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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 380 001

Dr Vijay Kelkar Chairman, 13th Finance CommissionC 1/31, Pandhara ParkNew Delhi 110 003, India

Ms. Sheila SangwanFinancial 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 A.K. Joti Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat, Sachivalaya, Block no : 1, 3rd floor,Gandhinagar - 382 010

Dr. S. AyyappanDirector General ICAR& Secretary, DAREKrishi Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 001

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

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

Mr Ashok ChawlaFinance SecretaryMinistry of Finance, Government of India, New Delhi 110 001

Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala The Telecom and Computer Networking Group,Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of TechnologyChennai- 600036

Ms Ranjana KumarFormer Vigilance CommissionerPlot No. 81, Whisper ValleyDargah/Jubillee Hills Down RoadHyderabad - 500 008

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

Chief Innovation OfficerNational Innovation FoundationSatellite Complex, Premchandnagar Road

Ahmedabad – 380 015


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1.1.1.1.1. Expanding the horizons2.2.2.2.2. Initiatives3.3.3.3.3. Building bridges4. Auditor’s Report and Balance Sheet

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As NIF prepares itself for its impendingchange in the status of funding as grant-in-aid institution of Department ofScience and Technology, theexpectations as well as the benchmarkswill be raised and the society will judgeit at another level. By graduallybuilding its capacity and planning forthe expansion, NIF is poised for a majorbreakthrough in the coming years.

The report is divided in four parts. Thefirst part, ‘Expanding the horizons’details the reach out efforts of NIF. Inthe second part, ‘Initiatives’, newactivities taken up in the year areelaborated. ‘Building bridges’, the thirdpart, includes the discussions forgingnew partnerships. Finally, the fourthpart gives the financial statement.

Part I: Expanding the horizons

NIF’s efforts to impact the thinking ofpolicy makers got fillip through theinitiative of Dr Vijay Kelkar, Chairman,the 13th Finance Commission andGoverning Council Member NIF, whohad suggested preparing compendiums

of innovations from and for each state.Accordingly, twenty six books oninnovations for twenty seven stateswere prepared. Of these eight wereprepared during 2009-10. These werepresented to the Chief Ministers of therespective states by him during thestate visits of 13th Finance Commissionduring the year. NIF also prepared acompendium of the innovations fromall the states in a book named IndiaInnovates.

NIF received encouraging responsefrom many Chief Ministers andMembers of Parliament. It is hoped thatthese will influence the policydevelopment in favour of unsungcreative grassroots innovators andtraditional knowledge holders.

A publication of innovations from theNorth Eastern states was presented tothe Members of Parliament of all NorthEastern states in February 2010.

Igniting the young minds!

The IGNITE competition initiated in2007 has become a platform to providevisibility to the originality, creativityand innovative spirit of the children ofour country. IGNITE 09, the thirdedition of the competition, wasorganised in partnership with CentralBoard of Secondary Education (CBSE),Navodaya Vidyala Samiti, Nagaland,Board of School Education, MaharashtraState Board of Secondary & HigherSecondary Education, Society forResearch and Initiatives in SustainableTechnologies and Institutions (SRISTI),Everonn Education Limited etc.

The contest, which was organized fromApril 15, 2009 to September 15, 2009,saw participation of students from 82districts of 21 states of the country. Overall 1344 entries were received, whichranged from sectors like energy,environment, transport, generalhousehold utility items and many even


discussed societal problems. Theawards were announced on October 15,the birth day of Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam,former President of India, celebrated asthe Children’s Innovation Day by NIF.The award ceremony of IGNITE 09 wasorganised on November 30, 2009 at IIMAhmedabad when Dr. A. P. J. AbdulKalam gave away the awards to thechildren.

Shodh Yatras- the journeys continue

23rd Shodh Yatra: Members of HoneyBee Network set out for the 23rd

ShodhYatra organised by SRISTI with

the support of NIFand othercollaborators on May28, 2009 from Fangiain Dahod district ofGujarat to Puniyavatin Jhabua district,Madhya Pradesh,covering 165 km ofdistance. Much of theroute passed throughthe Ratanmahal SlothBear Sanctuary,where the shodhyatris discovered

diverse means of survival andwitnessed the harmonious coexistenceof humans and animals. Considerablecultural creativity was evident whichhad remained unrecognised anduncelebrated.

24th Shodh Yatra: This shodh yatra,organized in the flood prone and oneof the most backward region Dhemajidistrict of Assam, started from Okajanand concluded in Hathigarh. Organisedbetween December 29, 2008 andJanuary 3, 2010, this yatra sawparticipation from over a hundredpeople from different walks of life who

covered a distance close to a hundredkilometers over a period of six days.The sufferings of the people caused dueto annual floods and their resilience tobear this stress was visible to the ShodhYatris all through the journey. Richcultural heritage and tremendousknowledge of bio-diversity in theregion also inspired the yatris.

Mini Shodh Yatras

The first mini shodh yatra wasorganized from Vachhraj BetZinzuwada (desert) to Kharaghoda,Surendranagar district of Gujaratduring May 11 to May 14, 2009. This


mini shodhyatra was organised bySRISTI in collaboration with Gantar andsupported by NIF and the Honey BeeNetwork.

Another mini shodh yatra wasorganized by Honey Bee Networkmembers and GIAN cell, J&K inBanihal region of Ramban district, J&Kfrom October 29 to 31, 2009. Over 45participants comprising innovators,students, volunteers, herbal healers andgovernment officials walkedabout 50 kilometers over theperiod of three daysdiscovering and honouringmany creative children andherbal healers on the way.

Fifth National GrassrootsAward function

The Fifth National BiennialAward Function for GrassrootsTechnological Innovations andOutstanding TraditionalKnowledge was held at BP PalAuditorium, Indian AgricultureResearch Institute (IARI), Delhion November 18, 2009.Honourable President of India

Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil conferredthe national and state level awards oninnovators, traditional knowledgeholders, students and representativesof communities.

The Fifth Biennial Campaign [January1, 2005 to December 31, 2006] receivedmore than 37000 ideas, innovations andtraditional knowledge practices from 31states and Union Territories of thecountry. A total of 72 awards were given

in five categories, viz. National (29,including 6 student national awards),State (10), Diffusion (2), Community (1)and Consolation (28) for agricultural,mechanical, transport and energyrelated technologies and oneposthumous recognition. In addition,three Appreciation certificates havebeen given for herbal traditionalknowledge. The awards for herbalcategory were subject to the claimshaving been scientifically validated.

Rigorous screening was doneat different levels to ascertainthe novelty, distinction and/or cost effectiveness wasdone on all entries. Short listof potential awards wasscreened by the ResearchAdvisory Committeecomprising the Heads of R &D institutions, experts fromEngineering, Agriculturaland Veterinary colleges andfrom the academia. Inaddition, ten media awardswere also given to journalistswho have contributed indisseminating information


regarding the activities of NIF andHoney Bee Network to the masses.

An exhibition of the awarded andpromising grassroots technologies washeld to create awareness amongentrepreneurs, scientists and experts,students, media and the public at largeduring November 18 - 19, 2009.Honourable President encouraged theinnovators while visiting the exhibitionand exhorted them to scale up theirventures through mass production for

helping the larger sections of thesociety.

Grassroots Innovations Exhibition atthe President’s House

History was made in March 2010 whenSmt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Hon’blePresident of India opened the doors ofthe Rashtrapati Bhavan to allow anexhibition of grassroots technologies atits premises. Never before any Head ofthe State, anywhere in the world, had

taken such an initiative togive such an importance tothe cause of inclusiveinnovation.

The innovation exhibitionwas organized from March10 - 14, 2010 at the footballground near the MughalGarden where over threedozen grassrootsinnovations weredisplayed for the public.The event was inauguratedby Hon’ble Presidentherself and was visited bymany dignitaries includingMinister of Science and

Technology, Shri Prithvi Raj Chauhan,Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. SheilaDixit, Hon’ble Minister of State forAgriculture, Mr. K. V. Thomas, ShriDevi Singh Patil, National InnovationCouncil members, Hollywoodfilmmaker James Cameroon andSecretaries of various Governmentdepartments, senior representatives ofthe Engineering wing of the IndianArmy apart from farmers, students andother Mughal Garden visitors.

Satvik 09: The Traditional FoodFestival

The Seventh Traditional Food Festival-Satvik was organized by SRISTI at IIMAhmedabad from December 19 - 21,2009. The festival indicated anincremental trend towards healthyeating habits, as well as a consciousawareness regarding healthy living.More than 40000 people visited thefestival during the three days. Therewere 80 stalls, a 20 per cent rise fromSatvik 08. Apart from several districtsfrom Gujarat, one could also seeenergetic participation from Jammu,Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan andsome other states. Apart from the


grassroots innovations exhibition andthe promotional stall, NIF also set upa platform for various children’sactivities. NIF also supported marketresearch for various new productsdeveloped by pooling the traditionalbest practices.

Part II: Initiatives

A. SCOUTING, DOCUMENTATIONAND DISSEMINATION

The Seventh Campaign: For theSeventh National BiennialCompetition for Unaided GrassrootsInnovations and TraditionalKnowledge Practices (February 1,2009- December 31, 2010), NIF received

about 4156 entries from different parts ofthe country during this period.

NIF also supported Honey Bee Networkcollaborators and other volunteers inscouting and documentation activities. Atotal sum of Rs 21,44,869 was disbursedto them for coordinating S&D activitiesin regions like J&K, Assam, Tamil Nadu,Rajasthan, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh,Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, etc. Somescouting fellowships were also providedto many individuals for scouting anddocumentation activity.

Strengthening the network activities invarious states

In order to strengthen the networkactivities in different regions of thecountry, various attempts were made.

Gyan Shodh – A Social Internship forstudents

Honey Bee, Andhra Pradesh (AP) withthe support of NIF conducted a uniqueexperiment in the Warangal district ofAndhra Pradesh in June 2009. Aworkshop viz., ‘Gyan Shodh’ wasorganized as a social internship

opportunity for engineering students.Fifteen engineering students from BITS,Pilani, NIT Warangal, CVR College ofEngineering Hyderabad, J B Institute ofEngineering & Technology, Hyderabadand Chaitanya Bharati Institute ofTechnology participated in the activity.

Students were sent in small groups ofthree each to different remote villagesfor scouting and documentationactivities. The students collected anddocumented a good number oftraditional knowledge practices andstories in their project reports. Theyhave also tried to compile a VillageKnowledge Register, which theysubmitted to the VillageAdministrative Officer. Many collegesin AP have now been approachingHoney Bee AP to conduct suchgrassroots oriented activities for theirstudents.

Workshops with Academic Institutions

Botany Departments under GujaratUniversityA one day S&D workshop wasorganized on July 16, 2009 with theteachers of Botany Departments under


Gujarat University. They wereexplained about the process ofscouting, detailed documentation ofpractices, importance and methods ofdissemination, village knowledgeregister etc. The emphasis was given oncollection of plant samples fromdifferent regions of the state andprepare herbarium with the help of thestudents of their respective colleges.

KVK, AC&RI, MaduraiA one day meeting organized on June25, 2009 at KVK (Krishi Vigyan Kendra),AC&RI (Agricultural College andResearch Institute), Madurai wasattended by more than fifty scientistsand extension workers. The Dean ofTNAU and incharge of KVK (KrishiVigyan Kendra) Madurai assured allthe help from the agricultural universityand KVK Madurai, in supportinggrassroots innovations. Murugesan, afarmer from Madurai demonstrated theuse of banana fibres for preparinghandicraft items like bags, mats, watercarrier, balls, etc. Crop varieties likeDhiraj-101 developed by Dhiraj LalThummar of Amreli district, Gujaratand varieties of moth bean (Vigna

aconitifolia), cluster bean (Cyamopsistetragonoloba (L.) Taub) developed bySundaram Verma of Sikar district,Rajasthan were also given to KVKMadurai for varietal trials in theirfields.

Botany Department in MaduraiA workshop on Scouting andDocumentation was organized by NIFwith the help of the HBN Tamil Naducollaborator SEVA on June 26, 2009 atMadurai. A linkage was forged whenDr. Karuppusamy of Madura College,Madurai agreed to cooperate in thepreparation of herbaria andidentification of plant samples collectedby SEVA staff with the involvement ofhis students.

Other WorkshopsTwo workshops were held withCAPART professionals at Ahmedabad(January 23 & March 2, 2010), in whicharound 20 Young Professionals ofCAPART participated. They wereoriented about the activities of scoutingand documentation.

Dissemination

MediaSeveral success stories from NIFdatabase have been picked up byleading newspapers and magazineslike The Hindu, India Today, Yojana,Femina, Deccan Chronicle etc. TheResponse to Farmers’ Notebook in TheHindu has been most extraordinary andseveral hundred calls have beenreceived by most of the innovatorswhose address is given always with thecolumn.

CDs, posters and other promotionalmaterial was distributed in variousexhibitions that NIF participated in viz.the Alumni meet of EDI, Gandhinagar,December 11 - 12, 2009, Kissan 2009,Pune, December 14 - 18, 2009, KisanMela at Jalgaon, January 28 - 31, 2010and All India Industrial Exhibition,Hyderabad, January 1 – February 15,2010 apart from the Traditional FoodFestival, the Shodh Yatras, IGNITE 09and 5th National Award Function, andthe Innovation Exhibition at MughalGardens, Rashtrapati Bhavan, NewDelhi.


B. VALUE ADDITION, RESEARCHAND DEVELOPMENT (VARD)

NIF- CSIR Collaboration

The first phase of the MoU between NIFand CSIR ended in June 2009. A revisedMoU was signed on August 13, 2009 atCSIR Head quarter AnusandhanBhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi. Underthe new MoU, the annual budget forCSIR-NIF programme has beenenhanced from earlier Rs. 1.00 crore toRs. 5.00 crore. The number of CSIR-NIFfellowships to grassroots innovatorsand traditional knowledge holders hasbeen enhanced from existing 2 to 20with an increased and mutually agreedfellowship amount. Two areas viz. (i)‘Mechanical and Energy Technologies’and (ii) ‘Herbal Value addition andNutraceuticals’ have been identifiedwherein innovations will be consideredfor validation/value addition. The Sub-committee will recommend the projectproposal built around the innovationfor funding. The funds will be providedby CSIR to concerned CSIR Laboratoryto undertake the validation/valueaddition. Joint Implementation

Committee (JIC) will be headed by DG,CSIR.

The first meeting of the Sub-Committeeon ‘Mechanical Engineering andEnergy Technology’ under CSIR-NIFInnovation Scheme was held onNovember 6, 2009 at CSIR ScienceCentre, New Delhi under theChairmanship of Prof. G. Biswas,Director, CMERI. Total 22 technologieswere presented before the committeeand out of them, following 06 wererecommended for preliminaryvalidation at different institutions. Thetechnologies and identified institutionsare sugarcane harvester (CMERI,Durgapur), centrifugal sprayer(CMERI, Durgapur), engineperformance enhancer (IIP, Dehradun),use of exhaust gas to preheat intake airand charge (IIP, Dehradun), Kouna matweaving machine (CMERI, Durgapur),and using variation of breathing patternas a command (CSIO, Chandigarh).

In case of herbal technologies, the plantsamples were dispatched to theCIMAP, IHBT, IGIB, Chembiotek andNBRI for the validation of claims mainly

for jaundice, stye, diarrhoea, dysentery,pain and inflammation and practicesrelated with plant protection.

NIF – ICMR Collaboration

NIF – ICMR review Committeemeeting: NIF – ICMR Sub CommitteeMeeting was held on March 19, 2009 atScience centre, New Delhi. NIF haspresented forty new technologies (40)for the validation of the claims underthis scheme. The new practices wererelated to viral diseases, bacterial,parasitical, metabolic disorder,neurological, ophthalmic, Gastro-intestinal tracts and dermatologicaldisorder.

The first review committee meeting toassess the progress in on-going projectswas held on September 29, 2009 atICMR, New Delhi. The principalinvestigators presented the progress ofwork in relation to the validation ofantityphoid, diabetes and jaundice.While the two practices for typhoiddocumented from Rajasthan did notshow any activity during the researchat ICMR Virus Unit, Kolkata, the


practice from Jharkhand showedsignificant antityphoid activity. Theaqueous extract of the formulation wasfound to inhibit more than forty isolatesof the bacteria. Dr. D. Chattopadhyaya,ICMR Virus Unit, Kolkata also visitedthe herbal healers in connection with theantityphoid claims. The two practicesfor jaundice (from Bihar and Rajasthan)being validated at Loyola College,Chennai showed moderate to highhepatoprotective activity againstparacetamol, rifampicin and alcoholinduced hepatotoxicity in Male Wistarrats. The practice for diabetes also beingtested at Loyola College, Chennaishowed moderate activity at higherconcentration.

SFC submitted by ICMR toDepartment of Health Research for thevalidation of NIF technologies

The NIF-ICMR Sub-Committee meetingto review the SFC document to besubmitted to Department of HealthResearch was held on January 15, 2010at ICMR HQ, New Delhi under theChairmanship of Dr. O. P. Agarwal. Thecommittee also reviewed the budgetaryrequirement during current financial

year. The committee found that thework on sample depository andherbarium preparation can be startedimmediately.

Collaboration with ICMR andgeneration of scientific evidence willgive a new respectability to thetraditional knowledge. Based on therecommendation of various brain-storming meetings of the JointImplementation Committee set upunder MOU between ICMR and NIF, anOperative Technical Document forICMR- NIF collaboration for thevalidation of Non-codified HealthClaim was finalized. It was alsodecided to submit a SFC document toDepartment of Health Research (DHR),Ministry of Health & Family Welfare(MOHFW) for funding.

Under the scheme, value will be addedby ICMR Lab and other scientificinstitutions recognized by it tooutstanding traditional herbalknowledge and innovations scoutedand documented by NIF to generateuseful drugs and share the benefits. Thepromising leads among the non-codified herbal practices will be

developed as proprietary medicines.Special attention will be given to thepractices received from Jammu andKashmir and North Eastern states ofIndia as well as other economicallybackward regions which are rich inbiodiversity. Under the scheme,approval of Rupees 39.85 Crores issought for incurring expenditureduring the three years (2009-2012).

Two new projects were also initiatedduring this period. The first project,‘Validation, value addition andproduct development of health drinkand fruit ripener’ has been given to IITDelhi and the second one, ‘Scientificvalidation of Anti-typhoid claim’ hasbeen given to ICMR Virus Unit, Kolkataand NICED Kolkata.

Validation of plant varieties/agricultural practices at differentlaboratories/ universities

Many farmers’ developed plantvarieties were tested by leadingInstitutes/Universities. The fieldexperiments of Sundaram Verma’sMoth bean variety were conducted atCAZRI, Jodhpur. The initial results


showed that Moth Bean developed byinnovator is short duration crop withgood yield. His improved high yieldingvariety of Cluster bean was tested atARS, Durgapura, Jaipur where it wasfound that the seeds of this varietycontain 33 per cent gum. Dhiraj lal

Thummar’sgroundnutvariety –‘DHIRAJ101’ wastested atJunagadhAgriculturalUniversity,Junagadhwhere the

results showed total 04.17 per cent stemrot incidence as compared to the checkvariety GG-20, where it was 16.37 percent. Similarly tests were undertakenfor the Root wilt disease resistancepepper variety of Ravishankar atUniversity of Agricultural Science,Bangalore and the improved variety ofAsh (white) gourd of A.S. Joy KeralaAgricultural University, Kerala wherethe results were very promising.

Many agricultural practices were alsovalidated at Sadbhav SRISTI SansodhanLaboratory. For BachubhaiLakshmanbhai Rathod’s herbalFormulation for Smut disease in vitroexperiment against the pathogen wasconducted. The formulation inhibitedthe growth of Ustilago in Plate assay atconcentration suggested by farmer.Many termite control practices of thefarmers from Gujarat were validatedwhere in the cases of the practices ofLaxmanbhai Ganeshbhai Chaloda andKuvarji Chaganbhai Chaudhari, 100 percent mortality was observed in in vitroexperiments. For the herbal practice ofpests in paddy of Kalubhai ValambhaiParmar, Gangaram Ravajibhai Patel,field trial was conducted at farmers’field at Kheda. The results were foundto be encouraging. Farmers applied theformulation at normal and doubledosages. Confidol and Capsi(Catephytichloride) were taken aspositive controls. . Patches of plotinfected with stem borer and suckingpest were observed in positive control,whereas, no insect / pest patch wasobserved in the plot treated withKalubhai’s formulation at both thedosages.

Direct support

Financial assistance was provided forvarious incubation activities likeprototype development, testing theinnovation, design optimization,development of proof of concept modelof technological innovations, trials, etc.to a number of technologies. Prominentamong them are Non stick clay tava byM a n s u k hP r a j a p a t i ,G u j a r a t ,B i o m a s sgasificationsystem byRai SinghD a h i y a ,Rajasthan, Kouna Mat Making machineby Y Mangi Singh, Manipur, Low costwindmill by Mehtar Hussain andMushtaq Ahmed, Assam, Stencilcutting and thread twisting machine bySheikh Mohamad Nazim, Gujarat, Tungpeeler by Lalpianglianan Sailo,Mizoram, Design and development ofscooter operated flour mill and scooteroperated washing machine by SheikhJahangir, Asu machine by ChintakindiMallesham, Cotton picker byNathubhai Wadher, Gujarat and Front


mounted tractor operated reaperwindrower by Bhagwan Singh Dangi,Madhya Pradesh among others.

Meeting of grassroots innovators withboatmen and Chilka DevelopmentAuthority (CDA), Bhubaneshwar:On the suggestion of Dr Vijay Kelkar,the Chilka Development Authoritycontacted National InnovationFoundation to find solution of noisepollution in Chilka through grassrootsinnovators. The first meeting, held on

8th of Augustwas attendedby over 50boatmen, fourg r a s s r o o t sinnovators andtwo NIFrepresentatives,N I Fc o l l a b o r a t o rand CDAofficials. Thei n n o v a t o r shave tried to

develop solution of the problem andvisited the Chilka lake again in themonth of October along with theirsolutions.

Workshop on “Development ofdesign consortium & networkbuilding workshop to promotegrassroots innovations throughGRIDS”:

The workshop was held on May 10,2009 at Pune to promote GrassrootsInnovation Design for Sustainableoutcomes (GRIDS) in Maharashtra bydeveloping a design consortium andnetwork building. The meet wasattended by designers to make theproduct aesthetic, engineers who couldtake care of the improvement infunctionality and academicians tomentor this process.

Procurement of Digital fabricationlaboratory (FAB LAB): With the aim ofwidening the horizons of grassrootsinnovators NIF has procured a digitalfabrication laboratory with theassistance from MIT, Massachusetts,USA.

C. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTACTIVITIES

The Business Development section ofNIF actively supported innovators fromall parts of the country to scale up their

innovations. Under the Micro VentureInnovation Fund (MVIF) scheme ofNIF, twenty three (23) projects with thetotal sanctioned amount amounting toRs 88, 08, 000. Of this Rs 54, 13, 000 wasdisbursed to the innovators during thefinancial year. An amount of Rs 10, 22,491 was also received as repayment forpreviously supported MVIF projects.

Product queries

During this period, NIF received 400queries for different products of which70 were international inquiries. Theproducts for which maximum querieswere received are manual milkingmachine, coconut tree climber, garlicpeeling machine, mini sanitary napkinmaking machine, cassava peeler,pomegranate deseeder and arecanuthusking machine.

MoU with Radix Global SolutionsIndia Pvt. Ltd.

NIF has signed an MOU with RadixGlobal Solutions India Private Limited,an Indian Private Limited Companywith a principal place of business inDelhi, India and its parent body Radix,


LLC which is a limited liabilitycompany domiciled in the UnitedStates with its principal place ofbusiness in East Alton, Illinois. RADIXis a consulting company which offersprotection and commercializationservices for select intellectual propertyon an equity/contingencyremuneration model. With thisunderstanding NIF has shared patentswith RADIX to evaluate thecommercialization prospects.

Competitions

Two competitions were also organizedwith the help of students of IIT Kanpur– Techkriti 2010 and Rekriti 2010 withthe help of students of DAIICTGandhinagar. These were aimed topose proof-of-concept grassrootstechnologies as challenges to thestudent to work on and improve uponso that these could be taken to themarket. The response to the abovecompetitions was quite enthusiasticand many interesting value additionplans of the students were received.

D. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYRIGHTS

Twenty new patents were filed forgrassroots technologies in the names ofthe innovators. Of these for twelve (12)technologies Preliminary Specifications(PS) were filed and for another eight (8)Complete Specifications (CS) were filed.For four (4) technologies, designregistrations were also filed by NIF. TillMarch 2010, NIF had filed 226 patentsin the name of grassroots innovatorsand another 8 design registrations.

Similarly during the same period, IPMdivision also applied for eleven farmerdeveloped varieties under PPVFR Act.

Linkage with industry professionals

The IP Management team continued toreceive expert guidance from differentquarters during this period. Thisincluded Dr. Manoj Haridas, Head - IPR& Claims, ITC and Senior HonoraryAdvisor, NIF, who is working as amentor for our IP and Businessdevelopment teams.

E. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY(IT)

The IT department of NIF carries out thefollowing main functions viz. databasesmaintenance, website developmentand maintenance, server maintenance,software development andprocurement of IT resources.

Management Information System: MISproject of NIF is being undertaken withthe support of a Bangalore based ITcompany, MindTree Ltd. The entireactivities and functions have beendivided into four phases. Phase wiseimplementation will start aftersuccessful migration of data as per thenew format of application and someeffort of manual correction thereafter.The first phase of application comprisesbasic and detailed documentationneeds of Scouting and Documentationsection while second phase is morefocused on VARD and BD section.Implementation will start aftersuccessful migration of data as per thenew format of application and someeffort of manual correction thereafter.


Commissioning and hosting of newWeb server and Mail server: NIF’sserver was hosted with Bangalorebased company Net4India. However,the server was hosted six years back andwas facing difficulties due to increaseddata load. Therefore a need to host theserver in Ahmedabad was felt for easyaccess and control. The web and mailserver was procured and hosted in GIPL(Gujarat Info Petro Limited), a Govt. ofGujarat ISO 9001-2000 certifiedcompany, data centre. All the useraccounts of NIF, databases of othersister institutions linked to NIF andtheir websites were migrated to thesame and the server was made onlinein February 2010. A backup facility ismaintained at data centre to hold weeklyand monthly backup.

Innovations honoured in the FifthNational Award Function and thechildren’s ideas and innovationsrecognised in IGNITE 09 weredisplayed at NIF website.

Part III: Building bridges

Hon’ble President Smt PratibhaDevisingh Patil, during her speech atthe presentation of the NationalCorporate Awards at New Delhi onDecember 21, 2009 urged the corporatesector to support the initiatives of theNational Innovation Foundation.Rashtrapati Bahavn also invited NIF toparticipate in the same. Further, in heraddress to the nation on the eve of the61st Republic Day of India, on January25, 2010 she emphasised the need toencourage the grassroots innovationmovement in the country. Also, whiledelivering her speech at at the 48thannual convocation of the IndianAgricultural Research Institute, NewDelhi, on February 13, 2010, shesuggested them to work closely withthe National Innovation Foundation.

Dr Sameer K Brahmachari, DirectorGeneral, CSIR visited NIF on April 10,2009. While commending the workdone by the NIF team he mentioned thatpolicy intervention and strategicbusiness planning was very essential toscale up the GRIs. He added thatgrowth should not be measured in the

number of IPRs but in the numbers ofclosures generated. Success can only besaid to have achieved, he added, whenwe were able to help 100 millionIndians annually.

On May 27, 2009 Dr. R. A. Mashelkar,President, Global Research Allianceand Chairperson, NIF was updated onvarious activities. He appreciated thefact that many of the technologiespresented before him had positivescientific leads. He specificallymentioned that strategies will have tobe formulated to take these validatedtechnologies to the next level so thatthey could be converted into viableproducts. He mentioned that NIF wasat the feeder end and has taken the firstfew steps in a journey of a thousandkilometres. The technologies should bepassed on to other players with duerights, credits and acknowledgment. Hesuggested involving more players inthe innovation value chain to reduce thecost of development.

Dr Mashelkar’s visit was followed bythe visit of Dr. Vijay Kelkar, Chairman,13th Finance Commission & Member,Governing Board, NIF on June 20, 2009.


He suggested possible solutions for theproblems faced in valorising GRIs. Onthis occasion, a couple of innovatorswere also present. Mr. Gerard Lemos,Acting Chairman of the British Council,London along with Ms. Sujata Sen,Director, East India British Council, andManager, British Library, Ahmedabadvisited NIF on July 29, 2009. NIFmembers gave the British Council teama presentation about NIF and somepotentially useful technologies. Thediscussion specifically concentratedaround involving the British CouncilNetwork to disseminate open sourcetechnologies available with NIF.

Dr G Ilavazhagan, Director, DIPAS,New Delhi visited NIF on July 30, 2009.The main objective of the visit was toexplore the possibilities of validationof grassroots technologies and theirpossible use for the soldiers and societyat large. On August 27, 2009, Mr. AlokVerma, IFS, Joint Commissioner,Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, New Delhivisited NIF along with his teamcomprising Deputy Commissioner,West Zone and Principals of differentJNVs of Gujarat. The agenda of themeeting was to explore possibilities of

mutual cooperation to bring out thehidden creativity in children vis-à-visIGNITE 09- the children’s competitionof ideas and innovations. The team wasimpressed with the work done by thegrassroots innovators and specially thechildren. It was agreed that NVS wouldwrite to all JNVs to actively participatein the IGNITE 09. He also mentioned toextend all cooperation from JNVsduring the Shodh Yatras.

Honey Bee Network in India andChinese Innovation Network in Chinahave been working closely for manyyears now. On March 30, 2010, ProfZhang Jiaxing, President TinajinUniversity of Finance and Economics(TUFE), Tianjin, China visited NIF. ProfJiaxing, who was in Ahmedabad inconnection with the launch of a jointSRISTI- TUFE project on grassrootsinnovations for inclusive developmentsupported by IDRC, was given a briefexposure to NIF. A small exhibition ofgrassroots technologies was alsoarranged on the occasion. Prof Jiaxingappreciated the work done in India andhoped that through this collaboration,ample opportunities would arise forboth countries to learn from each other.

Prof Anil K Gupta, Executive Vice ChairNIF had a meeting with the ViceChancellors at Universities, Directors ofNGOs and various student bodies innortheast on April 24 - 25, 2009 toexplore possibilities of collaborationwith NIF.

Prof Gupta also gave presentationsabout the GRI movement at theConference on Innovation in India andChina in May 2009, organised by Centrefor India & Global Business, JudgeBusiness School – University ofCambridge, Cambridge, UK, MSMECommittee meeting on May 25, 2009,TiEcon Delhi 2009, September 18 - 19,

2009, Innovation Centre at AluruCollege of Management and NIT,Warrangal on October 20, 2009,NAARM, Hyderbad on October 21,2009.

Prof. Gupta also gave a talk on the socialmovement triggered by the Honey BeeNetwork at TED (Technology,Entertainment and Design meet) India2009 Conference, Mysore, November 4,2009. He was also invited to the 3rdBihar Science Conference, 2010 in Gaya


on February 11, 2010, where hedelivered the keynote addresshighlighting the importance of the GRIsin promoting sustainability andentrepreneurship.

Dr. Vipin Kumar, Chief InnovationOfficer (I/c), as a member, attended theexpert committee on framingguidelines for determiningcontributions to and utilization ofNational Biodiversity Fund held onAugust 26, 2009 at Chennai. He alsodelivered the keynote lecture in “FieldWorkshop on Survey of MedicinalPlants in Western Ghats” organized byRegional Medical Research Centre,K.L.E University & College ofPharmacy, Belgaum from January 21-23, 2010.

Part IV: Financial Statement

Mukesh M. Shah & Co.,Chartered Accountants1st Floor, H.K. House, Ashram Road,Ahmedabad – 380009

AUDITORS’ REPORT

We have audited the attached BalanceSheet of NATIONAL INNOVATIONFOUNDATION INDIA, Bungalow No.1, Satellite Complex, Premchand NagarRoad, Satellite, Ahmedabad – 380 015as at 31st March 2010 and the Income andExpenditure account for the year endedon that date annexed hereto. Thesefinancial statements are theresponsibility of the trustees. Ourresponsibility is to express an opinionon these financial statements based onour audit.

We conducted our audit in accordancewith auditing standards generallyaccepted in India. Those standardsrequire that we plan and perform theaudit to obtain reasonable assuranceabout whether the financial statementsare free of material misstatement. Anaudit includes examining on a test

basis, evidence supporting the amountsand disclosures in the financialstatements. An audit also includesassessing the accounting principlesused and significant estimates made bytrustees, as well as evaluating theoverall financial statementpresentation. We believe that our auditprovides a reasonable basis for ouropinion.

Further to the above, we state that -(a) We have obtained all the informationand explanations, which to the best ofour knowledge and belief werenecessary for the purposes of our audit;

(b) In our opinion, proper books ofaccount as required by law have beenkept by the Foundation so far asappears from our examination of thebooks;

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

(d) In our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to theexplanations given to us, the accounts


read with the notes thereon give theinformation required by the BombayPublic Trust Act, 1950 in the manner sorequired and give a true and fair view–

I. In the case of the BalanceSheet, of the state of affairs of theFoundation as at 31st March 2010;and

II. In the case of the Incomeand Expenditure Account, of theExcess of Income overExpenditure for the year endedon 31st March, 2010.

As required under section 33(2) of theBombay Public Trust Act, 1950, wefurther report that –

(1) The accounts are maintainedregularly 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 other documents orrecords required by us were producedbefore us.

(5) A register of movable andimmovable properties is properlymaintained and the changes therein arecommunicated from time to time to theregional office of the CharityCommissioner.

(6) There are no defects and inaccuraciesmentioned in the previous audit reportwhich need to be complied with.

(7) The manager / trustee required byus to appear before us did show andfurnished the necessary informationrequired by us.

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

(9) The amounts outstanding for morethan 1 year and the amounts written offare NIL.

(10) Tenders were invited wherever therepairs or construction involving

expenditure exceeding Rs. 5,000 wastaken up.(11) We have not come across any caseof alienations of the immovableproperties contrary to the provisions ofsection 36 of the Act.

12) We have not come across any caseof irregular, illegal or improperapplication of or failure or omission torecover monies or other propertybelonging to the public trust or of lossor waste of money or other propertythereof on the part of the trustees or anyperson while in the management of thetrust.

(13) The minimum and maximumnumber of 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 theprevious year which require to becomplied with by the trustees duringthe period of audit.

For Mukesh M Shah & CoChartered Accountants

Ahmedabad Chandresh ShahAugust 13, 2010 PartnerMembership No. 42132


FUNDS & LIABILITIES SCH. Rs. Rs. PROPERTY & ASSETS SCH. Rs. Rs.Trust Funds or Corpus Immovable Properties -Opening Balance 200,000,000

Movable Properties 2Other Earmarked Funds : 1 61,742,416 Gross Block 12,447,695

Less : Depreciation Reserve fund 8,351,626 Loans (Unsecured or Secured) Net Block 4,096,069 Secured Loans - -

Investments( Unsecured Loan) 8% GOI Saving Bonds 16,950,000 - From Trustees -- From Others - - Advances :

- To Trustees -Liabilities : - To Others

CSIR-NIF fellow 512,057 Unspent project grant received during the Misc advances 258,200

year from Dept. of Science and Utility Deposits 171,050 Technology & KAPL 7,436,000 Receivable from Banks on

- For Advances - Innovator fellowship fund 6,700 account of TDS 53,843 995,150 - Innovation Fund 4,000 Bank book overdraft with - Tax Deducted at Source 2,755,692 - UTI Bank Vastrapur, A/C No-1548 1,224,003 - MVIF Project A/c. 3 11,257,290 14,012,982 15,008,132 - UTI Bank, Vastrapur - A/c. No. 8099 95,222

1,319,225 1,329,925 Cash & Bank Balances- For Rent and other Deposits - Cash on hand - - For Sundry Credit Balances - Balance with

Income and Expenditure Account :- Kotak Mahindra, Vastrapur - SB A/c. No.762 7,606,169

Opening Balance 20,662,705 - SBI, IIM - A/c. No.30379920229 3,825 7,609,994 Add /(Less): Fixed Deposits

Excess /(Deficit) of Income transferred - A/c. MVIF 49,747,115 from Income & Expenditure Account (7,550,252) 13,112,453 - A/c. NIF 190,209,484 239,956,599 247,566,593

Notes on Accounts - Schedule 5 Total.. 283,620,794 Total.. 283,620,794

As per our report of even date The above Balance Sheet to the best of my/our belief contains a true account ofFor Mukesh M Shah & Co. the Funds and Liabilities and of the Property and Assets of the TrustChartered Accountants

Chandresh Shah Place : Ahmedabad Place : AhmedabadPartner Date :13 August 2010 TRUSTEE Date : 13 August 2010Membership No. 42132

NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION - INDIARegn.No.F/7412/Ahmedabad

BALANCE SHEET AS ON 31-03-2010

EXPENDITURE SCH. Rs. Rs. INCOME Rs. Rs.

Expenditure in respect of Grants ReceivedProperties - - Ignite received from Non-Govt. entity 800,000

- Tepp recd. From Government 150,000 950,000 Other Expenses Rent -Establishment Expense -Remuneration to Trustees - Interest Legal Expenses - - On Securities 6,093,777 Audit & Professional Fees 16,545 - On Loans - Contribution and Fees - - On F.D.R with Banks - A/c. NIF 7,515,573 13,609,350 Depreciation 1,070,835 Miscellaneous expenses Dividend - 1,087,380

Donation in cash or in kind -To Amounts transferred to reserve orspecific funds: Amount transferred from Earmarked Fund

- Out of Earmark Fund to be utilised before 2014 6,700,000 Expenditure on object of the trust - Out of Earmark Fund to be utilised before 2012 11,600,000 18,300,000 (a) Religious -(b) Educational 4 39,337,222 (c) Medical - Income from other sources (d) Relief of Poverty -(e) Other Charitable Objects - 39,337,222 - Monitoring fees 15,000 15,000

Excess of Expenditure over Income transferred to Balance 7550252Sheet

Excess of Income over Expenditures - transferred to Balance Sheet

Total.. 40,424,602 Total.. 40,424,602

As per our report of even date The above Income and Expenditure Account, to the best of my/our belief contains a true account ofFor Mukesh M Shah & Co. the excess of expenditure over income of the TrustChartered Accountants

Chandresh Shah Place : Ahmedabad Place : AhmedabadPartner Date :13 August 2010 TRUSTEE Date : 13 August 2010Membership No. 42132

NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION - INDIARegn.No.F/7412/Ahmedabad

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED ON 31-03-2010

F.Y.2009-10

PARTICULARS Rs. Rs.

Capital Fund Opening Balance 433,294

Earmarked Fund - to be utilised before 2012 11,600,000Less :- Utilised during the year 11,600,000 0- to be utilised before 2014 6,700,000Less :- Utilised during the year 6,700,000 0

Micro Venture Innovation Fund- A/c SIDBIBalance as per last Balance Sheet 56,271,537Add : Interest received 5,037,585

61,309,122

TOTAL 61,742,416

NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION - INDIA

Schedule - 1

Other Earmarked Funds



Particulars of Movable Properties

Balance as Additions Deductions Gross Block Depreciation Deductions Depreciation Total Net Blockon during the during the as on up to during the for Depreciation As on

4/1/2009 year year 3/31/2010 3/31/2009 year 2009-10 up to 2009-10 3/31/2010Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

Furniture & Fixtures and Dead Stock

Furniture & Fixtures 1,153,227 61,500 - 1,214,727 434,942 - 77,654 512,596 702,131 Fire Extinguisher 13,405 - - 13,405 8,343 - 759 9,102 4,303 Balloon 35,438 - - 35,438 7,575 - 4,179 11,754 23,684 Electrical Installations 69,610 - - 69,610 15,570 - 5,404 20,974 48,636

Office Equipments

Fax Machine 29,232 - - 29,232 20,564 - 1,300 21,864 7,368 Refrigerator 24,510 - - 24,510 9,406 - 2,266 11,672 12,838 Photo Copying Machine 505,202 - - 505,202 312,295 - 28,936 341,231 163,971 Camera 605,595 35,071 - 640,666 233,428 - 61,085 294,513 346,153 Equipment 190,915 9,799 - 200,714 68,161 - 19,748 87,909 112,805 Air Cooler 92,980 23,800 - 116,780 30,446 - 12,950 43,396 73,384 Public Address System 60,111 - - 60,111 12,848 - 7,089 19,937 40,174 Tape recorder 33,125 - - 33,125 17,074 - 2,408 19,482 13,643 Fab Lab Equipment - 1,614,676 - 1,614,676 - - 121,100 121,100 1,493,576 Telephone/mobile Instrument 227,990 19,105 - 247,095 86,706 - 23,624 110,330 136,765 EPABX System 66,888 - - 66,888 38,239 - 4,297 42,536 24,352

Computers and ancillary assetsComputers 5,085,052 331,550 - 5,416,602 4,614,129 - 414,142 5,028,271 388,331 Networking equipment 57,788 355,760 - 413,548 41,607 - 129,038 170,645 242,903 Software 1,395,763 96,396 - 1,492,159 1,262,071 - 126,984 1,389,055 103,104 Sony LCD 91,000 - - 91,000 19,451 - 10,732 30,183 60,817 Scanner 49,750 - - 49,750 10,635 - 5,867 16,502 33,248

Vechiles 112,457 - - 112,457 37,301 - 11,273 48,574 63,883

Total A 9,900,038 2,547,657 - 12,447,695 7,280,791 - 1,070,835 8,351,626 4,096,069

GROSS BLOCK DEPRECIATION

Particulars

ADVANCES A/c. MVIF PROJECTSRs. Rs.

North East RegionArena Nut Peeling machine 37500Automatic Pump Operator 1200Bamboo Strip & Stick Device 12767Bamboo Strip/ Stick Making Machine 5028CIMAP Project 61964Dual Alarm Security Device 205140Egg Incubator 60000Electric shock proof convertor 20485Garlic Peeling Machine 28900Interlocking Bricks 24743Kerosene Stove 25283Passion Fruit Juice Extractor 11107Rural Multi Purpose Dryer 4250Usman Shekhani 14750Wind Turbine 17167Wood apple tea 17050Wood Cutting Machine 54767Wood Carving machine 8000Muga Reeling Machine 20000Pomegranate Deseeding 17000Amount lying with coordinating agency 383173 1030274

North RegionAutomatic Parking Light 3500Coil Winding Machine 7118Film Projector 16472Fire Cracker Device 7000Ground Digger Machine (5000)Horse Shaver 19224Manual Automatic Starter 6085Modified Solar Cooker 5047Multi crop Thresher 278478Multi-purpose Bicycle 10000Stoves Testing 5500Tea Making Machine 30000Tile Making Machine 4500Herbal Growth 162407Multi Seed Drill 445268Trench Digger Machine 10238Multi Product Processing Machine 250000Bio Mass Gasifier 69704Compost Aerator Machine 250000HNP- Performance Enhancer 175267Safety Valve for Stove 16000Amount lying with coordinating agency 472452 2239260

Western RegionBicycle Hoe 15000Bicycle Sprayer 5221Diesel Engine 25100Healthcare chair 37390Jabbar Gear Project 31221Jute Matchstick 10000Kerogas Stove 4847Key Way Making Device 12000Kite String Winder 107875Motor Protection Device 99846Multipurpose Agri. Device 8000Sickles 6600Sugarcane Rotavator 47486Tong Project 20500Rachna Enterprise- Natural water cooler (66554)Mitticool Clay 1991Scooter Mounted Paint Gun 52312Amount lying with coordinating agency 232833 651668

BALANCE C/F 3921202


F.Y. 2009-2010 Schedule - 3

Rs. Rs.

BALANCE B/F 3921202

Southern RegionGIAN- CELL, SSIT 7240SEVA (Multipurpose Cooking Vessel-Abdul Razak) 48250 55490

Projects under direct supervision of NIFA N Manoharan 14500A.N.shukla 72375Airkick Pump 3614Appachan M. 60969Ashok kumar-wood apple jam 7556Automatic Portable Sprayer 1250Balramsingh saini 11200Battery Operated Sprayer 600B.Mohanlal- Marine Reversible Reduction Gearbox 1500000Buttonhole Stitching Machine 200Chandrapal SinghChandrapal SinghChandrapal Singh 7000Clear Banana Alkali- Basanta Sharma 30000Cotton Stripper 3614C.V.Raju- Anything by Hand 900000Deepak Bharali- Innovative Design Making Machine 225000Dhiraj Thummar- Groundnut Variety 150000Director SMIT- Ajooba Tube Light Frames 274552Double Acting Pump 500Dr.K.L.Rao- Honeybee AP 184000Electric Generator 34515Electrical Apparatus 1000Herbal Growth Promoter (262613)Huma toilet cleaner 24000Imli Toshi Namo 13500Improved Multicrop Thresher 500Improved Screw 2200Intercom Device 3294Jai Prakash Singh 100000Jayshree Industries- Sanitary Napkin 682500K.linga Brahman 50000K.P. Chinnaswamy 33727K.R.Chandran 125000K.S.Sudheer 10000Mallesham- Laxmi Ashu Machine 250000M. Nagarajan (5000)Manoharan 3000Mansukhbhai Jagani- Bullet hanti 200000Manual Sprayer (Gopalbhai Surtia) 6369Manual Sprayer (Khimjibhai Kanedia) 6370Md.Fajilul Haque- Paddy Thresher 138000Milking Machine- Raghava Gowda 300000Mdhd. Rozadeen 24000Mohd. Saidullah 16000Mujib Khan 400000Multi-purpose Agri. Device 1977Multipurpose Electric Boiler 1250Nageshwar Pandit 2850Oil Expeller Machine 3614P. K. Ravi (10800)Prakash singh Raghuvanshi 190000Radheshyam sharma 5000Rajesh Deshmukh (Modified Solar Cooker) 3500Rajesh T.R. 9000Rajkumar Rathore- Rich 2000 350000Rama Shankar Sharma- Modified hand pump 37000Safruddin kazi 25000Satish Deb 42000Solar Cooker shaikh 2500Sugarcane bud chipper device 167500Tukaram Verma 1800Vanraj Tractor 3614Yellow Fourier Technologes P.Ltd. 210000Amla Enterprise 95000Augustine Thomas- Electro Tyre Rethreading machine 150000Automatic Saree Border 186500GIAN- Cell (J&K) 200000 7280598

TOTAL 11257290

Schedule - 3 contd..

SI. No. Particulars Rs. Rs.

A. Administration1 Accommodation 637062 Advertisement 103833 Bank Charges 159204 Books & Subscriptions 124055 Consultancy Charges 1169646 Electricity Expenses 2934257 Human resource payments

Contractual payment 111419Fellowship 89677Salary 44667Training/ Stipend 7700

8 Insurance Premium 326399 GC Meeting Expenses 12350310 Office Expenses 16369911 Postage 6219612 Recruitment Expenses 74298113 Rent & muncipal tax 141700914 Repairs & Maintenance 21713915 Security Expenses 16065016 Staff welfare Expenses 7348217 Stationery & Printing 7844418 Telephone Expenses 17571119 Travel & Conveyance Expenses 22495620 Xerox 22656 4261331

B.Information Technology/Database Development & Dissemination

1 Communication & telephone expenses 888472 Computer Consumables 2367273 Computer Maintenance & Upgradation 856054 Consultancy Charges 5601715 Database 73316 Dissemination 8952727 Exhibition/seminar/workshop 72198 Human resource payments

Contractual payment 323202Fellowship 164984Salary 144677Training / stipend 68348

9 Internet 63939410 Postage & Courier 5804611 Stationery & Printing 8410312 Travel & Conveyance Expenses 7899113 Website/ Web Hosting 51299314 Xerox 21144 3977054

BALANCE C/F 8238385

Schedule - 4NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION - INDIA

F.Y. 2009-2010Educational Expenses

SI. No. Particulars Rs. Rs.BALANCE B/F 8238385

C. Business Development Activities1 Advertisement 121462 Communication & telephone expenses 403813 Exhibitions/Workshops & Competitions Exp. 230164 Human resource payments

Fellowship 96371Salary 660000Training / stipend 71995

5 Grant 1670386 Postage & Courier 200667 Stationery & Printing 304098 Travel & Conveyance Expenses 2461169 Xerox Exp. 7310 1374848

D. Intellectual Property Right Activities1 Communication & telephone expenses 69592 Consultancy Charges 1527233 Human resource payments

Contractual Payments and consultancy 49935Fellowship 105807

4 Legal Expenses 1505 Patent/ Trade Mark 608536 Postage & Courier 57737 Stationery & Printing 72818 Travel & Conveyance Expenses 39299 Xerox 2103 395513

E. Scouting & Documentation1 Books & Magazines & Memberships 7602 Campaign 8920003 Communication & telephone expenses 1841634 Exhibitions/Workshops & Competitions Exp. 3258145 Human resource payments

Contractual Payments and consultancy 712592Fellowship 1638658Field staff Expenses 15793Salary 91935Training / stipend 209500

6 Honourium 405007 Grant 21448698 Ignite 4005039 Postage & Courier 9889210 Scanning 2679111 Stationery & Printing 13144212 Translation charges 3075813 Travel & Conveyance Expenses 33316114 Xerox 36418 7314549

BALANCE C/F 17323295


SI. No. Particulars Rs. Rs.BALANCE B/F 17323295

F.Value Addition and Research Development Activities

1 Administrative Expenses 2106592 Communication & telephone expenses 1768293 Consultancy/ Honorarium Charges 254004 Human resource payments

Contractual Payment 375032Fellowship 1267797Salary 765000Training / stipend 6200

5 Exhibitions/Workshops/Seminars 797626 Grant 2572660

Honorarium 120007 Postage & Courier 1229428 Prototype Repairing & Other Exp. 17511849 Stationery & Printing 15626810 Travel & Conveyance Expenses 29926411 Value Addition Awareness 55755912 Tepp Project exp. 15000013 Xerox 44783 8573339

G. Supports Provided to1 GIAN Cell J&K 1152852 GIAN North 300000 415285

H. Award Function1 Dissemination 1231582 Exhibition & other Exps 10985603 Food & Accomodation 6713694 Photography and movies of Innovation 7681395 Prizes 19231896 Stationery & Printing 2981477 Travel & Transportation 13937968 Trophy 348444 6624802

I. Expenses from DST Grant1 Manpower 16978052 meeting 5441563 Travel 1204502 3446463

J. Innovation Exhibition1 Accomodation 3283792 Exhibition Exps 15677273 Food exps 1934434 Stationery & Printing 1365085 Travel & Transportation 5928916 Transportation of Prototype 135090 2954038

TOTAL EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES 39337222


Name of the Public NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION - INDIATrust: Bungalow 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 13,624,350As per Balance Sheet:Interest credited to MVIF A/c SIDBI 5,037,585

18,661,935Total Gross Annual Income Details of Income not Chargeable to Contribution underSection 58 Rule 32

(i) Donation received during the year from any sources(ii) Grants by Government and Local Authorities 0(iii) Interest on Sinking or Depreciation Fund(iv) Amount spent for the purpose of education 39,337,222(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-agriculturalpurpose :

(a) Assessment, Cesses and other Government or MunicipalTaxes

(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 60,938etc.at 1 percent of such income

(ix) Deduction on account of repairs in respect of buildings notrented and yielding no income at 8 1/3 per cent of theestimated gross annual rent

Total of Deductions 39,398,160Income liable to contribution - 0

For National Innovation FoundationFor Mukesh M Shah & Co.Chartered Accountants

TrusteeChandresh Shah

Place Ahmedabad PartnerDate 13 August 2010 Membership No. 42132

Schedule IXC (Vide Rule 32)

Statement of Income liable to contribution for the Financial Year 01-04-2009 to 31-03-2010

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