Training workshop on "Patent Search and Patent Mining" 

Chandigarh, March 12, 2024: DST-Centre for Policy Research (CPR) at Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a one-day training workshop on "Patent Search and Patent Mining" on Tuesday.

Prof. Yajvender Pal Verma, Registrar, Panjab University, Chandigarh graced the event and share his views on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and its need in today’s era. He highlighted the significance of IP in Indian economy. He informed the audience that publication and patents are the major drivers for the growth of any nation’s economy. He stressed on good quality of patent and publication that should help the society. He encouraged the participants to file patents in India rather than outside. 

Dr. Sanjeev Singh,  Joint Secretary, Higher Education and Languages, Govt. of Punjab was the chief guest for this event. He stressed on the need of introducing IPRs in the curriculum of basic sciences. 

Pushpak Singh, Strategic Account Manager, Questel, New Delhi, Dr. Shikha Kalra, Patent Consultant, AGIP, New Delhi and Monika Rishi, Senior Manager, Ind-Swift limited, Mohali were the speakers for this moment. In their interactive sessions, they let participants know the relevance of patent search and patent mining with aim to impart knowledge about the patent system including global patent databases and to demonstrate basic and advanced search techniques to mine inventions from these databases. The event provided a great platform for the hands-on training to learn about copyrights, trademarks and generating revenues. Overall, the event brought forward the idea of finding a novel solution to a localised problem and getting valued patent out of it. 

The event witnesses the active participation in the hand on training provided by the experts. This workshop more than 70 participants from different colleges and universities comprising researcher, faculties and professionals.