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.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1688583#:~:text=The%20Union%20Minister%20for%20Science,nation%2C%20in%20New%20Delhi%20today.