Jamshedpur, March 18: A three-day virtual training programme on ‘Intellectual Property Right’ is being organised by CSIR- National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur. The entire event was supported by two groups of employees of CSIR-NML-CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative and CSIR-NML IPFC.
The main objective of this training program is to make people aware of the importance of Intellectual Property Right (IPR) in the current scenario of India and to provide information regarding implementation of it.
On completion of this training, the participants are expected to have: Enhanced knowledge in intellectual property right, Improved knowledge of patent & design registrations, Competence in Copyright and Trademark, Better Understanding of Udyam Registration and other MSME schemes The opportunity to make a career in IPR
On the first day of the training the participants got enrolled for the program and introduced themselves on a virtual platform.
The training started on the second day with an inaugural program in the morning with a welcome address by Dr. Mita Tarafder, Head of KRIT Division of CSIR-NML. In her inspiring address she welcomed all young minds who have innovative ideas and want to protect their ideas and convert them to prototype to attend this training program. She gave the example of how a cycle leaf crusher was built from an innovative idea and suggested to develop the passion and practice innovation to solve day-to-day problems and make it a habit.
This was followed by an address by Dr. S.K. Pal, Head of RPBD Division of CSIR-NML. Dr. Pal introduced the Intellectual Property Facilitation Centre (IPFC) of CSIR-NML and talked about the objectives of creating this centre, the main activities and services it provides and welcomed all participants to approach them and utilise the facilities of the centre to help themselves in their entrepreneurial journey.
The technical sessions were scheduled on the second and third day of the training program. The inaugural program was concluded with vote of thanks delivered by Mr. K. Sudhakar Rao, Technical Officer at CSIR-NML. More than 130 participants from all over the country attended the inaugural session of the training program which was conducted virtually.
