HBNCRIIA-India Grassroots Innovation Awards
In partnership with Amazon, India
National Awards for Inclusive Innovations for and from grassroots
Mission Statement
To celebrate the unique creativity and innovation of people from and for the grassroots and recognize their contribution towards making India inclusive and innovative
Objective
- To Identify 2000 grassroots innovations across various sectors, finally selecting 15 innovations for felicitation at the annual national award function
- To celebrate the creativity of common people and help them gain respect, recognition, and reward and become part of the Honey Bee Network
- To preserve and promote outstanding traditional knowledge and facilitate value addition to them for large-scale replication in a commercially sustainable manner
Award Details
- National: A total of 15 awards will be given to the selected participants.
- 1st prize: 5 lacs INR
- 2nd prize: 3 lacs INR
- 3rd prize: 2 lacs INR
- Appreciation awards of Rs 50,000 each to be given to 12 innovators
- A certificate from GIAN-Amazon recognizing their unique innovations
Eligibility Criteria
- Innovations could be in any domain/area: farm/non-farm application, education, infrastructure, traditional knowledge, environment, agriculture, reduction in drudgery of women, livelihoods, accessibility, etc.
- No restrictions as to age, gender, class, education etc.
- The innovation should generally be well-aligned with the SDGs.
- The innovation should have the potential to scale further.
- Prior small-scale funding or minor recognition will not disqualify any participant but those who have received well-recognized national awards or major investments will be excluded
Details to be submitted while applying
- Status of Applicant: individual/proprietorship concern/private company/registered start-up
- Details of the innovation
- History of the innovation
- Patent information of the product (if any)
- A video of the innovation or a link to the video
- Website details or link to any video platform demonstrating the working of innovation
- If possible, details about similar products anywhere in the world,
- A declaration that the applicant is the sole person responsible or owner of the innovation;
- A declaration that HBNCRIIA/GIAN can share shortlisted ideas with due acknowledgement of the innovator widely to create awareness about such worthy ideas and the campaign
Mode For Submission
- Online Mode - Participants can send their entries online via a dedicated portal for the award.
- Offline Mode- Through mail at the address- Gujarat Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network, Bungalow no. 1, Satellite Complex, Mansi Cross Road, Satellite, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 380015. The offline form along with a pen drive containing video documentation will have to be submitted for the same in a separate envelope.
- The online entries for HBNCRIIA awards can also be sent at the email id hbncriia-india@gian.org
- Entries can also be filled through Google form available on www.gian.org
- In case of queries, they can call at +916353549783 or mail hbncriia-india@gian.org
- Last date March 31, 2024
Disclaimer
- Submitted Innovation will be accessible to experts for review
- The decision of the review & screening committee will be final and no queries pertaining to the selection process or selection of the innovations will be entertained.
- Representative of GIAN or Amazon or committee thereof is free to make a visit to verify the claims of the innovator or innovation at their own cost.
- Submitted entries will be the part of Honey Bee network database as long as GIAN desires and can be shared with others for wider awareness and creating culture of innovation
- The innovation submitted or selected for the awards by GIAN & Amazon will be free to get published by GIAN in its promotional, communication, marketing material in both physical and online form. However, the ownership and intellectual property related to the innovation will remain with its owners or applicant and will be kept intact while sharing the innovation.
- In case an innovation is selected, the innovators will try their utmost to attend the award ceremony event.
- All decisions pertaining to any conflicts arising during the event will be decided fully and finally by GIAN & Amazon with no other alternative recourse.
