President of India Conferred Rani lakshmibai Award (Nari Shakti Puraskar 2015) to TIFAC for its work under the scheme KIRAN-IPR for women empowerment in R&D through IPR training. Prabhat Ranjan, ED TIFAC received the award. Ministry of Women and Child Development give away the award to institutions and individuals for their contribution to the society for women empowerment in the country.