Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: Vice Chancellor, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra, Prof SK Jain, today delivered a distinguished lecture at MIET campus.
The topic of the lecture was “Intellectual Property Rights in the Era of World Trade Organization (WTO)”.
MIET organizes lectures by eminent experts and luminaries under its Distinguished Lecture Series on a regular basis.
Major General (retd) Prof SK Sharma, Principal, MIET presented the welcome address and described Prof Jain as an intellectual with high professional achievements. Prof Jain has served on important committees of the Central Govt and played a key role in formulating several national policies on promotion of entrepreneurship and facilitating SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises). He also hoped that his visit would foster greater collaboration between MIET and SMVDU.
Prof Jain in his address emphasized the importance of creating awareness about IPR and felt that all technical and non-technical graduates should be exposed to IPR knowledge. He felt that IPR is the cornerstone for driving competitive global advantage and provided several real-world examples pertaining to IPR monetization. He felt that India as a country needs to enhance its IPR protection laws in accordance with the WTO agreements, so that Indian patents can also be applicable world-wide, giving Indian inventors a level playing field.
Prof Ankur Gupta, Joint Director, MIET, informed that audience that MIET shall be setting up an incubator on campus to nurture start-ups and hopefully incubate 5-6 companies in the next 2 years. MIET has already initiated work on IPR filing 11 patents in diverse domains at the IPTO in the last 4 years.
He requested Prof Jain to provide guidance and mentoring to the incubator so that entrepreneurship can be given a boost in the region.
The programme concluded with formal vote of thanks.
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