HNLU bags Intellectual Property Chair to promote innovation and research in IP Laws

HNLU has got the Intellectual Property Chair to promote innovation, entrepreneurship, and research in the field of IP laws and interface with Science, Technology and Management. 

Hidayatullah National Law University has bagged the Intellectual Property Chair of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)) under the Scheme for Pedagogy and Research in IPRs for Holistic Education Academia (SPRIHA).

HNLU will be appointing a Chair Professor and Research Associates under this scheme apart from funded Research Scholars as per the mandate of the Chair.

Prof. VC Vivekanandan, Vice Chancellor of HNLU said, “This is the first Chair established at HNLU and will cohabit with the Centre for Innovation and Intellectual Property Laws (CIIPL) of the School for Technology and Law (SLT) established under the Research -HuB and Spoke division of HNLU. We will soon announce the various mandated programmes in Chhattisgarh which is already a well-established techno-management- medical education capital with AIIMS, IIT, IIIT, NIT and IIM apart from established traditional and private universities in the state,” as reported by News Riveting.

The initiative aims to promote innovation, entrepreneurship, and research in the field of IP laws and interface with Science, Technology and Management.

Under this chair, there will be funding for conducting workshops, and training programs on IPR for other institutions and various stakeholders at large. There will be funding for appointing professors, research associates and sponsoring PhD candidates in IPR.

The SPRIHA also mandates the offering of UG/PG/Diploma and Certificate courses in IPR and also allows internships for students at IP offices in India.

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