Exhibition of Grassroots Innovations to Kick Off Week Long Festival of Innovations at Rashtrapati Bhavan

An anti-molestation device worn on wrist; alert switch in bus/auto rickshaw for the safety of women; posture correcting chair; rain water syringe for water conservation;simple flushing mechanism for public urinals; foot operated page turning device for differently abled; height adjustable wash basin; a wrapper picker etc will be some of the highlights of an exhibition of grassroots innovations to be inaugurated in Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 12, 2016 by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

A total of 65 grassroots innovations will be part of this Exhibition which will kick-off the week-long Festival of Innovations in Rashtrapati Bhavan from March 12-19, 2016. The Festival is being organised by Rashtrapati Bhavan in collaboration with the National Innovation Foundation. President Mukherjee has extended tremendous support to the innovation movement in the country ever since assumption of office, especially by encouraging setting up of innovation clubs in all institutions of higher learning and introducing annual residency programmes for grassroots innovators in Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The week-long ‘Festival of Innovations’ will witness a number of exhibitions; roundtable discussions on different topics related to innovations with national and international participation; a talk by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi; an award for Gandhian Young Technological Innovation; Visitor’s Awards to Central Universities, including in the field of innovation; a meeting of Innovation Clubs set up in institutions of higher education across the country; a workshop for children and a hackathon to develop applications useful to society etc.

The Exhibition of Innovations will remain open between1000 to 1700 hrs from March 12-19, 2016 for the public. All visitors to the Mughal Gardens will be able to visit the Exhibition.

Background information on the innovations and innovators whose exhibits will be displayed in the Exhibition is attached.

This release issued 1400 hrs.