Connecting, Innovation, Investment, Enterprise
World First Incubator for Grassroots Innovations
National Awards for Inclusive Innovations for and from grassroots
HBNCRIIA-India Grassroots Innovation Awards
In partnership with Amazon, India
About us
GIAN (Gujarat Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network) is the first incubator of grassroots innovations, established in 1997 in collaboration with the Gujarat government and supported by SRISTI, IIMA, and the Honey Bee Network.
OUR MISSION
To cultivate and sustain the spirit of innovation, encourage experimentation, and nurture creativity at the grassroots. GIAN aims to promote innovations from and for grassroots communities, leverage functional traditional knowledge, and conserve and augment biodiversity using both commercial and non-commercial channels.
OUR OBJECTIVES
a) To scout, document and validate the grassroots innovation,
b)help them achieve scale by adding value, design, and other inputs from formal organisations,
c) do market research, develop strategies, protect IP where needed, promote solutions as DIY and facilitate partnerships between innovators and entrepreneurs and
d) unleash the creativity of common people helping them gain respect, recognition, and reward innovations from India and around the world through HBNCRIIA-India and HBN CRIIA-International awards. Gian also pursues research and policy studies.
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WHAT WE ARE DOING
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GIAN IN NEWS
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OUR FUNCTIONS
Search
Searching for creative solutions, ideas/innovations/traditional Knowledge
Support
Validating claims of the innovators/knowledge providers & adding value wherever needed.....
Augment
GIAN is the world's first incubator of grassroots innovations. it also works on innovations for grassroots
Experiment
GIAN conducts-farm trials of the best shortlisted farmers’ bred plant varieties, low-cost sustainable practices, as well as frugal innovations.
Celebrate
Honey Bee Network Creativity & Inclusive Innovation Awards [HBNCRIIA], a global award for inclusive innovations
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam ignited mind awards for Indian students in collaboration with SRISTI
Sense
We work with communities who live on the margins, whose needs are often unmet, may be unfelt too.
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