Ms.Elaben Bhatt
Founder, Self-Employed Women Association, AhmedabadDr. V L Kelkar
DST Nominee, PuneShri H K Mittal
Scientist G, Adviser & Head, NSTEDB, New DelhiDr.GirishSahni
Director General, CSIR, New DelhiDr.TrilochanMohapatra
Director General, ICAR, New DelhiProf.DevangKhakhar
Director-Indian Institute of Technology BombayShri Pradyumna Vyas
Director National Institute of Design, AhmedabadProf Pankaj Chandra
Chairman, Board of Management, Ahmedabad University and Former Director, IIM BangaloreMs Riya Sinha
Honey Bee Network Nominee, New Delhi13-18
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, GandhinagarFinance 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 Chairpersonb) Previous Finance committee of NIF
1.Dr. R A Mashelkar - Chairperson
National Research Professor and President, Global research Alliance, Pune2.
Prof Anil K Gupta - Secretary
Visiting Faculty, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad3.
Prof Pankaj Chandra - Member
Chairman, Board of Management, Ahmedabad University and Former Director, IIM Bangalore4.
Ms.Elaben Bhatt - Member
Founder, Self-Employed Women Association (SEWA), Ahmedabad5.
Financial Advisor - Member
Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi6.
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 02764-261134/35/36/37/38 2 Dr Vipin Kumar vipin@nifindia.org Chief Scientist 02764-261134/35/36/37/38 3 Mr. Mahesh Patel mahesh@nifindia.org National Innovation Coordinator / Scientist G 02764-261134/35/36/37/38 4 Dr Vivek Kumar vivekkumar@nifindia.org Senior Innovation Officer / Scientist E 09937395992 5 Dr Ravikumar R. K. ravikumar@nifindia.org Senior Innovation Officer / Scientist E 02764-261134/35/36/37/38 6 Dr Nitin Maurya nitin@nifindia.org Senior Innovation Officer / Scientist E - 7 Er. Rakesh Maheshwari rakesh@nifindia.org Senior Innovation Officer /Scientist E 02764-261134/35/36/37/38 8 Mr. Hardev Choudhary hardev@nifindia.org Senior Innovation Officer /Scientist D 02764-261134/35/36/37/38 9 Mr. Tushar Garg tusharg@nifindia.org Innovation Officer /Scientist D 02764-261134/35/36/37/38 S. No.
Name
Designation
Level
Pay
1 Dr. Arvind C Ranade Director 14 2,93,412/- 2 Dr. Vipin Kumar Chief Scientist 14 2,93,412/- 3 Mr. Mahesh Patel Scientist G 14 2,68,569/- 4 Dr. Vivek Kumar Scientist E 13 2,21,028/- 5 Dr. Ravikumar RK Scientist E 13 2,02,683/- 6 Dr. Nitin Maurya Scientist E 13 1,97,004/- 7 Er. Rakesh Maheshwari Scientist E 13 1,80,957/- 8 Mr. Hardev Choudhary Scientist D 12 1,35,357/- 9 Mr. Tushar Garg Scientist D 12 1,15,836/- 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 2021-22 5 5 1 1 2 2020-21 11 11 1 1 3 2019-20 7 7 1 2 4 2018-19 12 12 2 1 5 2017-18 17 17 1 1 6 2016-17 12 12 1 1 7 2015-16 16 16 0 0 8 2014-15 7 7 1 1 9 2013-14 12 12 1 1 10 2012-13 3 3 0 0 11 2011-12 3 3 0 0 The details are available under specific functional heads at the following link:
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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