The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) is an American not-for-profit organization which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of highly significant technology. Founded in 1973, its primary mission is to "be a catalyst for change through recognizing inventors and invention, promoting creativity and advancing the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. Besides the Hall of Fame, it also operates a museum in Alexandria, Virginia, and a former middle school in Akron, Ohio, and sponsors educational programs, a collegiate competition, and special projects all over the United States to encourage creativity among students.
Vadodara, also known as Baroda, is the third-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, 141 kilometres (88 mi) from the state capital of Gandhinagar. The railway line and National Highway 8, which connect Delhi with Mumbai, pass through Vadodara. The city is named for its abundance of the Banyan (Vad) tree. Vadodara is also locally referred to as the Sanskari Nagari and Kala Nagari of India.
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, formerly Baroda College, is a public university in the city of Vadodara, in Gujarat state, India. Originally established as a college in 1881, it became a university in 1949 after the independence of the country. It was later renamed after its benefactor Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the former ruler of Baroda State.
Techfest is the annual science and technology festival of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, consisting of social initiatives and outreach programs around the year.
Satyan "Sam" Pitroda (born 4th May 1942) is an Indian telecommunication engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. He was born in Titlagarh in the eastern Indian state of Odisha to a Gujarati family. He is popularly known as the Father of India's Computer and IT Revolution as he helped Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in bringing computerization as an advisor to the PM. He was also an advisor to the PM during Dr. Manmohan Singh's tenure.
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT) is a registered Public Trust and Charitable Society, which started its activities in 1993 under the guidance of Sam Pitroda and Anant Darshan Shankar. The Indian Ministry of Science & Technology recognizes FRLHT as a scientific and research organization. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has designated FRLHT as a National Center of Excellence for medicinal plants and traditional knowledge.
GEMS Education, founded as Global Education Management Systems (GEMS), is an international education company. It is a global advisory and educational management firm, and is the largest operator of kindergarten-to-grade-12 schools in the world, with as of 2021 a network of over 80 schools in over a dozen countries. Founded by Sunny Varkey, GEMS provides pre-school, primary, and secondary education. Through its consultancy arm, GEMS Education Solutions, the company works internationally with public and private sector clients on school improvement initiatives.
The Mitra personal mover is an Indian battery-operated mobility device. The vehicle is capable of carrying a single person and aimed to be useful particularly in airport corridors, institutional campuses and in speciality buildings such as hospitals where low noise pollution is required. The vehicle is twin motor based and works on unique hybrid steering mechanism developed by inventors Rishabh Sinha and Subhav Sinha.
SIES College of Arts, Science, and Commerce is a Mumbai-based college located in Sion. Established by the South Indian Education Society, the college schools students from class 11 and 12 right up to advanced degrees and has research facilities and is affiliated to the University of Mumbai. SIES has been ranked as the 7th best institute in India & 3rd in Mumbai for its Mass Communication Courses by The India Today.In the recent times college is being building recognized by various bodies as it Won the 2014-15 IMC NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD and Higher Education Forum Awarded "Innovation Award" in Graduate Humanities category on 14 March 2015. Its being reaccredited with 'A' by National Assessment and Accreditation Council with a CGPA score of 3.51 in third cycle of 2015.
National Innovation Council is the think-tank council of India to discuss, analyse and help implement strategies for innovation in India and suggest a Roadmap for Innovation 2010-2020. It is currently headed by no one as its incumbent chairman Sam Pitroda has resigned. It has approved Vadodara Innovation Council as its first city-based innovation council in India.
Ramniranjan Podar Senior Secondary School, also known as R N Podar School, is a private secondary school run by the Anandilal Ganesh Podar Society in Santacruz West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a day school with morning and afternoon shifts. The school has 2,700 students and is affiliated to the CBSE). It is a front runner in the reforms process, a case study at IIM Ahmedabad and a pilot for policy initiatives of CBSE. It is enlisted as one among top ten schools in Mumbai as per a recent Hindustan Times survey report.
Open Innovations is an annual international forum that focuses on new technologies and perspectives of the international cooperation on innovations.
The Cluster Innovation Centre (CIC) is a Government of India funded institute established under the aegis of the University of Delhi. It has been founded in 2011 and introduced Innovation as a credit based course for the first time in India.
Satjiv Singh Chahil is an India-born American global inter-cultural and inter-disciplinary innovator and business executive.
Moinee Foundation is a non-government organization established in 2012, primarily working in the education domain, through techno-social innovations, by closely working with Government Bodies, Educational Institutes and local communities. Foundation has a presence in 11 states, 22 Districts through its various initiatives. Since June 2020, Foundation has expanded its domain scope to the health sector, where it is working with the government towards innovative solutions for the current pandemic and technological scaling for improving health infrastructure in rural areas.
Goonj is a non-governmental organisation headquartered in New Delhi, India which undertakes disaster relief, humanitarian aid and community development in parts of 23 states across India. Goonj focuses on clothing as a basic but unaddressed need.
The NITI Aayog is a public policy think tank of the Government of India, established with the aim to achieve sustainable development goals with cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach. Its initiatives include "15-year road map", "7-year vision, strategy, and action plan", AMRUT, Digital India, Atal Innovation Mission, Medical Education Reform, agriculture reforms, Indices Measuring States’ Performance in Health, Education and Water Management, Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Rationalization of Centrally Sponsored Schemes, Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Skill Development, Task Forces on Agriculture and up of Poverty, and Transforming India Lecture Series.
Priyank M. Kharge is an Indian politician representing the Indian National Congress.He is currently serving as a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chittapur Assembly Constituency in Kalaburagi District of Karnataka for the second time. In 2016, at the age 38, he became the youngest minister to be sworn in to the then Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s cabinet as the Minister of IT, BT & Tourism. He has also served as a Cabinet Minister of Social Welfare in the coalition Government headed by H D Kumaraswamy.
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Vadodara city of Gujarat – India. Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is involved in manufacture of pharmaceutical products, pharmaceutical substances and intermediates. It is also termed to be a market leader in macrolides segment of anti-infective drugs in India.
BETIC based at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is an inter-disciplinary multi-institution initiative for medical device innovation. Established in 2014 with support from the government of Maharashtra, it comprises a network of 14 engineering and medical institutes across the state. The BETIC team have developed 50 medical devices as of 2019, and licensed 20 of them to startup companies or industry for mass production.
