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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/cm 2 pressure which is lower than thekerosene test pressure 1.4 kg/cm 2 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.NIF-CSIR Joint ImplementationCommittee meetingsMeeting 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.Meeting of the sub committee for Herbaltechnologies:Monitoring and Sub-Committee meeting on‘Herbal Value addition’ under CSIR-NIFInnovation Fellowship Scheme screened 65National Innovation Foundation Annual Report t 2008-2009 16