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INNOPAT 2nd edition Organised Successfully

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India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), the premier trade body representing the Indian Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) industry and IPexcel, a technology research and consulting firm founded by IIT Kharagpur alumni hosted ‘INNOPAT’- a first of its kind Social Initiative to promote & showcase Innovative Proprietary (Patented) Technologies in India. The conference was supported by Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), Government of India and Dept. of IT, BT & ST, Government of Karnataka and IIT Kharagpur Alumni Association, Bangalore.

In its second edition, the focus was on addressing the practical issues in patents experienced by innovators and address specific challenges.

INNOPAT, the day-long conference had interesting sessions such as Do-It-Yourself patent filing workshop, outlook of investors on patent driven start-ups, most innovative idea contest, case studies of successful start-ups, IP strategy for growing businesses and a live consultation desk to evaluate the patentability of ideas.

The keynote address was presented by Mr. Wilhelm Weise, Head of Development Centre, ABB India. Other prominent speakers included Dr. A.K Garg, Director (HOD International Cooperation & Bilateral Trade, IPR) MeitY, Government of India, Mr. Arnob Roy, President, Optical Products, Tejas Networks, Mr. Vishwaprasad Alva, MD, Skanray, Mr. Anand Madanagopal, Founder, Cardiac Design Labs, Mr. Advith Dhuddu, Founder, Alivenow and Dr. Partha P Chakrabarti, Director, IIT Kharagpur who addressed the audience. The event also saw participation from various angel networks and venture capital firms such as Kalaari Capital, Bharat Innovation Fund, Lead Angels, Qualcomm Ventures, StartupXSeed and KITVEN Funds as well as corporates such as IBM, General Electric, Samsung and Philips.

Speaking about INNOPAT, Dr. A.K Garg, Director (HOD International Cooperation & Bilateral Trade, IPR) said, “With a focus to promote value added growth, various initiatives to develop new and innovate in indigenous technologies in India which can compete at the global platform, have been implemented. IPR is one of the important tools to foster innovation in India and help technology driven startups to flourish. Therefore the GOI is focussing not only on creating awareness about IPR and Government policies regarding IPR, but also strengthening the protection enforcement and commercialization of IPR through various means.

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