Innovation Portal
Context: Innovation Portal developed by National Innovation Foundation (NIF).
- It will act as an excellent resource for students, entrepreneurs, MSME’s, Technology Business Incubators (TBI’s) and common people engaged in a variety of occupations
- The National Innovation Portal(NIP) 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, presently 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.
- Growing importance of outstanding Traditional Knowledge, particularly herbal practices which stem from tribal areas, and is one of the key highlights of the Innovation Portal.
- Innovation Portal will help institutionalise new ideas by common people towards finding solutions to local problems.
- Innovation Portal will create an eco-system where the Institutions will stand behind all those who can convert their ideas and innovations into entrepreneurship.
National Innovation Foundation (NIF)
- National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
- It is India's national initiative to strengthen the grassroots technological innovations and outstanding traditional knowledge.
- NIF helps grassroots innovators and outstanding traditional knowledge holders get due recognition, respect and reward for their innovations.