<span style="color: #222222;">National Innovation Foundation – (NIF) under the Department of Science and Technology has come up with a call inviting innovative citizens to participate in its Challenge COVID-19 Competition (C3). All interested innovators are welcome to participate with their creative ideas and innovations for problems or issues like reducing transmission of Corona virus.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Ideas are also invited for gainful engagement of people at home, healthy food for nutrition and boosting immunity specially at the time of lockdown when raw materials are limited.&nbsp;</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Professor Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology said, &quot;NIF is a unique institution with a strong focus and experience in scouting and facilitating inclusive and grass-roots innovations driven by citizens.&nbsp;He said, the initiative will not only create awareness, but will also engage a wide cross-section of society with diverse backgrounds in providing and implementing solutions.&nbsp;</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The selected technological ideas and innovations will be supported for incubation and dissemination. The details of ideas and innovations may be sent to&nbsp;</span><a href="mailto:campaign@nifindia.org" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">campaign@nifindia.org</span></a><span style="color: #222222;">. The competition announced on 31st of March will accept entries on a rolling basis until further notification.</span><br />