Subhadeep Banerjee

Innovation Management Professional with 7 years at the National Innovation Foundation-India, Autonomous Institute of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, specialising in grassroots innovation identification and traditional knowledge documentation. Led INSPIRE competitions across multiple districts, advancing 40+ student innovations to national platforms. Systematically documented and verified various conventional health practices for institutional repositories.

Expertise in cross-cultural communication and translation, enabling inclusive documentation across regional and linguistic barriers. Proven success in project coordination, stakeholder engagement, and team leadership to support inclusive innovation and preserve traditional knowledge systems nationwide

Senior Project Associate at National Innovation Foundation – India (2022-07 – Present)

Multilingual professional with expertise in scientific translation, documentation, and stakeholder communication.

• Managed DLEPC & SLEPC across multiple states; evaluated and shortlisted projects for national-level competitions.
• Assessed 19,000+ student projects and supported validation through 875 Prior Art Searches (PAS).
• Digitised and documented 2,200+ innovation entries, including medicinal plants, agriculture, and health domains.
• Verified and archived 300 traditional practices with 225 plant samples for research and herbarium use.
• Led large-scale sensitisation programs across Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha, engaging 4,000+ participants.
• Coordinated Innovation Yatra and MMAKJS outreach across multiple districts, engaging farmers, weavers, students, and officials.
• Completed 20 professional certifications via the Karmayogi portal, strengthening innovation and research competencies.
• Conducted verification and data collection for the innovation 'Nursery Protector' developed by Shri. Vishwanath Ramvruksh in Rajpur, Balarampur, Surguja.
• Processed and documented 1,470 entries related to Human and Animal Health and Agriculture, with 875 Prior Art Searches (PAS) conducted to support validation, research, and innovation benchmarking.
• Conducted verification and detailed documentation of 59 traditional practices, collecting and identifying 64 associated plant samples for archival and research purposes.
• Facilitated five strategic engagement sessions across three states, including meetings with Herbal Healers in Chaukamal, Sonepur, Odisha; Students and Teachers in Asifabad, Telangana; Government officials at THub, Hyderabad; and Teacher educators at SCERT Telangana.
• Completed 14 specialised training certificates through the Karmayogi portal across diverse professional development topics

Junior Research Fellow at National Innovation Foundation – India (2019-07 – 2022-06)

• Edited and validated approximately 23,000 unformatted entries for Human and Veterinary data. Added pictures of plant samples, and ensured proper formatting and category distribution via the NIF portal.
• Processed around 2,700 Agricultural entries by editing, validating, and formatting incomplete data through the NIF portal system.
• Worked on publishing a regional language book of women innovators of West Bengal, "Nari Udbhaboni".
• Plant Sample Research & Herbarium Management
• Documented detailed information on medicinal plants, including morphology, seasonality, usage, and market availability for PAS and research purposes.
• Contributed to event setup and coordination during Krushi Odisha, including stall setup, poster design and organization, and prototype display management.
• Translated and maintained a database of 600 Bengali entries received from scouts; organised and documented samples properly for further analysis and literature review.
• Documented and updated around 1050 herbal practices, streamlining them into a standardized format for effective data storage and retrieval.
• Proofread, translated, and corrected two regional language books (Bengali) and delivered presentations in the regional language (Oriya) for the MMAKJS event.
• Spearheaded initiatives resulting in the formation and launch of an online "Dissemination Database Portal - Contains Information about 1,40,000 innovations.

Innovation Associate at National Innovation Foundation – India (2018-08 – 2019-06)

• Conducted grassroots scouting in 3 districts of Chhattisgarh, identifying 2 engineering innovations, 2 plant varieties, 2 plant protection methods and 4 traditional knowledge-based agricultural formulations.
• Organised IGNITE idea competitions and outreach in urban, rural, and underprivileged schools of Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
• Screened and evaluated over 21,000 student innovation ideas from Eastern India; individually evaluated 4,011 ideas
• Conducted field trials, data collection, and pest/environmental analysis on crop varieties including Kudrat5, Hemant, Surjeet Basmati, Richa 2000, and Niranjan Bhata in Odisha and West Bengal.
• Played a pivotal role in documenting a flood-resistant rice variety during field trials (Surjeet Basmati)
• Promoted the "Fruit Nipper" innovation by Mr. Madhab S. Mahajan across rural areas in Odisha, Bihar, and West Bengal through field demonstrations and community meetings.
• Validated, compiled, and managed 1,300+ human and animal health entries from West Bengal for NIF's 9th and 10th Biennial competitions.
• Facilitated agricultural machinery testing at SLFMTTC (Odisha) for innovators from Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and West Bengal, ensuring smooth coordination and technical support throughout the process.
• Conducted a comparative analysis of rice varieties during field trials, contributing to assessments of value addition, adaptability, and overall performance in varied agro-climatic conditions.

Master of Technology in Biotechnology – Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India (2018)

Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology – Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India (2017)