Prof. C. Shambu Prasad has been invited to join the National Innovation Foundation of India as a member of the Governing Board. The National Innovation Foundation (India) is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the Government of India. Established in Ahmedabad in 2000, it works towards the augmentation and value addition of innovations at the grassroots level. Prof. Shambu Prasad, would bring to the Board his research on rural innovation and the experience in running IRMA's unique Incubator for Social Enterprises and Entrepreneurs for Development (ISEED).