NRDC NATIONAL MERITORIOUS INVENTION AWARDS

1. The awards will be given only to the individual/ team who contribute to the innovation, and not to the organization.
2. Only Indian nationals working in India can apply.
3. NRDC employees, Prize Award Committee members, and their families are not eligible.

Stated amount: 900,000 NRDC National Innovation Award of the Year:

1. IP-Driven Innovation
2. Premium Innovation
3. Innovation in High Tech Area Number of Awards: 2 (Max.) Amount of Award: Rs. 5 lakh (Each) NRDC National Societal Innovation Award of the Year:
4. Agriculture
5. Environment
6. Rural Milieu
7. Energy
8. Medical Any Other Discipline/ Field/ Area having societal impact/ importance: Number of Awards: 3 (Max.) Amount of Award: Rs. 3 lakh (Each) NRDC National Budding Innovators Award of the Year [FOR STUDENTS ONLY]:
9. Student(s) registered for Bachelor, Master, or Doctoral (Ph.D.) Degree in Academic Institutions, Research Institutions, and Universities or affiliated Colleges at the time of applying.
10. Maximum age limit is 28 Years
11. The application should be forwarded through the Head of the Institution Number of Awards: 5 (Max.) Amount of Award: Rs. 1 lakh (Each) No. Of Scholarship: 10

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1. Log on to NRDC Website: http://(http://www.nrdcindia.com/
2. Follow the instructions carefully for filling out the online application form.
3. Register yourself to gain access to the forms (Registration is mandatory).
4. Use your User ID and Password to log in.
5. Application form is divided into 4 sections. Applicants can save the information after filling each section and fill the rest of the form later.
6. To submit the online form, fill in all the details in the given fields in all the sections and attach the relevant documents and then press the submit button (In Step 4).
7. Before submission of the online application, kindly preview the complete application (Press Preview Button) to check whether all 4 sections are properly filled.
8. No modification can be made after the final submission.
9. Acknowledgement will be generated after the final submission of the online application form. Keep it for your record.
10. To download and print the PDF Format of the filled application form a link will be sent through email.
11. Save the soft copy of your application on your computer in PDF Format for your reference and record. Take the printout of the filled application form. Get the signature(s) of the Applicant(s) and Head of the Organisation. Put the rubber stamp/ seal of the Head of the Institution/ Organisation. Send this hardcopy of the filled and signed application form to NRDC Office Address (Manager, NRDC National Awards Programme, Prize Award Division, National Research Development Corporation, Zamroodpur Community Centre, Kailash Colony Extension, New Delhi – 110048) through Any Courier/ Ordinary Post/ Speed Post/ Registered Post/ By Hand.
12. It is mandatory to send one hardcopy of the filled application form to NRDC Office by Post/ by hand, after submission of the online application form, failing which the application for the NRDC National Awards will not be considered and liable to be rejected.
13. Hard Copy of the printed application form signed by the Applicant(s) and NOCs along with the necessary documents mentioned in the checklist (Click Here to Download the Check List) and the photographs in the prescribed format should reach the NRDC office in or before September.

1. First All the application form will be evaluated.
2. After evaluation, eligible candidates will be shortlisted for the scholarship.
3. Shortlisting of candidates will be done by authorities. Other Info
4. National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) was established in 1953 by the Government of India, with the primary objective to promote, develop and commercialize the technologies / know-how / inventions / patents / processes originating from various national R&D institutions / Universities. NRDC is fully owned by Government of India and is registered under the Companies Act, 1956, and is now being administered under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013. NRDC is presently under the administrative control of the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology (MoS&T), Bharat Sarkar.
5. During the past seven decade of its existence and in pursuance of its corporate goals, NRDC has forged strong linkages with the scientific and industrial community in Bharat and abroad. NRDC has a wide network of research institutions, academia and industry and made formal arrangements with them for the commercialization of know-how developed in their laboratories. NRDC has been constantly pursuing new sources for acquiring, developing and commercializing technologies developed by the R&D organizations in the country.
6. NRDC is now recognized as a large repository of technologies spread over almost all areas of industries, viz. Agriculture and Agro-processing, Aerospace, Bio Technology, Chemicals including Pesticides, Drugs and Pharmaceuticals, Food, Metallurgy, Electronics and Instrumentation, Building Materials, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, etc.
7. NRDC as of today has concluded more than 5100 technology transfer agreements with Indian Industries since its inception in December 1953 which has led to accumulation of ample knowledge and expertise in managing technologies generated in public funded organizations. Notable technologies licensed by NRDC are Indelible Ink, Infant Food, 10 & 20 HP Tractors, Super Absorbent Hydrogel, Extraction and Formulations of Azadirachtin, Potassium Humate from Lignite, Vijetha and Ankush Silkworm Bed Disinfectants, Artificial Heart Valve, Crop Specific Foliar Micronutrient Formulations, etc. The licensing of technologies by NRDC has led to establishment of a large number of small and medium scale industries in the country.
8. NRDC is mandated for implementing two major technology promotional programs viz., Program for Inspiring Inventors and Innovators (PIII) and Program for Development of Technologies for Commercialization (PDTC) funded by the DSIR, Bharat Sarkar.