Announcement of 4th Award Function

Fourth Biennial Award Function of National Innovation Foundation
February 12, 2007, IARI Campus, New Delhi - 110 012

National Innovation Foundation, Ahmedabad announces its 4th Presidential Award Function on February 12, 2007 at IARI Campus, New Delhi - 110 012. The Fourth Competition which ran from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2004, saw more than 14,000 entries sent from all parts of the country and included enthusiastic participation from the young and the old alike.

The much awaited award function will be co-hosted by SRISTI, GIAN and Honey Bee Network where Honorable President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has kindly agreed to grace the occasion and give away the awards to the winners. A total of 70 awards would be given in five categories, viz. National, State, Consolation, Appreciation and Challenge.

These awards have been decided after a rigourous screening at different levels over a period of more than a year when all the entries were subjected to technical benchmarking and patent prior art search ascertaining the novelty. Only after which they were selected to be presented before the experts of the Research Advisory Committee comprising of the Heads of most of the top R&D institutions, experts from Engineering, Agricultural and Veterinary Colleges, Vice Chancellors of various Universities from all parts of India.

I am indeed delighted to participate in the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) awards function. I greet the award winners, innovators, collaborators, organizers and the distinguished guests. Innovation may come from many directions in the country. More