Workshop on “A Beginner’s Guide to Intellectual Property Rights”

IPR refers creation of mind such as invention literacy, artistic work, design, symbol, names and images in any subjects for limited period of time.
The main purpose behind this is to encourage the creation of wild variety of goods for consumers, to achieve this, Patent law gives business property right to information for limited period of time
Patenting is one of the stage strategies for production of one’s intellectual right. To explore this the Committee for Promotion of Research Activity(COPRA) & P.G. Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology of St. Thomas College, Bhilai organized a Workshop on “A Beginner’s Guide to Intellectual Property Rights” The objective of this workshop was to encourage the students for filing of various types of patents.
Principal Dr. M.G. Roymon delivered the welcome speech and congratulated all staff members of St. Thomas College, who regularly organize these type of programmes for benefit of staff and students.
Prof. K.M. Garse, Department of Mechanical Enginnering of Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune was the resource person for this programme.
He created awareness among the staff and students regarding the various types of patents and gave detailed information about it. With the help of illustrations, Prof K. M. Garse explained the participants about different Intellectual Property Right. He very well explained the procedure and process to file different types of patents. In his presentation, Prof. K.M. Garse explained different opportunities for receiving grant patent. He also thanked the organizing team for arranging such scientific programme.
This event was organized in collaboration with Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology. On this event total 51 participants were registered.
This Programme was conducted by Dr. Ujjwala Supe and vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Sonia Popli, Convenor COPRA.