The Department of Science in association with Visvesvarya Trade Promotion Centre Govt of Karnataka organized sponsored National webinar on “ROLE OF IP AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE” which is the IQAC initiative webinar held on 6th April 2022. The Webinar started with the formal inauguration. Dr.Rekha Sethi, Principal, SBMJFGC, KGF proposed the inaugural address .The sessionswere streamedin You tube and in Google meet . 312 participance registration and e certificate were provided for the participances.
Sessions 1 The key note speaker was Dr. Farah Deeba Senior IP Consultant, CMR University, Bengaluru.She addressed about Biodiversity heritage sites and grand’s to local biodiversity, patenting life, biodiversities IPRs and various Acts related to IPRs.
Sessions 2 The speaker for this session was Smt. Prabhavathi Rao, Facilitator, IP Initiatives & GI Cell, VTPC, Dept. of Industries & Commerce, and Govt. Of Karnataka, Bengaluru.The speaker mainly concentrated on GI as a powerful IP tool impacting grass roots and Government initiatives to promote Geographical Indications.
The technical sessions wereclosed with queries and vote of thanks.
