Institute Innovation Council of SMVD University in collaboration with Entrepreneurship Development Cell-SMVDU hosted the Workshop on ‘Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) & IP Management for Startup’ at SMVD University, J&K.

Prof. Sudhir K Jain, former Vice-Chancellor of SMVD University and Prof. Emeritus, Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management & Entrepreneurship, Jawaharlal Nehru University, explained the application of IPRs to protect the technology, brand name, design and creativity in the start-ups.

Dr. Lakhwinder Pal Singh, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, discussed about the relevance of IPRs to commercialize the innovations in business start-ups. How to boost the Start-Up Ecosystem through the Intellectual Property Rights was deliberated by Dr. Ashutosh Vashishtha, Associate Professor of School of Business of SMVD University.

This workshop was organized by Dr. Supran K. Sharma, IIC-Activity coordinator and Dean, Faculty of Management and Dr. Rashi Taggar, Assistant Professor, School of Business to enlighten the future entrepreneurs to have competitive advantage in business start-ups with IPRs. With participation from 70 students and academicians, this workshop generated awareness among the innovators to protect their intellectual property.