Welcome to E-Management of INSPIRE Scheme

A one-day State Nodal Officers Meeting for INSPIRE – MANAK program was organized on june 30, 2025 at the India International Centre, New Delhi.

The winners felicitation ceremony of the 11th NLEPC of the INSPIRE MANAK successfully concluded on 19th September 2024 at Vigyan Bhawan. New Delhi.

Date for inviting nominations under INSPIRE–MANAK for the year 2025–26 has been extended till 30.09.2025.
No further extension will be granted under any circumstances.

36 +

States/UT’s Participation

720 +

Districts Covered

6 Lakh +

Registered School

68 Lakh +

Students Participation

17 Lakh +

Grants to students

600 +

National Winners

255 +

Patent Filed

Patent Granted

News

21-Jul-2025
An innovative dust-free thresher model, developed by a village girl, has made it to Japan, with patent preparations now in progress.
30-Jun-2025
Five young minds from Chandigarh, aged between 15 and 17, recently returned from a remarkable scientific journey to Japan
28-Jun-2025
Machine designed to help mother takes Kripali to Japan
20-Jun-2025
Boy from Karnataka’s Megaravalli, who handled tools at his father’s garage, gets into IIT-Kanpur
14-Jun-2025
Online nomination process for INSPIRE-MANAK scheme begins.

14 August 2025
CBSE Letter for INSPIRE-MANAK Nominations 2025-26
10-Mar 2025
INSPIRE-MANAK 2023-24 D/SLEPCs activities are underway.

About Us

'Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research' (INSPIRE) scheme is one of the flagship programmes of Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India. The INSPIRE-MANAK (Million Minds Augmenting National Aspirations and Knowledge), being executed by DST with National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF), an autonomous body of DST, aims to motivate students studying in classes 6 to 12. The objective of the scheme is to target one million original ideas/innovations rooted in science and societal applications to foster a culture of creativity and innovative thinking among school children. Under this scheme, schools can nominate 5 best original ideas/innovations of students through this website. Within this limit of five nominations, a maximum of two student ideas from Classes 11 or 12 (Science stream only) can be nominated from one school. Read More