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Centre changed Padma selection procedure to acknowledge unsung heroes: Jitendra Singh at NIF

March 03, 2025 5:05 am

Singh highlighted that the reform brought by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government in the selection of Padma awardees vindicates the non-acknowledgement of grassroots innovators by the previous governments

Arunachal tech genius, who invented goggles for blind, wants to make world a better place

January 16, 2018 9:54 am

Showcased to the world in 2017, Anang Tadar has till date created three prototypes. When the final prototype is ready, the UNICEF, among others, has assured help to promote and market his invention in the market.

3 state innovations in the fray for award

March 08, 2015 4:17 am

President Pranab Mukherjee will give away awards to the best grassroots innovators of the country identified by NIF.

12-year-old’s adjustable walker to hit markets soon, help people climb stairs

July 26, 2014 2:50 am

Kaviraa Solutions has voluntary contributed Rs 2, 00, 000 to the innovation fund at NIF, to support grassroot innovators.

NIF pitches in to give milking machine a boost

May 30, 2013 4:56 am

The product that bagged NIFs national award for innovation in 2005 is now available in four variants.

An old hand at new things

April 14, 2013 2:17 am

Annasaheb Udgavi never had any formal education,but that didnt stop him from innovatingfrom making a clock that runs on water to a rotor sprinkler that uses very little water

Law firms help NIF double its patents

April 22, 2012 3:21 am

The National Innovation Foundation (NIF) has seen a sharp rise in the number of patents it has registered in the last 13 months,after it hired the services of law firms across India.

Innovation body works on relief tools for painful jobs

April 06, 2012 5:37 am

The bodily pains associated with paddy transplanting,picking of tea-leaves and use of inefficient stoves or chulhas have been listed as top-priority problems by the National Innovation Foundation,which has asked innovators and inventors to help address these problems through technology.