Date- November 20, 2024 (9:30 AM onwards)
DST-Centre for Policy Research Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a brainstorming session titled “Interactive Dialogue on India’s Intellectual Property Ecosystem” on Friday, 20 Decemeber, 2024.
The event brought forward an insightful dialogue among IP leaders, policymakers, academicians, and legal experts to exchange ideas and strategies for enhancing India’s Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) framework.
The inaugural session was graced by eminent dignitaries to enlighten the participants on the need of innovation and IP and its impact on economic development of a nation. Prof. Yojana Rawat, Director, Research and Development Cell, Panjab University, Chandigarh graced the event and shared her views on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and its need in today’s era. Dr. Pushpendra Rai, IAS (Retd.), Fmr. Director, WIPO was the chief guest for the event. Dr. Rai highlighted the significance of IP in economic growth and mentioned the importance of IP assets and strategic partnership which act as the major drivers for the growth of any nation’s economy. Dr Dapinder Kaur Bakshi, Joint Director, PSCST, Chandigarh stressed on producing good quality patents that should help the society and proposed the encouragement for GI tag to support local innovations.
The event hosted renowned experts from all over India to share their experiences. Mr. Vikrant Rana, Managing Partner, S. S. Rana, and Company, New Delhi delivered a talk where he highlighted the current scenario of IP in India. He shared case studies of IITs and MIT who have good track record of patent filing, granting, and commercialization as a result of good Industry-Academia linkages. Mr. Parminder Singh Sethi 🇮🇳, Innovation Mentor, India, delivered a talk where he listed the Barriers to innovation which includes fear of failure, rigid mindset and lack of resources and shared the Strategies to become a problem solver including solution-oriented mindset, embracing design thinking, building a diverse team, leveraging tools and technologies and iterating and learning.
The event witnessed diverse participation list inclusive of Faculty, Early Career Researchers, Patent Analyst, Pharmacologist, Project Consultants, Researchers, and Students, registered from several reputed colleges, universities and companies from Chandigarh, Himachal, Haryana, Punjab, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Odisha.
The event concluded with elaborate discussions on the IP ecosystem in India’s academic and research institutions. The current state of the IP ecosystem along with gaps and challenges hindering the effectiveness of the system were addressed. The recommendations were drawn from the discussions for improving the IP framework for innovation and collaboration in the academic and research sectors.
