IPR Events

A seminar on intellectual property focussing on patents (criteria on patentability and patent search) was organized on 25th October 2017 by the IPR cell, RCOEM, Wednesday. The talk was delivered by Adv. Swapnil Gawande ( Registered Patent attorney). The seminar was well appreciated and was attended in good number by the faculty members.

The talk was followed by an extensive Q&A sessions where the faculty members discussed their issues related to patents and copyrights. The session concluded with Dr. Pais (Dean R& D) presenting Adv. Gawande with memento and vote of thanks by Dr. Priti Mangrulkar (IPR Coordinator).

1. Intellectual Property Management by Mr. Pankaj P. Borkar, Asst. Controller of Patents & Designs, Head of Office, RGNIIPM, Nagpur dated 11 Nov. 2016..20 Participants were benefited from the workshop.

Guest Lecture on ” Intellectual Property Management by Mr. Pankaj P. Borkar, Asst. Controller of Patents & Designs, Head of Office, RGNIIPM, Nagpur

In continuation with the efforts to inculcate research interest and innovative thinking amongst faculty members, the IPR cell of the institute had organized a guest lecture titled “Research Funding Agencies, Research Proposal writing, New Knowledge Creation and IPR” by Prof. M. LaxmiKantam on 15th December 2017.

In her opening remarks, Dr. Priti Mangrulkar (IPR Coordinator) welcomed all the participants and introduced the guest lecturer Prof. M. LaxmiKantam. Dr. Rajesh Pande (Principal, RCOEM) felicitated and welcomed the esteemed guest.

Thereafter, Prof. M. LaxmiKantam delivered her talk, where she briefed about the various funding agencies that are available for funding of research grants. She also discussed about the different aspects that constitute a good proposal, highlighting the dos and don’ts while writing a research grants. She also emphasized the need for new knowledge creation in the form of patents and its protection. Her talk was followed by interactive Q&A session. Dr. Kanak Vadhwani proposed the vote of thanks to conclude the session.

Prof. M. LaxmiKantam later in the afternoon had a meeting with Dean R&D (Dr. Rupesh Pais) and CRRC members of the institute. She discussed about creation of Centre of Excellence. She also emphasized on enhanced interaction with experts and presentations of research proposals before them, prior to submission for grants.

Prof. M. LaxmiKantam visited the Department of Applied Chemistry as a part of her visit to the institute. Prof. R.S. Dhiran, Head of the department welcomed Prof. M. LaxmiKantam to the department. A formal round of introduction of all the faculty members followed. Prof. M. LaxmiKantam strongly endorsed the inclusion of PG course in Chemistry. She also discussed the queries of faculty members pertaining to their research proposals and offer to lend her support in future.

The fruitful discussion with Prof. M. LaxmiKantam was commemorated by a group photo in the department.

Prof. M. LaxmiKantam at Department of Applied Chemistry

Prof. R.S. Dhiran, Head of the department welcomed Prof. Mihir Chaudhuri to the department. A formal round of introduction of all the faculty members followed, after which Prof. Mihir Chaudhuri appreciated that all the faculty members had Ph.D. degrees. Fruitful discusion and interaction on various aspects of teaching, learning and research activities followed. Some important points of the meeting are highlighted below:

Prof. Chaudhuri discussed and emphasised on the significance of Chemistry at the undergraduate level. He suggested that some new experiments based on organic-inorganic synthesis should be included in the curriculum.

Prof. Chaudhuri welcomed the proposal of including the course on Green Chemistry by the department. He discussed at length the importance and various aspects of green chemistry. He proposed to include topics like basic principles of green chemistry, waste minimization , catalysis etc.

Prof. Mihir Chaudhuri discussed the project proposals submitted by the faculty members and offered to lend his support in research activities. He discussed about the various schemes and funding agencies for possible grants.

The hour long fruitful discussion with Prof. Mihir Chaudhuri was commemorated by a group photo in the department.

1. Intellectual Property Management by Dr. Ushoshi Guha, a Qualified Attorney in IPR, Patent, Trade Mark, Design dated 26-Feb-2016. 30 Participants including faculty members and students were benefited from the workshop. List of the participants is given below.

IPR cell of the institute had organized a guest lecture titled “Everything about Patents ” by Dr. Ushoshi Guha on 29th September 2018 under the banner of IQAC

Dr. Ushoshi Guha is a senior managing partner of Lex Regia, a firm for legal and IP consultancy. She has filed, prosecuted and obtained more than 100 National IPs and 20 International IPs. She is known for her acumen in arguments and with her experience both academically and professionally and she excels at problem solving in technical and scientific field.

Dr. Ushoshi Guha delivering her talk on “Everything on Patents”

Dr. Usoshi Guha delivered her talk, where she briefly discussed about the advantages and disadvantages of provisional and complete specification. She also discussed about the different aspects patent filing emphasizing on drafting of claims. She also discussed design patents.

Her talk was followed by extensive Q&A session wherein the participants asked Dr. Ushoshi Guha questions related to their patents. The session concluded by Dr. Pais (Dean R&D) presenting the guest with a memento and vote of thanks by Dr. Priti Mangrulkar. (IPR Coordinator).

Dr. Rupesh Pais (Dean R& D) presenting memento to Dr. Ushoshi Guha.