They should be Indian entities or foreign entities with a registered presence in India.
They should be a registered under the Indian Trust Act, 1882, Societies Registration Act, 1860 or as a Section 8, Companies Act 2013.
The innovation that is submitted for the award and grant must benefit India or a community in India.
To be considered for the NSIF award the innovation/programme must be in at least the prototype stage.
The organisation can be operational for less than one year for both the Grant and Challenge.
The innovation/project entered by the organisation should not have won the NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum challenge in the previous three years (Since 2015).
To be considered a Social enterprise your organisation should drive profits from pursuing only socially relevant activities and goals, with the profit being re-invested into driving social impact.
To qualify as a Social enterprise, for the purpose of the Social Innovation Award and Grant, the annual turnover of the applicant organisation must not exceed INR 10,00,00,000 (10 crore/ 100 million).
They should be Indian entities or foreign entities with a registered presence in India (or in the process of registering by 30th November 2017).
The innovation that is submitted for the award and grant must benefit India or a community in India.
To be considered for the NSIF award the innovation/programme must be in at least the prototype stage.
The organisation can be operational for less than one year for both the Grant and Challenge.
The innovation/programme entered by the organisation should not have won the NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum Challenge in the previous three years (Since 2015).
The NSIF team may modify the eligibility criteria from time to time with retrospective effect.
The NSIF team holds the right to disqualify any application that does not meet the eligibility criteria without assigning any reason whatsoever.
