The National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF) has been in the news recently for identifying several innovative solutions based on Science and Technology, these solutions were identified through the Challenge Covid-19 Competition (C3). The competition which was initiated to engage innovative citizens in generating ideas to manage the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath ran from 31st March to 10th May 2020.
The Challenge Covid-19 Competition (C3)
The Challenge Covid-19 Competition (C3) was a competition aimed at drawing out unique ideas and innovations to manage the unprecedented global pandemic that is Covid-19. This competition provided an avenue for innovative citizens to put their creative thinking hats on and come up with solutions that could help manage the pandemic and its consequences.
In a bid to ensure that these ideas do not just end as mere thoughts, the NIF provided incubation and mentoring support for further dissemination to the generators of these potent ideas. This support was aimed at nurturing these ideas and assisting in the value addition in the innovations.
The competition which ran from the last day in March to the 10th of May 2020, produced two recently supported innovations – a foot-operated device for hand sanitization and an innovative sprayer for sanitization. These innovations are timely and suitable for the times as hygiene and sanitization have become a crucial part of our daily routines due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
About The National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India
Established in the year 2000 with the help of the Department of Science and Technology, the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India is a national initiative geared towards strengthening grassroots technological innovations as well as outstanding traditional knowledge.
With its mission centered around helping India become a creative and knowledge-based society, the NIF works tirelessly to expand policy and institutional space for grassroots technological innovators. This move is geared towards ensuring that the brilliant minds at the grassroots level are not overlooked but given a platform to contribute to the creative and knowledge-based society India strives to be.
Through its initiatives, like the Challenge Covid-19 Competition (C3), the NIF is continuously providing platforms for innovative citizens to bring their ideas to life while also providing the necessary support these innovators need to ensure that these ideas see the light of day. With the NIF, innovative Indian citizens can be sure that their ideas won’t just end up as ideas but will be nurtured and supported till they become full-blown innovations capable of causing positive changes in the society.
Source:PIB
