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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.Satvik-08– The Traditional FoodfestivalSupported 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 8 th foundation day of NIF was celebratedat SRISTI on 28 th February 2008. On thesame day awards were presented to thewinners of idea and biodiversity competition.A meeting of Honey bee collaborators wasalso held on 29 th February 2008.Parart t Twowo: : Deepening the furrowsrowsA. Scouting and DocumentationNational 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 31 st 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 the9 Making India Innovative
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 anddocument 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 5 th 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.B. Value Addition, Research ch andDevelopment (VARD)Meetings of the Fifth Research AdvisoryCommittee (RAC) were held to review thepromising technologies/innovations andrecommendations for incubation and/or NIFawards. Another Meeting of the NationalResearch Advisory Committee of formalexperts on mechanical innovations was heldon 19 th 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 27 th 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 15 th 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 grassrootsNational Innovation Foundation Annual Report t 2008-2009 10
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