Question

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF)? 

1. NIF is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology under the Central Government. 

2. NIF is an initiative to strengthen the highly advanced scientific research in India's premier scientific institutions in collaboration with highly advanced foreign scientific institutions. 

Select the correct answer using the code given below. 

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer 1

(a) National Innovation Foundation India (NIF) is an autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology , Government of India. It was set up in February 2000 at Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India to provide institutional support for scouting, spawning, sustaining and scaling up the grassroots innovations across the country