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Dr R A MashelkarChairperson, NIF,President, Global Research AllianceFormer DG, CSIR, Govt. of India Bhatnagar Fellow,National Chemical LaboratoryDr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune - 411 008

Prof Anil K Gupta Executive Vice Chairperson, NIFIndian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad - 380 015

Ms Elaben Bhatt Founder,Self-Employed Women Association SEWA Reception Centre, Opp Victoria Garden,Bhadra, Ahmedabad 380001

Dr Vijay Kelkar Chairman, 13th Finance CommissionHindustan Times House, Fourth Floor18-20 Kasturba Gandhi MargNew Delhi 110 001

Mr K P PandianFinancial Advisor,Ministry of Science & Technology,New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110 016

Prof Inderjit Khanna I. A. S. (Retd.)Chairperson, GIAN-North A-241, Shivanand MargMalviya Nagar, Jaipur - 302 017

Prof Kuldeep Mathur Retired ProfessorB - 083, Belvedere Park, DLF City,Phase - III Gurgaon - 122 002

Mr D Rajgopalan Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat, Sachivalaya, Block no : 1, 3rd floor,Gandhinagar - 382 010

Dr Mangala RaiDirector General ICAR, Krishi Bhavan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi - 110 001

Dr T RamasamiSecretaryDept. of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology,Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110 016

Prof Samir BaruaDirector, Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur, Ahmedabad - 380 015

Finance SecretaryMinistry of Finance, Government of India,New Delhi 110 001

Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala The Telecom and Computer Networking Group, Department of ElectricalEngineering,Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai- 600036

Ms Ranjana KumarVigilance CommissionerCentral Vigilance Commission, Satarkata Bhawan,GPO Complex, Block A,INA, New Delhi - 110 023

Mr R GopalakrishnanExecutive DirectorTata Sons, Bombay House, 24,Homi Mody Street, Fort, Mumbai 400 001

Chief Innovation OfficerNational Innovation FoundationBungalow No 1, Satellite ComplexPremchandnagar Road, Satellite

Ahmedabad – 380 015


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1. Reaching Out2. Deepening the Furrows3. Outside-Inside4. Auditor’s Report and Balance Sheet

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The journey every year becomes harder forNIF. Increasing expectations and decliningresources in real terms leave just one option.And that is stretching every one, all thetime. Colleagues at NIF and many in theHoney Bee Network have stretchedthemselves to the limit. But that does notsolve the problem. Majority of the creativepeople can draw no solace from the tensionunder which NIF works. They want to seethe implementation of the promise of theplanners and policy makers to make Indiandevelopment more inclusive. But fullerrealization of that goal will have to wait forsome more time. In the meanwhile, a lot ofthings have happened which make ushopeful, optimistic and energized about theshape of things to come. Innovators andtraditional knowledge holders continue torepose faith in the Honey Bee Networkphilosophy. Creative children have come outwith new ideas and innovations in ignitecontests. Some of them have made evenfunctional products. Once innovative culturegets ingrained at an early age, long-termsocietal transformation will not be too difficult.

Getting the grassroots innovations on theagenda of top level policy makers requiredinnovative approaches. NIF made somemajor breakthrough in this direction throughthe imaginative help of the Chairman, 13th

Finance Commission and member,Governing Council of NIF.

In part one we discuss the strategies ofreaching out to different stakeholders. In parttwo, the efforts made to Deepening existingFurrows through expanding existing activitiesof the Foundation are described. In partthree, the process of outside- inside e e e e isnarrated, i.e. how various stakeholders haveengaged with NIF through visits or contactsto expand the knowledge network. We alsoshare how the missions of NIF are beingshared widely.

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In order to create wider awareness about thepotential of grassroots innovations inbringing about inclusive development, Dr.Vijay Kelkar, Chairman, 13th FinanceCommission and member of NIF governingcouncil, suggested that NIF brings out a seriesof coffee table books on innovations andtraditional knowledge practices from, and fordifferent states.

Each book consists of three parts: (1)Innovations from the respective states (2)Traditional herbal knowledge of plantsavailable in the respective states and (3)Innovations relevant for the respective statefrom other parts of the country. Dr R.A.Mashelkar has, in his preface, invited thestate government and its various organs toactively support NIF’s quest to uncovercreative communities and individuals in therural and urban areas of the state.

During 2008-09 eighteen state innovationbooks have been compiled for ArunachalPradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand,Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur,Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura,Uttarakhand and West Bengal. These booksare available at the web site of NIF and alsothat of the 13th Finance Commission.

NIF has received encouraging response fromvarious state governments for this initiative.Letters have been received from the Hon’bleGovernors of Manipur, and Tripura, ChiefMinisters of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala,Orissa and West Bengal and Secretary(Agriculture) of Haryana. It is hoped thateach state in due course will trigger processesfor igniting the creative minds of commonpeople.

Documenting the creativity of schoolDocumenting the creativity of schoolDocumenting the creativity of schoolDocumenting the creativity of schoolDocumenting the creativity of schoolchildren: Ignite 08children: Ignite 08children: Ignite 08children: Ignite 08children: Ignite 08

NIF and Honey Bee Network launched anational competition, IGNITE 08, for schooland college student’s innovations/Ideas on14th July 2008 at IIM-Ahmedabad and 23rd

July 2008 at IIT Madras in the presence ofProf. Ashok Junjhunwala, the GoverningCouncil member of NIF. With the help ofCentral Board of Secondary Education(CBSE), a network of over 8,000 schoolsacross the country has been involved. Good


response has been received from the studentsacross the country. Total 981 innovations/ideas were received from 762 students from62 districts of 19 states.

The entries received in the competition werescreened by experts and the results wereannounced on 15th October 2008, thebirthday of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam,celebrated as the ‘Children’s creativity andInnovation Day’ every year by NIF. The prizesand awards were distributed to the childrenon 26th November 2008 at Indian Institute ofManagement, Ahmedabad by HonourableDr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Former Presidentof India.

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Borra caves and after walking for a weekthrough more than a dozen of villages andmany smaller settlements mostly inhabited bytribal communities, concluded inTittingvalsa in Arku Valley.

About 70 farmers, innovators, students,professionals, artisans, voluntaryorganization workers etc., from Gujarat,Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, WestBengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Orissa, Delhi,and Andhra Pradesh in addition to USA andFrance attended the “Shodhyatra” andshared their knowledge with eachother. During the journey many herbalhealers and centenarians were felicitated attheir door step for sharing their preciousknowledge with the shodh yatris. Childrenand women, distinguishing in biodiversityand recipe contest respectively were alsohonoured.

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The 22nd Shodhyatra (December 29, 2008to January 3, 2009 ) was organized in theEast Champaran and West Champarandistricts of Bihar. Starting from GandhiSmarak, Motihari, East Champaran andcovering 111 kms over a period of six days,the Shodh yatra culminated in a High School,Lauriya, Bettiah. Comprising people from


different sections of the society, the Shodhyatra had participation of 117 people fromall over the country and two from Mexico andGermany. Motihari is widely known as thekarmabhoomi of Mahatma Gandhi and theplace from where Mahatma Gandhi startedthe Satyagraha movement. Also Motihari isreported to have one of the tallest BuddhaStupas in the world.

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Supported by NIF, GIAN and HBN, the SixthTraditional Food Festival-Satvik -08 wasorganised by SRISTI at the IIM Ahmedabad,New Campus during December 6-8, 2008to revive the forgotten recipes, createincentives for conservation of fastdisappearing ago-biodiversity, andpresenting its linkage with cultural andculinary diversity of India.

NIF with the help of GIAN put up anexhibition of innovations from different partsof the country. On the spot idea competitionwas also organized during the event. Tospread awareness about NIF, posters andbanners were put up at various places fordissemination purposes. Test marketing wasdone for several nutritive products developedbased on the traditional knowledge.

The 8th foundation day of NIF was celebratedat SRISTI on 28th February 2008. On thesame day awards were presented to thewinners of idea and biodiversity competition.A meeting of Honey bee collaborators wasalso held on 29th February 2008.

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National Campaign: National Campaign: National Campaign: National Campaign: National Campaign: During the sixthbiennial campaign (February 1, 2007 -January 31, 2009) NIF received about38,000 entries. The seventh biennialcampaign started on February 1, 2009, andwill continue till 31st December 2010. NIF hasadvertised the announcement of seventhcampaign in major national and regionalnewspapers. While response has startedcoming in, like ever before, we expect farfewer entries through media advertisementthan received through the HBN collaborators.

Shodhyatra follow up: As a follow up activityof different shodhyatras, representatives ofNIF and Honey Bee Network membersvisited West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir,Uttar Pradesh and Orissa. Orientation forpreparation of Village Knowledge Registerand detail documentation of selectedpractices from these areas were done as apart of activity. Various utensils and otherrequired materials for processing herbalmedicines were provided to a few herbalhealers. The photographs taken during theshodhyatras were distributed to theinnovators, healers, centenarians andstudents in these areas. Meetings were heldwith principals and teachers of variousschools and distributed school kits to the

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students, which included maps, posters,charts etc.Shodh Sabhas and scouting initiatives inHaryana: GIAN-N organized fiveshodhsabhas/ Gyan Choupals in four villages(Nilokheri, Rasina, Jheel and Sajuma) ofKaithal District and Jind of Haryana amongthe villagers and farmers in the region. Thepurpose was to create awareness about ourmission, mobilize new innovations in theongoing campaign and to establish linkagesin the region. We have so far received veryfew entries from this otherwise progressivestate.

Scouting through students: Six students ofMRMD course of Tripura University visitedthe organization for fifteen days. They spentFirst ten days in office and during the lastfive days scouted two hundred herbalpractices from their respective localities. Inaddition, SRISTI continued to engage withstudents during summer vacation to harnessthe creative energy of youth.

Scouting and Documentation Grants: S&Dgrant of Rs. 3,50,374 has been extended forvarious activities to be carried out viz.Scouting and documentation in differentstates and for holding workshop to spreadthe word about the NIF and Honey BeeNetwork activities. NIF also offers Scoutingfellowships to innovators and scouts indifferent parts of the country to scout and

document innovations, ideas and traditionalknowledge practices.Workshops: To build capacity in scouting anddocumentation, how to take prior informedconsent of knowledge hodlers and innovatorsand why should we disseminate first beforewe scout, Workshops were organized atBankura, and Kolkatta, West Bengal;Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh; Jesdan,Rajkot, Gujarat; East and west Champaran,Bihar; NIIT, Surat, Gujarat; various KrishiVigyan Kendra’s from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi;SRISTI, Ahmedabad, and Dangs, Gujarat;Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, HimachalPradesh, Punjab etc. In addition villagemeetings were organized in Andhara Pradesh,Bihar, Gujarat and Jharkhand.

A Meeting for technology audit, socialdiffusion and lateral learning amonginnovators, imitators, and users of bulletsanti was held at Rajkot on 5th May 2008.Mr. Sen Sharma from CMERI, Durgapur andMr. R K Sinha from CSIR, Delhi attended themeeting and learned from the farmers andartisans about the design developed byCMERI and also other innovators.

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Meetings of the Fifth Research AdvisoryCommittee (RAC) were held to review thepromising technologies/innovations and

recommendations for incubation and/or NIFawards. Another Meeting of the NationalResearch Advisory Committee of formalexperts on mechanical innovations was heldon 19th October 2008 to evaluate entriesreceived in the Fifth National BiennialCompetition and make recommendations fordifferent level of awards. Over 60technologies comprising 42 innovations and18 innovative ideas from the grassrootsinnovators and students were evaluated bythe committee. The committee was chairedby Prof. Girija Sharan, Professor, IIM-A andother participants included professors fromIITs and scientists from renowned researchinstitutions like CIAE and state agriculturaluniversity. Meeting of the National ResearchAdvisory Committee with experts from theinformal sector for mechanical innovationswas held on 27th November 2008 to evaluatethe entries presented to the committee offormal experts.....

National Research Advisory Committee(RAC) meeting for agriculture, herbal humanand veterinary practices was held at IIM-Aon 15th November 2008. Fifteen eminentscientists, including two Vice Chancellors,were present in the committee to judge theinnovative practices presented by NIF. Dr. P.L. Gautam, DDG (Crop Science), ICAR,chaired the committee. Together the expertsgave their comments on 51 grassroots

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innovations/unique traditional knowledgepractices.

VVVVValidation of agricultural practices:alidation of agricultural practices:alidation of agricultural practices:alidation of agricultural practices:alidation of agricultural practices:Validation of the plant protection, farm

practices and plant varieties were done atdifferent institutions. The summary ofvalidation is given below.Plant Protection practicesPlant Protection practicesPlant Protection practicesPlant Protection practicesPlant Protection practices: Thirty twoplant protection technologies received fromgrassroots innovators were validated atSRISTI Laboratory against aphid (Lipaphiserysimi Kalt.) in mustard, Bollworm(Helicoverpa armigera Hubner) in chickpea, and army worm (Spodoptera lituraFab.) in cabbage. Twelve technologies havegiven positive results in field conditions.Several technologies evaluated for termiteinfestation and bird repellent in agriculturalcrops were validated on five crops i.e. rice,wheat, gram, green gram and pigeon pea.

Evaluation of herbal extract to increaseflowering in chilly crop was found highlyeffective. Another technology against maizestem borer was found to be effective at higherconcentrations.

OnOnOnOnOn-far-far-far-far-farm trials for validation of varietiesm trials for validation of varietiesm trials for validation of varietiesm trials for validation of varietiesm trials for validation of varieties:Evaluation of a wheat variety developed byan innovator from Varanasi has been done atBanaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Theperformance of the variety in terms of heading,maturity, biomass and yield was reported atpar with local varieties HUW 234 and PVW343.

Varieties of Kabuli Chana, Guar and Mothbean were evaluated at Agriculture ResearchStation, Durgapur. Kabuli Chana variety wasfound to be suitable for semi-arid regions. Guarvariety was found to be higher in yield whileMoth bean variety was found with higher grainand fodder value.

Tinda variety preserved by Kir community inRajasthan was found to have a high yield andbetter quality of fruits at a trial at Govt. P. G.College, Chimanpura.

Improved variety of Gram (Kabuli chana)developed by Sundaram Verma, Honey BeeNetwork collaborator was evaluated by BBDcollege, Chimanpura. A trial was conductedat farmer’s field in the vicinity of BBD PGCollege, Chimanpura and found to have low

irrigation requirement, bold seeds with 500gtest weight, and high market potential. Thevariety was compared with Pusa 1053.FFFFFarararararm practices: m practices: m practices: m practices: m practices: A modified spacingmethod of Shri Antonysami was found toincrease in weight (2.75 kg/cane) and height(346 cm) in sugarcane. Number of tillers were20-24 per hill while the sucrose content wasincreased and found upto 20%. The trialswere conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Farm Science Centre, Tirunelveli

Farm Practice developed by two innovativefarmers for control of insect-pests in paddycrop using dried maize stalks was evaluatedat Central Rainfed Upland Rice ResearchStation, Jharkhand and it gave positiveresults.

VVVVValidation on nutraceutical and herbalalidation on nutraceutical and herbalalidation on nutraceutical and herbalalidation on nutraceutical and herbalalidation on nutraceutical and herbalhuman health practices : human health practices : human health practices : human health practices : human health practices : Fournutraceutical preparation comprising threebiscuits and one health drink were evaluatedat CFTRI Mysore. The biscuits made of minormillets had high of mineral content viz.Calcium (37-49mg/100g) and iron (2-5mg/100g), with high calorific value (513-514Kcal/100g) and high fiber content. A cactusdrink based on community knowledgereflected rich source of iron content and hasshown that one glass of drink mightsupplement the daily requirement of iron. Italso possesses good calorific value, VitamineC and calcium.


Three traditional polyherbal formulationswere evaluated for hypertension,hepatoprotective activity and Anti-arthriticactivity. Antihypertensive formulation of Mr.R. Perumal and Mr. Sanjay Singh,significantly reduced Systolic BP at the doseof 300 mg/kg for three weeks.Hepatoprotective formulation of Mrs.Siyadevi, Mrs. Poochammal, M. Revathi andMrs. Madinaben was found effective againsthepatic injury induced by carbontetrachloride. Treatment with test extract offormulation significantly reduced the elevatedlevels of enzymes like SGPT, SGOT and ALP.Serum cholesterol level was also reducedsignificantly. Anti-arthritic formulation of Mr.P. D. walikar exhibited inhibition property at3rd and 4th hour respectively in carrageenaninduced inflammation in Albino rats of wilstarstrain. The formulation had shown significantprotective effect by reduction of paw edemavolume, arthritic index, erythrocytesedimentation rate and rheumatoid factor.Significant effect of extract was found at 700mg/kg on arthritis. Experimentations werecarried out at L. M. College of Pharmacy,Ahmedabad

VVVVValidation of herbal livestock andalidation of herbal livestock andalidation of herbal livestock andalidation of herbal livestock andalidation of herbal livestock andpoultrpoultrpoultrpoultrpoultry practices : y practices : y practices : y practices : y practices : Traditional practicedone by Sakrabhai Bhariya for Bloat hasbeen evaluated at Bombay VeterinaryCollege, Mumbai. Aqueous herbal extract has

shown significant change in pH and arecommended dose was standardized at therate of 50g per day for bloat in animals.Traditional community knowledge of Gujaratfor Mareks disease virus was also evaluatedat Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai. Theextract has not shown any detachment androunding of the cells and no syncytiaformation as well from chicken embryofibroblast cell culture suggesting its likelyimpact on proliferation stage of virus andwith toxic effects.

Seven technologies has been evaluated atSRISTI Sadbhav Laboratory, Ahmedabadincluding three for mastitis and one each forretention of placenta, ephemeral fever,haematuria and a nutrient supplement. Thevalidation report of three technologiesevaluated for mastitis was found to inhibitthe growth of pathogens at the dose rates of1-5 mg/ml. The practice for retention ofplacenta was found to be effective at thedosage rate of 50g to 140g per day and hasnot shown any toxic symptoms even at thedose rate of 100g per day for 21 days. Theherbal formulation was found to help ininvolution of uterus and proper expulsion ofplacental tuft. Toxicity and clinical trials ofherbal medication for ephemeral fever hasshown no adverse effect on liver and renalfunctions. It has shown effect over totalprotein but had no impact on serum albuminand globulin indicating normal protein

metabolism. Toxicity and clinical trails ofherbal medication curing haematuria inanimals were conducted with the help ofKalol Panjrapole. Clinical evaluation hassuggested no toxic impact of herb over liverand kidney dysfunction. The results wereevaluated for four blood samples and for 21days of drug administration.

The study of nutrient supplement at Dept. ofBiotechnology, Oxford Institute, Bangaloregiven by Dayabhai Bharwad for animals wasevaluated for its toxicological properties.Extract revealed absence of necrosisindicating the dose dependent protection ofhepatocytes by CCl4 induced hepaticdamage. The liver sections of animals treatedwith the dose of 200 mg/kg body weight (bothaqueous and methanol extract) showednormal hepatic cords with few fatty lobules(F).

Evaluation of Osteoblast proliferativepotential of the unique herbal practice ofMogjibhai Damor was tested at OxfordInstitute, Bangalore. Preliminary screeningindicated proliferation of osteoblasts in MG63 cell lines.

Validation of Engineering technologiesthrough GIANs and other collaborators:

Low cost wind mill for lifting ground water:::::In January 2008, low cost wind mill


developed by Shri Mehtar Hussain and MrMushtaq Ahmed were installed at Little Runnof Kutchh for lifting brine (Salt water) for Saltproduction with the help of Rotary club,Wadvan city of Surendranagar. Five unitshave been installed. The response receivedwas encouraging from the farmers and basedon suggestions received it has been modifiedinto multi direction wind mill to make it moreefficient and useful. This wind mill adjustsitself according to the direction of wind flowand therefore it gives continuous discharge.After the successful installation of wind millat Kutchh, Aga Khan Rural Supportprogramme (AKRSP) also approached GIANwest for the installation of such unit atJunagadh district. A multi directional windmillwas installed at Village Bhalchhel in TalalaTaluka of Junagadh district on 24th May,2008. The average water output wasrecorded to be 2000 lit / hr @12km/hr windspeed. One unit has also been establishedat Central Salt Marine Chemical ResearchInstitute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar.

For adding value, turbine blades made ofdifferent materials viz. FRP material,Composite panel mounted on aluminiumframe and aluminium box filled up with PUFmaterial were developed. It has reduced theweight of the blades without decreasing thestrength of the blade of PUF material. Thetesting is yet to be carried out.

Auto CompressionSprayer: : : : : Prototypedevelopment workhas been undertakenby GIAN with thehelp of IDEA, anAhmedabad basedprofessional designC o n s u l t a n c yCompany. Newdesigns have been conceptualized forincreasing the pressure inside the tank byconsidering the tank as the dead weight.

Whole Stalk Paddy Threshing Machine: Theinnovative paddy threshing machinedeveloped by Shri Mahipal Singh Ranaessentially uses a simple conveyor system tofeed paddy stalks to a threshing rotary cutter,which hits only the panicles leaving stalksuncrushed. Dr. S.M. Mathur, Associateprofessor, CTAE, MPUAT, Udaipur(Rajasthan) visited innovator’s place to havea look at the technology. Further valueaddition and development of commercialprototype of paddy thresher machine by theinnovator is being carried out.

Herbal Bullet Proof Jacket: : : : : Detail materialresearch study at SRISTI laboratory is beingcarried out followed by prototypedevelopment. Innovator has developedvarious products like Helmets, pads for sportspurpose, jackets etc., by using same

materials. Testing by DRDO, Chandigarhwas done through College of Engineering,Pune and it was suggested to further improvethe technology.Plant Oil Stove: The first prototype developedand fabricated by Shantibhai, works on theprinciple of vaporizing the fuel and thenforcing the vapors to the combustion zone.For other prototype development, PRINCE(Promoters & Researchers in Non-Conventional Energy) has been involved andhas come up with a new model, whichvaporizes the plant oil using the heat fromthe burner and thereby eliminating the useof electricity.

Low CostNatural ColdStorage: ShriArv indbhai ,Gujarat hasdeveloped alow cost coldstorage forv e g e t a b l e s ,which wasdemonstratedto a team fromG u j a r a tE n e r g yDevelopment Agency (GEDA). The conceptprototype was tested at Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Chaswad, District Bharuch.


Long lasting personalized bulb: It hasinnovated by Bachubhai Thesia, Gujarat.Normal electricity AC has 50 cycles/ second.In case of short circuit or loose connection,AC cycles may go up to thousands and mayresult into the rupture of filament of bulb. Theinnovator has developed a new circuit toovercome the problem which helps the bulblast longer. To check the theft of this longlasting bulb he also started inserting a chitcarrying name of the owner, a kind of signedbulb. He buys the bulbs for Rs 8, changesthem and sells them for Rs 15 which includesthe labour charges and profit. The bulb wastested at ERDA, Baroda and the extra circuithas been modified, which has eliminated theslight flickering problem.

Machine for Vermi Composting: Devicedeveloped by Nitin Tyagi, Uttar Pradesh wastechnically evaluated and formal commentshave been received from the Department of

Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry(Vermicomposting Trade), S.K.N. College ofAgriculture (Rajasthan AgricultureUniversity), Jobner.

Ceiling cooler: NIF released the support forthe prototyping and testing of one unit ofCeiling cooler of Gopal Saluja from Haryana.HARTRON, who has tested the earlierversion of this innovation, has agreed tomentor the innovator.

Multi-purpose processing Unit: Machinedeveloped by Dharmveer, Haryana has beenimprovised as per inputs from a few users

and technicalexperts fromK a m t e c hAssociates Pvt.Ltd. The machinewas demonstratedat Jaipur duringWomen SHG fairand at KVK,Jhunjanu. Lots of

enquiries were received for the machine andits products.

Rice powder making machine: The machineinnovated by Sundhan Saharia, Assam wasvalidated by Department of Design, IITGuwahati. Analysis of its fabrication materialand process indicates that, machine can bemade marketable through value addition.

After analysis, crushing rollers, doctor bladeand gears have been fabricated inEHMWHDPE (Extra high molecular weighthigh density poly ethylene). Result has beenencouraging and further value addition isunder progress.

E x t r a - w e f tinsertion inhandloom fabricornamenta t iondevice : : : : : It hasbeen developed byMr. Dipak Bharali,Assam. Thedesign available was evaluated at DesignDepartment of IITG. It was found satisfactoryin view of innovator’s claim. Few trials at siteat Sualkuchi were taken up and foundsatisfactory. It reduces the hardship of theweaver and consequently y increasesproductivity. The final design is still underdevelopment.

Fuel efficient auto engine: The enginedeveloped by Sib Shakar Mandal, Assamwas evaluated by the Centre For Energy, IITGuwahati. The road tests revealed that thefuel consumption varies from 32 km to 37.5km per litre which is 33 % less than withoutexchanger. The exhaust temperature at 3rdand 4th gear found considerably high in bothwith and without heat exchanger. With newheat exchanger, 3500-4500 rpm is the speed


at which the engine is most efficient andmaximum waste heat is recovered. It wasobserved that average 87 ml (approx.) ofwater is produced in the combustion of onelitre of petrol with heat exchangers, whichindicates nearly complete combustion of thefuel. There has been significant improvementin fuel efficiency. Very high exhausttemperature suggests a significant amount ofheat loss from the system. High exhausttemperature even after the modificationdemands a lot of improvement.Charcoal stove with air regulator : Theinnovation by N. Kunjabihari Singh, Manipurwas assessed by Dr. P. Mahanta, Center forEnergy, IITG. The preliminary report is foundencouraging. Design modification in termsof a passive air supply model i.e. air willflow inside the stove due to pressuredifference is under progress.

Auto Stopper for engine: Its testing wasfacilitated at NSIC Technical Service Centre,Rajkot. A small and cost effectiveautomatically actuated spring loadedmechanism is used to stop the engine if its

rpm increases suddenly due to breakage ofthe power transmission belt or insufficientwater in the well or failure of the centrifugalbelt, etc.Innovative clay tawa: DevelopedbyMansukhbhai Prajapati, Gujarat, tawawas improved in design with the help of aNID student, Ahmedabad. To make the tawamore rigid and to increase its usability, anouter side ring light weight sturdy materialwith backlight or wooden handle has beenprovided. A betterc o r r u g a t e dpackaging wasalso developed toensure safetransportation.

Groundnut digger cum separator as seabeach cleaner: The first field trials of themachine have been done successfully byArdee Hi-Tech Pvt. Ltd. at Vishakhapatnum.A few modifications are underimplementation.

Walnut cracker: The prototype of walnutcracker has been developed at University ofKashmir. Set of rollers developed in Rajasthanand Gujarat have been implemented in theunit and tested, efficiency was achievedabout 70%.

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TTTTTraditional knowledge for humanraditional knowledge for humanraditional knowledge for humanraditional knowledge for humanraditional knowledge for humanhealth applications: health applications: health applications: health applications: health applications: In the project‘Validation of claims made by innovators forthe purpose of treating Liver conditions,Malaria and Stye’ at CIMAP Lucknow, outof six samples examined for hepatoprotectiveactivity, only one showed the activity whiletwo samples claimed for malaria have beenfound negative. Validation of three practicesfor stye is under progress.

Herbal formulation for Diarrhoea: Under theproject at NBRI Lucknow on ‘Short-termvalidation of herbal traditional knowledgewith special focus on Diarrhoea’, among fivesamples screened for the purpose, fourshowed positive activity.

Bio-efficacy validation of and value additionagainst agricultural pests : L L L L Laboratory trialsat IHBT Palampur under the project entitled‘Bio-efficacy validation of and value additionin grassroots practices against agriculturalpests’ were conducted to evaluate the efficacyof several practices against different stagesof Helicoverpa armigera (Gram pod borer),Spodoptera litura (Tobacco caterpillar),Plutella xylostella (Diamondback moth) andAphis craccivora (Aphids). These practiceshave been evaluated for various activities viz.larvicidal, adulticidal, ovicidal, insect growthregulator (IGR) and antifeedent. Out of 27practices, only one practice showed


promising results at higher concentrationagainst all four studied insects. Subsequently,IHBT has formulated Neem based productbased on innovator’s technology for thecontrol of sucking and larval pests.

Pain and inflammation: In the project,‘Development of screening procedures for thevalidation of folklore medicines’, the methodshave been standardized at IGIB Delhi forstudying the possible mode of action andmechanism of an herbal formulation.

Herbal fruit ripener: Validation of herbal fruitripener at CFTRI, has shown very promisingoutcomes. It should be noted that all ripenersare chemical in nature and this is the firsttime that a herbal one is proving to beeffective for the purpose. The interestingfinding is that the chemicals in bananas thathave been ripened artificially are differentfrom chemicals in bananas that have beenripened naturally. This makes the naturallyripened banana tastier.

Development of a joint database onmedicinal plants: The information iscompiled on pharmacognosy,phytochemistry, pharmacology,pharmacokinetics, toxicity and safety aspectsof the plants used as medicines. Thecompilation of 450 plants has beencompleted.

Gas Stoves and safety valve for pressurestove: IIP Dehradun evaluated theperformance for fuel consumption, thermalefficiency and steam (wet) temperature ofseven type of stoves developed by grassrootsinnovators and found them useful. However,scientists recommended the scope for furtherimprovement to meet the requirement as perthe standards of Indian Bureau of Standards(BIS).

The safety valve for pressure stove waspneumatically tested at various test pressures.The dead weight of safety valve pops up at0.7 kg/cm2 pressure which is lower than thekerosene test pressure 1.4 kg/cm2 asprescribed by BIS. The design needsimprovement.

Jute Match Stick: The efficiency of JuteMatch Stick was evaluated at IIP Dehradunin terms of mechanical rigidity, flamepropagation, smoke emission, residual flameremaining in the ash etc. The Jute MatchStick is less rigid, having slower flamepropagation than conventional matchstick.

Bio-mass Gasifier: A portable prototype ofBio-mass gassifier of 4 KW has beendeveloped and sent to IIP, Dehradun fortesting, evaluation and value addition underNIF – CSIR agreement. An entrepreneur fromGermany visited India to see thedemonstration of this system on February 03,

2009. Enquiries have been received fromwestern and southern part of the country.

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Meeting of the sub committee for MechanicalEngineering at CMERI, Durgapur:

Ten new innovations were presented forscreening before the committee. Out ofwhich, five viz. Pollution controlling devicefor engines, Biomass gasifier, Modifiedengine for pre heating intake air and air fuelmixture, Preheating intake air using exhaustgas for increasing mileage of two wheeler,and Auto gas stopper for LPG stove wererecommended for validation at IIP, Dehradunand Walnut cracker by CMERI, Durgapur.

The committee also reviewed the ongoingprojects at CMERI, Durgapur; viz. Motor cycledriven plough, auto compression sprayer,manual pulse thresher, self propelled reaperwindrower, multipurpose agriculturalequipment and hand operated water liftingdevice.

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Monitoring and Sub-Committee meeting on‘Herbal Value addition’ under CSIR-NIFInnovation Fellowship Scheme screened 65


novel practices from NIF database for humanhealth, plant protection and animal health.

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Meeting of the sub committee on MechanicalEngineering and Energy Innovations was heldat IIP-Dehradun under the chairmanship ofDr. Gopal P. Sinha. Dr. M O Garg, Director,IIP, also attended it. CMERI presented thestatus of projects undertaken at their institutenamely Shaktimainthan’s water pump,reaper windrower, and auto compressionsprayer. IIP-Dehradun presented the status ofprojects undertaken namely the stovesportfolio of NIF. Altogether four projects wereselected for further incubation. NIF also madea presentation of 16 new technologies forconsideration by the sub committee.

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Progress on the evaluation of anti-typhoid,hepatoprotective and antidiabetic activity ofethnomedicinal plants

The scientists of ICMR Virus Unit, Kolkatavisited the concerned herbal healer at hisplace in September 2008. The investigatorsmet the local healer to get first hand knowledgeof preparation of the extract and to collectthe actual plant specimen from the site of

report of the practice. Idea was to rule outany possibility of variation/inadequacy in thedocumentation of the technical informationabout the practice as well as identificationof the plant species. The preliminary in vitroantibacterial activity study revealed that theaqueous extract of studied plant can inhibitfour isolates (E. coli, S. typhi B 3385, C3891,E1590) at 250 µg/ml and other isolates areinhibited at <512 µg/ml. The sensitivity ofthese isolates to alcoholic extract was at 512to 1000 µg/ml.

Plant samples were sent for validation ofhepatoprotective and anti-diabetic claims atLoyola College, Chennai and work is inprogress.

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Meeting of experts for preparing EFCdocument for planning commission under theICMR-NIF joint initiative was held during 4th

& 17th June 2008 at ICMR headquarters,New Delhi. Subsequent meeting for finalizingthe EFC was held on 5th July 2008 at IIM,Ahmedabad. Sub Committee Meeting ofICMR-NIF to give the final shape to the draftICMR-NIF technical document were held on7th August and 29th September 2008 at ICMR,headquarters. The proposal containsbackground of NIF - ICMR collaboration,

technical information and budget required.In order to discuss and finalize the “Operativetechnical document of ICMR-NIF jointInitiative for the validation of non-codifiedHealth Claims” a meeting was held on 13thJanuary’ 2009 at CSIR Science Centre, NewDelhi under the chairmanship of Dr. V M.Katoch, DG, ICMR and Secretary,Department of Health Research. Prof. R.Kumar, Chairman, ICMR-NIF JIC, Mr.Sanjeev Dutta, FA, ICMR and Prof Anil K.Gupta, EVC, NIF were also present in themeeting apart from senior colleagues fromICMR and former Sr DDG and DDG DrVasantha Kumari and Dr Nandini Kumarrespectively. The mechanism of operation ofthe activities and the year wise requirementunder ICMR-NIF joint initiative wereelucidated. It was decided to extend thecollaboration with more resources.

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1. Nif representatives participated in manyother meetings and exhibitions such as:Kishan Mella - Handicraft Expo by IndexC, Government of Gujarat; Agri fair atBaroda; Kisan fair at Borsad, Ananddistrict, Gujarat, Seminar on GrassrootsInnovations – at SSVP College ofEngineering , Dhulia; Presentation of lowcost wind mill at Awareness cumsensitization workshop for policy level


officials, salt manufacturers, traders &wholesalers, Ahmedabad; TieEntrepreneurial Summit, Bangalore;“Techniche” the annual techno-management festival of IIT Guwahatietc.

2. WWWWWorkshops for evaluatingorkshops for evaluatingorkshops for evaluatingorkshops for evaluatingorkshops for evaluatingindigenous livestock medicationsindigenous livestock medicationsindigenous livestock medicationsindigenous livestock medicationsindigenous livestock medications

Research Advisory Committee memberswere invited for evaluating fifth competitionlivestock entries and workshop wasconducted for the purpose at IndianVeterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar on14th March, 2008. Joint Director(Acadamics) chaired the session comprising14 scientists from disciplines like veterinarymedicine, animal nutrition, extensioneducation, livestock economics, veterinarymicrobiology, veterinary public health,veterinary pharmacology and gynecology.

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Test marketing support to innovators: Fourprojects of innovators namely Mr. AbdulRazak, Mr. Prem Singh, Ms. Khumujam Jinaand Mr. Maishnam Maimu were assisted fortest marketing ( Rs. 22,500/-).

Micro Venture Innovation Fund (MVIF): Totalamount of Rs. 34,50,800 has been disbursedto fifteen projects ( see list, annexure one). In

the current financial year, total amount of Rs.12,28,712 has been recovered from fourearlier assisted projects. In addition, GianNorth supported Dharamveer Singh ofHaryana for his innovation of multipurposeprocessing machine under for Rs. 2,80,000repayable in a year.

Product enquiries received: NIF received atotal of 397 Product Enquiries, of which 95are from outside India. The maximumnumber of total enquiries i.e. 81, has beenreceived for Manual Milking Machine. Themaximum numbers of InternationalEnquiries i.e. 16 are for coconut tree climber.

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Electro tyre retreading: The marketing rightsof this innovation by Mr. AugustineThompson from Thrissur was licensed toEastern Threads Ltd. on an exclusive basis.Eastern Threads is a subsidiary company ofthe masala producing giant, Eastern MasalasLtd.

Tea making machine: The concept of teamaking machine, the Indian way, by AshokDhiman of Haryana and Late PL Mistry ofRajasthan was negotiated with anentrepreneur from Kolkatta for joint productdevelopment with the help of a design firmin Ahmedabad. Progress has been slow dueto loss of interest on the part of entrepreneur.

Gear box for marine diesel engine and Z drivesystem: This innovation by Mr. Mohanal fromKerala is being considered for marketing inKerala by the MATSYFED, the Kerala statefisheries concern. For a start MATSYFED hasgiven a trial order of 25 pieces.

Low cost windmill: To commercialize low costinnovation on mass scale, the technology waslicensed by GIAN west on Non exclusive basisto M/s Aditi Impex Ltd, Ahmedabad. Theyagreed to pay down payment of Rs. 50000/-+ 5% royalty on sales.

Maruti Jhula Rocking cum Exercise chair: Thenon-exclusive manufacturing and marketingworldwide rights of the Maruti Jhula, rockingchair for exercise, developed by Shri SakrabhaiPrajapati from Kalol was transferred by GIANwest to M/s Janak Enterprise Dahanu Road(Maharastra), and an agreement was executedon October 7, 2008. The entrepreneur agreedto pay total rupees one lakh as down paymentand 5% royalty for sales in India and 10%royalty for sales abroad. They have launceda new model of Maruti Jhula in Mumbai andGoa market. Customers appreciated the newmodel.

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Aphid and other pest control: M.s. BalajiCrop care Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad – Technologylicensing; Grassroots technologies eligible forcarbon credit – Messrs. Technergy ESCo Pvt.Ltd., Mumbai; Septic tank baffle system –EverClean Readymade Septic Tank Co.,Dehradun –for Uttarakhand; Septic tankbaffle system – Biotech services, Haryana;10 HP Tractor – Nana Sarpong, Ghana, Fordistribution in Ghana; Ajooba Tubelight –Velala Industries, Mumbai, Franchisee formanufacturing and marketing; Cassavapeeler, Manual Milking machine – ChandanMaloo, Uganda, Marketing rights for theAfrican market; Groundnut digger – CosmosInternational, New Delhi, Marketing rights forthe North East African market; Cashew nutpeeling machine: MP Trading, Vietnam, Foruse in Vietnam. The discussions are still inprogress in some of these cases.Export of four coconut tree climbers wasfacilitated to Maxico and Hawaii.

Other Business promotion activities:Other Business promotion activities:Other Business promotion activities:Other Business promotion activities:Other Business promotion activities:

Total 10 students from various B-schools ofthe country joined Business DevelopmentUnit of NIF for doing their Summer InternshipProgramme. This includes 5 from XIM,Bhubaneswar, 2 from IIFM, Bhopal, 2 fromIBS, Ahmedabad and 1 from GanpatUniversity, Mehsana.

GIAN –N organised workshop cumexposition on grassroots innovations incollaboraton with DST, RajasthanGovernment and with UPASaC centre, Tehriand Almora, Uttarakhand. Further, a livedemonstration of Multipurpose ProcessingUnit was organized at village Itawa Bhopji,15 Km from Chomu in collaboration withDST, GoR.

NIF participated in the Second InnovativeTechnologies for Manufacturing Expoorganized by All India Association ofIndustries and World Trade Centre, Mumbaiheld at Expo Centre, World Trade Centre,Mumbai. Out of the total 20 technologiesnominated under four categories, grassrootsinnovators viz., Mr. K J Baby, MehtarHussain, and Mushtaq Ahmed received theappreciation mementos for their innovationsWhite Flowered Cardamom Variety and LowCost Wind Mill respectively under theAgricultural and the Energy sectorrespectively. SAAKAR, a National BusinessPlan and Entrepreneurship Building eventwas organized with S P Jain Institute ofManagement and Research, Mumbai. A newaddition to SAAKAR 2009 was the inclusionof Alumni and students from the FamilyBusiness Programmes of different institutesacross the country and also two productdesign houses.

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Forty five (45) new patent applications andForty six (46) complete specifications havebeen filed in this period. A total of nine patentswere granted during the year 2008-09. Totalnumbers of granted Indian patents till dateare thirty five (35) and US patents are five.Apart from this, six trademark applications,two design applications and ten Plant Varietyand Farmer rights Applications were also filedduring this period.

Trade mark applications for‘InnovationPedia’ and g2g with ‘grassrootsto global’ text were filed during this periodand three Trademark applications were alsodefended.

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The main functions carried under IT&D aresoftware development, website developmentand maintenance, databases maintenance,server maintenance, procurement of ITresources and dissemination or diffusion ofgrassroots technologies.

Software Development Activities:Software Development Activities:Software Development Activities:Software Development Activities:Software Development Activities:

Management Information System (MIS):Management Information System (MIS) isone of the major projects of NIF started byMindtree, a professional company. The work


is carried out phase wise. Phase I comprisingfunctional requirement specifications hasbeen discussed and completed. It includesentire MIS application, website integration,technology exchange bidding andinnovationpedia (multilingual, multimediaoptions included). Document signing andfreezing of requirements will be covered underPhase I.

Online Incubation Portal ‘InnovationPedia’ :The revised and improved version ofIncubation portal InnovationPedia is beingtested. The application shows the completeinformation flow from scouting anddocumentation to dissemination activities.This was funded by SRISTI as a part ofinfodev project earlier. The UI (UserInterface) is ready. However, back endsupport in terms of database and coding isstill to be done. NIF is in talk with ‘MindtreeConsulting’ to complete it.

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Various members of Honey Bee networkhave contributed to dissemination activitiesduring the year. DD Jaipur showcased sixinnovations through GIAN N. Modified handpump was disseminated through NGO likePRADAN and state government.

NIF has distributed more than 17,000multimedia CDs in various exhibitions,conferences, seminars and shodh yatras.More than 400 posters were put up in thesixth traditional food festival “Satvik” whichproved a useful way to disseminate theorganizational activities and objectives to thegeneral public.

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Dr T. Ramasami, Secretary, Department ofScience and Technology, Government ofIndia, visited NIF office on 25th September2008 and made numerous suggestions forimprovement of the activities. Shri RGopalakrishnan, Executive Director, TataSons and Member, Governing Council visitedNIF on 14th October 2008 and helped forgemany linkages with TATA companies for thedissemination of grassroots innovations. AHigher Defense Management Course teamcomprising senior officials of the threedefense wings-Army, Navy and Air forcevisited NIF on 24th October 2008 tounderstand the work NIF has been doing overthe years. Dr. N. Ramachandran, Vice-Chancellor of Periyar Maniammai University,Periyar, Vallam Thanjavur, Tamil Naduvisited NIF on 25th October 2008 to explorepossibilities of a tie-up to scout, document,validate, value add and market technologiesfrom the grassroots people of the PeriyarPURA region and surrounding areas while

protecting their IPRs. Prof. Kuldeep Mathur,Eminent scholar and Retired Professor, JNUand Member, Governing Council NIF, visitedNIF for a one-to-one interaction with the staffon 27th October 2008. Among various things,he discussed the need to expand thenetwork’s reach in different parts of thecountry and finding entrepreneurs fortechnologies ready for licensing. Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, former President of India meetthe staff at IIM on 25th November 2008. Prof.Eric Von Hippel, Professor and Head ofInnovation and Entrepreneurship Group atthe MIT Sloan School of Management visitedNIF on 27th November 2008. He wasfascinated about the innovation on low costtechnologies like sanitary napkin makingmachine. He also visited field sites whereGIAN West has operationalised the low costwindmills. Dr. P. L. Gautam, Chairman, NBA,Chennai, visited NIF on 1st February 2009and had discussions about strengtheninglinkages between National BiodiversityAuthority and NIF.

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Dr Vipin Kumar visited Jakarta as an expertin meeting on E-learning CourseDevelopment on the subject of GrassrootsInnovation Management in Jakarta(Indonesia), 16-17th September 2008 on


behalf of SRISTI. Mr L. Chinzah, NC-BD &Micro Venture participated and delivered alecture in 2008 Asian Social EntrepreneursSummit on 28-30th October 2008 organizedby the Work Together Foundation, in SeoulKorea on behalf of SRISTI.

Prof Anil K Gupta delivered a talk in thesession on “Touching A Billion Lives: Bottomof Pyramid Technology” at the EmergingTechnology India 2009, New Delhi, 3-4th

March 2009; he delivered a keynote lectureat International Conference on ‘NovelApproaches for Food and Health Security inHigh Altitudes’, Leh-Ladakh, 6-10th

September 2008. He also discussed possiblecollaboration with the Defense lab DRDL,which organized this conference. He alsointeracted with management faculty atManipur, Mizoram, Assam, and interactedwith different NGOs in Tripura, Nagaland,and Mizoram.

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AUDITORS’ REPORTAUDITORS’ REPORTAUDITORS’ REPORTAUDITORS’ REPORTAUDITORS’ REPORT

We have audited the attached Balance Sheetof NATIONAL INNOVATIONFOUNDATION INDIA, Bungalow No. 1,Satellite Complex, Premchand Nagar Road,Satellite, Ahmedabad – 380 015 as at 31stMarch 2009 and the Income and Expenditureaccount for the year ended on that dateannexed hereto. These financial statementsare the responsibility of the trustees. Ourresponsibility is to express an opinion onthese financial statements based on ouraudit.

We conducted our audit in accordance withauditing standards generally accepted inIndia. Those standards require that we planand perform the audit to obtain reasonableassurance about whether the financialstatements are free of material misstatement.An audit includes examining on a test basis,evidence supporting the amounts anddisclosures in the financial statements. Anaudit also includes assessing the accounting

principles used and significant estimatesmade by trustees, as well as evaluating theoverall financial statement presentation. Webelieve that our audit provides a reasonablebasis for our opinion.

Further to the above, we state that -

(a) We have obtained all the information andexplanations, which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary forthe purposes of our audit;

(b) In our opinion, proper books of accountas required by law have been kept by theFoundation so far as appears from ourexamination of the books;

(c) The Balance Sheet and Income andExpenditure Account dealt with by thisreport are in agreement with the books ofaccount;

(d) In our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to theexplanations given to us, the accounts readwith the notes thereon give the informationrequired by the Bombay Public Trust Act,1950 in the manner so required and givea true and fair view -

I. in the case of the Balance Sheet, ofthe state of affairs of the Foundationas at 31st March 2009; and

II. in the case of the Income andExpenditure Account, of the Excess


of Income over Expenditure for theyear ended on 31st March, 2009.

As required under section 33(2) of the BombayPublic Trust Act, 1950, we further report that -(1) The accounts are maintained

regularly and in accordance with theprovisions of the Act and the Rules.

(2) The receipts and disbursements areproperly and correctly shown in theaccounts.

(3) The cash balance and vouchers in thecustody of the trustee on the date ofaudit were in agreement with theaccounts.

(4) All books, deeds,accounts, vouchers, or otherdocuments or records required by uswere produced before us.

(5) A register of movable and immovableproperties is properly maintained andthe changes therein arecommunicated from time to time tothe regional office of the CharityCommissioner.

(6) There are no defects andinaccuracies mentioned in theprevious audit report which need tobe complied with.

(7) The manager / trustee required by usto appear before us did show and

furnished the necessary informationrequired by us.

(8) No property or funds were applied forany object or purpose other than theobject or purpose of the trust.

(9) The amounts outstanding for morethan 1 year and the amounts writtenoff are NIL.

(10) Tenders were invited wherever therepairs or construction involvingexpenditure exceeding Rs. 5,000 wastaken up.

(11) We have not come across any caseof alienations of the immovableproperties contrary to the provisionsof section 36 of the Act.

12) We have not come across any caseof irregular, illegal or improperapplication of or failure or omissionto recover monies or other propertybelonging to the public trust or of lossor waste of money or other propertythereof on the part of the trustees orany person while in the managementof the trust.

(13) The minimum and maximum numberof the trustees is maintained.

(14) The meetings are held regularly asprovided in the trust instrument.

(15) The minute book of the proceedingsof the meeting is maintained.

(16) None of the trustees has any interestin the investments of the trust.

(17) None of the trustees is debtor orcreditor of the trust.

(18) No irregularities are pointed out bythe auditors in the accounts of the previousyear which require to be complied with bythe trustees during the period of audit.

For B C M Associates Chartered Accountants

Ahmedabad Bharat C Mehta

Dated:August 31, 2009 Proprietor

Membership No. 30268


FUNDS & LIABILITIES Rs. Rs.

Trust Funds or CorpusBalance as per last Balance Sheet 200,000,000

Other Earmarked Funds As per Schedule 1 75,004,831

Liabilities :

- For Advance Received - Innovator fellowship fund 6,700 - Innovation Fund 4,000 10,700

Income and Expenditure Account :Balance as per last Balance Sheet 17,620,945Less : Excess of Income over Expenditure as per Income and Expenditure Account 3,041,760 20,662,705

Total.. 295,678,236

PROPERTY & ASSETS Rs. Rs.

Immovable Properties 0

Movable PropertiesAs per Schedule 2Gross Block 9,900,038Less : Depreciation Reserve fund 7,280,791Net Block 2,619,247

Investments8% GOI Saving Bonds 224,950,000

Advances :

- To Trustees -- To Others CSIR-NIF fellow 918,504 Misc advances 496,000 Utility Deposits 174,050 RGB - NID

1,588,554- Tax Deducted at Source 2,219,740- MVIF Project A/c as per Schedule 3 6,864,117 9,083,857 10,672,411

NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION - INDIA

Regn.No.F/7412/AhmedabadBALANCE SHEET AS ON 31-03-2009

PROPERTY & ASSETS Rs. Rs.

Cash & Bank Balances

Cash on hand 100Balance with - UTI Bank, Vastrapur - A/c. No.1548 -874,643 - A/c. No. 8099 MVIF 1,597,304- Kotak Mahindra, Vastrapur - SB A/c. No.762 64,239- SBI, IIM - A/c. No.30379920229 8,450 795,350Fixed Deposits- A/c. MVIF 47,487,646- A/c. NIF 9,153,482 56,641,128 57,436,578

Total.. 295,678,236

As per our report of even date The above Balance Sheet to the For BCM Associates best of my/our belief contains Chartered Accountants a true account of the Funds and

Liabilities and of the Property and Assets of the Trust

Bharat MehtaProprietor(Membership No. 30268) TRUSTEE

Place : Ahmedabad Place : AhmedabadDate : 31-08-2009 Date : 31-08-2009


INCOME Rs. Rs.Grant received: - DST 9,939,000 - Ignite 1,100,000

11,039,000

Amount transferred from Earmarked Fund 9,222,644

Interest received:- On Investments 17,996,000- On Admn Fund of MVIF 40,625- On Loans (On TDS) 19,183- On F.D.R with Banks - A/c. NIF 318,316 18,374,124

Total.. 38,635,768EXPENDITURE Rs. Rs.

Audit & Professional Fees 31,337

Depreciation 1173571.00Less:dep reduced for assets deduction 3120.00 1,170,451 1,201,788 To Amounts transferred to reserve or specific funds:- Earmark Fund - to be utilised before 2014 6,700,000

Expenditure on object of the trust(a) Religious 0(b) Educational 27,692,220(c) Medical 0(d) Relief of Poverty 0(e) Other Charitable Objects 0

27,692,220

Excess of Income over Expenditures transferred to Balance Sheet 3,041,760

Total.. 38,635,768

As per our report of even date For BCM Associates Chartered Accountants

Bharat MehtaProprietor(Membership No. 30268) TRUSTEE

Place : Ahmedabad Place : AhmedabadDate : 31-08-2009 Date : 31-08-2009


INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED ON 31-03-2009Regn.No.F/7412/Ahmedabad


PARTICULARS Rs. Rs.

Capital Fund - NAT ProjectOpening Balance 433,294

Earmarked Fund - to be utilised before 2012 11,600,000- to be utilised before 2014 6,700,000

18,300,000

Micro Venture Innovation Fund- A/c SIDBIBalance as per last Balance Sheet 54,853,769Add : Interest received 1,417,768

56,271,537

Administrative Grant - SIDBI Balance as per last Balance Sheet 9,222,644Less: Utilised during the year 9,222,644

0

TOTAL 75,004,831

Schedule - 1


Other Earmarked Funds


Schedule 2Movable Properties

Balance as Additions Transferred Gross Blockon during the during the as on

01/04/2008 year year 31/03/2009Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

Furniture & Fixtures 1,147,277 5,950 - 1,153,227

Computers 4,847,559 241,181 - 5,088,740

Fax Machine 29,232 - - 29,232

Refrigerator 24,510 - - 24,510

EPABX System 51,908 14,980 - 66,888

Photo Copying Machine 505,202 - - 505,202

Fire Extinguisher 13,405 - - 13,405

Telephone/mobile Instrument 213,990 14,000 - 227,990

Camera 560,795 44,800 - 605,595

Equipment 190,915 - - 190,915

Software 1,345,932 56,543 10,400 1,392,075

Electrical Installations 69,610 - - 69,610

Air Cooler 92,980 - - 92,980

Vechile 112,457 - - 112,457

Public Address System 60,111 - - 60,111

Sony LCD 91,000 - - 91,000

Tape recorder 33,125 - - 33,125

Scanner 49,750 - - 49,750

Networking equipment 57,788 - - 57,788

Balloon 35,438 - - 35,438

Total A 9,532,984 377,454 10,400 9,900,038

Particulars


GROSS BLOCKDepreciation Depreciation Depreciation Total Net Block

up to on assets for Depreciation As on31/03/2008 transferred 2008-09 up to 2008-09 31/03/2009

Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

355,462 - 79,480 434,942 718,285

3,928,704 - 685,425 4,614,129 474,611

19,034 - 1,530 20,564 8,668

6,741 - 2,665 9,406 15,104

33,183 - 5,056 38,239 28,649

278,253 - 34,042 312,295 192,907

7,450 - 893 8,343 5,062

62,497 - 24,209 86,706 141,284

167,751 - 65,677 233,428 372,167

46,499 - 21,662 68,161 122,754

1,102,453 3,120 162,738 1,262,071 130,004

9,565 - 6,005 15,570 54,040

19,410 - 11,036 30,446 62,534

24,038 - 13,263 37,301 75,156

4,508 - 8,340 12,848 47,263

6,825 - 12,626 19,451 71,549

14,241 - 2,833 17,074 16,051

3,732 - 6,903 10,635 39,115

17,336 - 24,271 41,607 16,181

2,658 - 4,917 7,575 27,863

6,110,340 3,120 1,173,571 7,280,791 2,619,247

NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION - INDIASchedule 2

DEPRECIATION


ADVANCES A/c. MVIF PROJECTSRs. Rs.

North East RegionArena Nut Peeling machine 37,500Automatic Pump Operator 1,200Bamboo Strip & Stick Device 12,767Bamboo Strip/ Stick Making Machine 5,028CIMAP Project 61,964Dual Alarm Security Device 205,140Egg Incubator 60,000Electric shock proof convertor 20,485Garlic Peeling Machine 28,900Interlocking Bricks 24,743Kerosene Stove 25,283Passion Fruit Juice Extractor 11,107Rural Multi Purpose Dryer 4,250Usman Shekhani 14,750Wind Turbine 17,167Wood apple tea 17,050Wood Cutting Machine 54,767Wood Carving machine 8,000Muga Reeling Machine 20,000Pomegranate Deseeding 17,000Amount lying with coordinating agency 383,173 1,030,274

North RegionAutomatic Parking Light 3,500Bio Mass Gasifier 640,462Coil Winding Machine 7,118Film Projector 16,472Fire Cracker Device 7,000Ground Digger Machine -5,000Horse Shaver 19,224HNP-Performance Enhancer for Petrol Engine-Ha 6,800Manual Automatic Starter 6,085Modified Solar Cooker 5,047Multi crop Thresher 665,244Multi-purpose Bicycle 10,000Safety Value for Stove 12,000Stoves Testing 5,500Tea Making Machine 30,000Tile Making Machine 4,500Herbal Growth 162,407Multi Seed Drill 445,268Trench Digger Machine 10,238Amount lying with coordinating agency 145,411 2,197,276

NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION - INDIAF.Y. 2008-2009

Schedule - 3


Western Region

Bicycle Hoe 15,000Bicycle Sprayer 5,221Diesel Engine 25,100Healthcare chair 37,390Jabbar Gear Project 31,221Jute Matchstick 10,000Kerogas Stove 4,847Key Way Making Device 12,000Kite String Winder 107,875Motor Protection Device 99,846Multipurpose Agri. Device 8,000Sickles 6,600Sugarcane Rotavator 47,486Tong Project 20,500Rachna Enterprise- Natural water cooler -66,554Mitticool Clay 1,991Scooter Mounted Paint Gun 52,312Amount lying with coordinating agency 177,833 596,668

Southern Region

GIAN- CELL, (J&K) 200,000GIAN- CELL, SSIT 7,240SEVA (Multipurpose Cooking Vessel-Abdul Razak) 48,250 255,490

Projects under direct supervision of NIF

A N Manoharan 14,500A.N.shukla 72,375Airkick Pump 3,614Appachan M. 63,305Ashok kumar-wood apple jam 7,556Automatic Portable Sprayer 1,250Balramsingh saini 11,200Battery Operated Sprayer 600Buttonhole Stitching Machine 200Chandrapal SinghChandrapal SinghChandrapal Singh 7,000Cotton Stripper 3,614C.V. Raju- Anything by hand 200,000Double Acting Pump 500Deepak Bansali-Innovative Design Making Machine 225,000Electric Generator 34,515Electrical Apparatus 1,000Improved Multicrop Thresher 500Improved Screw 2,200Intercom Device 3,294K.linga Brahman 50,000K.P. Chinnaswamy 33,727



K. R. Chandran 125,000K.S.Sudheer 10,000M. Nagarajan -5,000Manoharan 3,000Manual Sprayer (Gopalbhai Surtia) 6,370Manual Sprayer (Khimjibhai Kanedia) 6,370Mohd. Saidullah 16,000Multi-purpose Agri. Device 1,977Multipurpose Electric Boiler 1,250Nageshwar Pandit 2,850Oil Expeller Machine 3,614Prakash Singh Raguvanshi-Oryza Sative 100,000P. K. Ravi -10,800Radheshyam sharma 5,000Rajesh Deshmukh (Modified Solar Cooker) 3,500Rajesh T.R. 9,000Safruddin kazi 25,000Satish Deb 42,000Solar Cooker shaikh 2,500Sugarcane Bud Chipper Device -2,500Tukaram Verma 1,800Vanraj Tractor 3,614Wazeer - Innovative Blind man Stick 25,000Yellow Fouier Technologies P. LTD- 210,000 Indain Tea Making Dr.K.L.Rao- Honeybee AP 184,000Jayshree Industries- Sanitary Napkin 682,500Director, SMIT- Ajooba Tube Light Frames 301,414Amla Enterprise 95,000Augustine Thomas- Electro Tyre Rethreading machine 200,000 2,784,409

TOTAL 6,864,117


SI. No. Particulars Rs. Rs.A. Administration1 Accommodation 681642 Bank Charges 170153 Books & Subscriptions 92264 Consultancy Charges 1500005 Electricity Expenses 2668286 Human resource payments

Contractual payment 333149Fellowship 34097Salary 332452

7 Insurance Premium 347098 Meeting Expenses 1072099 Office Expenses 130758

10 Postage 6366111 Recruitment Expenses 101591012 Rent & muncipal tax 143857113 Repairs & Maintenance 7041314 Security Expenses 14019015 Staff welfare Expenses 5999616 Stationery & Printing 9552717 Telephone Expenses 25124018 Travel & Conveyance Expenses 92300419 Xerox 17273 5559392

B. Information Technology/Database Development and Dissemination:

1 Books & Magazines & Memberships 19272 Communication & telephone expenses 733783 Computer Consumables 1049784 Computer Maintenance & Upgradation 455945 Consultancy Charges 4684106 Database 169277 Dissemination 5616618 Human resource payments

Contractual payment 288573Fellowship 411762Salary 109000Training / stipend 127327

9 Internet 63075010 Postage & Courier 3941811 Stationery & Printing 11641812 Travel & Conveyance Expenses 5707613 Website/ Web Hosting 37800014 Xerox 10695 3441894

BALANCE C/F 9001286

NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION - INDIA Schedule - 4

Educational Expenses

SI. No. Particulars Rs. Rs.BALANCE B/F 9001286

C. Business Development Activities1 Books & Magazines & Memberships 40002 Communication & telephone expenses 558933 Exhibitions/Workshops & Competitions Exp. 2014174 Human resource payments

Contractual Payments and consultancy 166121Fellowship 205435Salary 742133Training / stipend 61560

5 Grant 302406 Meeting expenses 490577 Postage & Courier 234408 Stationery & Printing 377149 Travel & Conveyance Expenses 463367

10 Xerox expenses 6360 2046737

D. Intellectual Property Right Activities1 Communication & telephone expenses 191772 Books & Magazines & Memberships 11903 Human resource payments

Contractual Payments and consultancy 101274Fellowship 458859

4 Legal Expenses 133005 Patent/ Trade Mark 5314076 Postage & Courier 141397 Stationery & Printing 204448 Travel & Conveyance Expenses 709289 Xerox expenses 3836 1234554

E. Scouting & Documentation1 Books & Magazines & Memberships 185372 Campaign 19598953 Communication & telephone expenses 2394814 Consultancy Charges 350005 Exhibitions/Workshops & Competitions Exp. 2904846 Human resource payments

Contractual Payments and consultancy 701090Fellowship 1584133Field staff Expenses 435869Salary 245100Training / stipend 267500

7 Honourium 257028 Grant 14114799 Ignite 265672

10 Meeting Expenses 3372811 Postage & Courier 9910012 Scanning 24592213 Stationery & Printing 17741214 Translation charges 7319915 Travel & Conveyance Expenses 51177816 Workshop/ Seminar /Exhibition 522617 Xerox 26889 8653196

BALANCE C/F 20935773


SI. No. Particulars Rs. Rs.BALANCE B/F 20935773

F. Value Addition and Research Development Activities1 Administrative Expenses 109362 Books & Magazines & Memberships 4503 Communication & telephone expenses 1553774 Consultancy/ Honorarium Charges 41805 Contractual Payment 8239796 Exhibitions/Workshops/Seminars 537087 Fellowship including Innovator fellowship 9669458 Grant 4316139 JIC Exp. 30088

10 Meeting expenses 38614911 Postage & Courier 5961812 Prototype Repairing & Other Exp. 58183313 Salary 65450014 Stationery & Printing 8734515 Training / stipend 1349216 Travel & Conveyance Expenses 69808517 Value Addition Awareness 23120418 Xerox 16176 5205678

G. Supports Provided to1 NIF Cell (NE) 6071292 GIAN North & GIAN Cell J&K 943640 1550769

TOTAL EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES 27692220


Name of the Public Trust: NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION - INDIABungalow No. 1, Satellite Centre,Satellite Complex, Premchandnagar Road,Jodhpur Tekra, Satellite, Ahmedabad - 380015.

Regn.No. F/7412/AhmedabadRs.

Gross Annual Income As per Income and Expenditure account 29,413,124As per Balance Sheet:Interest credited to MVIF A/c SIDBI 1,417,768

30,830,892Total Gross Annual Income Details of Income not Chargeable to Contributionunder Section 58 Rule 32

(i) Donation received during the year from any sources(ii) Grants by Government and Local Authorities(iii) Interest on Sinking or Depreciation Fund(iv) Amount spent for the purpose of education 27,692,220(v) Amount spent for the purpose of medical relief(vi) Deductions out of income from lands used

for agricultural purpose :(a) Land Revenue and Local Funds/Cess(b) Rent payable to superior landlord(c) Cost of production, if lands are

cultivated by trust(vii) Deductions out of income from lands used

for non-agricultural purpose :(a) Assessment, Cesses and other Government

or Municipal Taxes(b) Ground rent payable to the superior landlord(c) Insurance Premium(d) Repairs at 8 1/3 per cent of gross

rents of buildings(e) Cost of collection at 4 percent of

gross rent of buildings let out(viii) Cost of collection of income or receipts

from securities stocks etc.at 1 percent of such income

(ix) Deduction on account of repairs in respectof buildings not rented and yielding no income at 8 1/3 per cent of the estimated gross annual rentTotal of Deductions 27,692,220Income liable to contribution - 3,138,672

As per our report of even dateB C M AssociatesChartered Accountants

Bharat MehtaPlace Ahmedabad Proprietor

Membership No. 30268

Schedule IXC (Vide Rule 32)

Statement of Income liable to contribution for the Financial Year 01-04-08 to 31-03-09

Date : 31-08-2009


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