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Scout local innovations
Identify bottom-up ideas and solutions emerging from rural, tribal and remote parts of Northern India.
A PI-RAHI flagship initiative · Edition 2.0
Local ideas.
Lasting impact.
Grassroots Innovators of Northern India (GINI) is an initiative to scout, support and scale practical innovations emerging from rural, tribal and remote communities.
For innovators across Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Chandigarh.
A collaborative regional initiativePI-RAHINational Innovation Foundation (NIF)PSCSTJKSTIC
About the initiative
Innovation begins
at the grassroots.
GINI aims to recognise unique, community-led solutions, value traditional wisdom and help practical ideas move towards validation and scale-up.
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Support and strengthen
Help innovators progress through recognition, intellectual property support, validation and ecosystem linkages.
Regional reach
One region. Many possibilities.
GINI Edition 2.0 covers five regions of Northern India.
🏔️Jammu & Kashmir
🌾Punjab
🌲Himachal Pradesh
🌱Haryana
🏙️Chandigarh
Facilitation support
Helping promising ideas
move forward.
The brochure outlines support to help grassroots innovators develop visibility, protection and pathways to scale.
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Awards to Innovators
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Intellectual Property Support
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Showcase at National & State Level
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Linkage for Validation & Scale-up
Explore the programme
Turn the pages.
Discover GINI 2.0.
Read the official four-page brochure in an interactive, page-by-page reader. Use the arrows, swipe on mobile, or open the reader in a larger view.
- ✓ Programme background and Edition 2.0 overview
- ✓ Selected grassroots innovations from the GINI–J&K Chapter
- ✓ Eligibility information and programme deadline
OFFICIAL BROCHURE · PAGE 1 OF 4
Cover · GINI Edition 2.025%
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Who can apply?
Have you built a practical solution to a real-world problem?
The brochure welcomes people who have developed an innovative solution without formal science or technical education, including farmers, artisans, students, diploma holders, self-employed individuals and local innovators from rural and urban areas.
Read eligibility details in the brochure ↗Know a grassroots innovator?
Help bring their work into the spotlight. Share the GINI 2.0 initiative with someone in your village, town or region who has developed an innovative tool, process or practical solution.
Last date to Register10 January 2027