National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India

An autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology, the NIF was established in 2000.
It 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 the formal sector.
NIF helps grassroots innovators and outstanding traditional knowledge holders get due recognition, respect and reward for their innovations.

The Union Minister for Science & Technology inaugurated a National Innovation Portal, developed by National Innovation Foundation (NIF) .

The portal is a database of innovations and traditional knowledge by the people, for the people and of the people.
It is currently home to about 1.15 lakh innovations scouted from common people of the country, covering engineering, agriculture, veterinary and human health.
In terms of domain areas, currently, the innovations cover energy, mechanical, automobile, electrical, electronics, household, chemical, civil, textiles, farm/cultivation practice, storage practice, plant variety, plant protection, poultry, livestock management, nutraceuticals, etc.

Innovation Portal will help institutionalise new ideas by common people towards finding solutions to local problems.
It will create an ecosystem where the Institutions will stand behind all those who can convert their ideas and innovations into entrepreneurship.
The Innovation Portal in coming days could be one of the significant contributions amongst all of our digital progress so far and would act as a bridge between people who are looking for Innovative solutions.

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