FIA was one of the Thirty innovators that received the DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Programme (IIGP) Award in 2012. The programme aims to enhance the growth and development of India’s innovation and entrepreneurial pursuits by launching early stage Indian technologies into the global marketplace. The award function was jointly organised by FICCI, along with the department of science and technology, Lockheed Martin Corporation and Indo-US Science and Technology Forum