Event: Public Lecture on Patent Ecosystem of India
Date: January 30, 2019
Venue: University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), Panjab University, Chandigarh.
A public lecture on, “Understanding the Patent Ecosystem of India: Gaps and Remedies”, was delivered by an internationally acknowledged patent expert and attorney, Dr (Mrs) Deepa K Tiku, at University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Wednesday, 30 January 2019. The lecture was attended by more than 130 persons, comprising of faculty members, research scholars and students from various departments of the university. Dr. Tiku talked about the evolution of patenting system in India and recent efforts of the government to promote patent awareness and its generation in the institutes of higher learning. She highlighted that India is amongst the leading nations of the world in the domain of research publications but lags behind more than 40 nations in the domain of patent filing. She suggested a few remedial measures to narrow this gap. She also dwelt upon the various avenues offered by IP field, which can be taken up as a career option by the young technocrats. She then emphasized on the peculiarities existing viz-a-viz the Indian scenario and the challenges faced by the academia in effectively contributing towards the patent ecosystem.
Prior to the lecture, Prof. Devinder Singh (Secretary to Vice Chancellor, PU, Chd), spoke about the importance of patents in stimulating the innovation ecosystem of the nation, which is the need of the hour. He also remarked upon introducing IPR courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and Pre-PhD programmes in the university. Dr. Tiku offered to assist in designing the courses and organize joint workshops on patents and copyrights for the benefit of both students and faculty members. The event was also attended by Prof. Devinder Mehta (Dean Scienes, PU, Chd), Prof. Savita Gupta (Director, UIET), Prof. Rakesh Tuli (Advisor, UIET) and Prof. Sanjeev Puri (Hony’ Director, CIIPP).The event was convened by DST-Centre for Policy Research at Panjab University under the aegis of Chandigarh Region Innovation and Knowledge Cluster (CRIKC).
The talk was followed by energetic interactions and deliberations with the audience.
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