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to back up IP transfer af airs; retent on of the skilled personnel (due to f xed/ consolidated salary structure);
lack of experts for IP and business management i.e. market ng, promot ons, market analysis of inst tute’s
research based technologies etc. In addit on, market research and valuat on of the technologies are not done
to a great extent at the inst tute level and suitable provisions need to be established for the same. Further, it
is t me that exclusive licensing be considered for high-end technologies developed by the inst tute in which
investment was high. Necessary Guidelines are needed to be integrated at the nat onal policy levels.
Mere scrut ny of these challenges lead to the urgency of the intervent on of the GoI in policy mat ers of
technology transfer of ces (TTOs) and expansion of Nat onal IPR Policy to encompass broader avenues of
technology transfer. Steps towards establishment of more and more Technology Management of ces be
considered by the GoI to not only transfer the technologies developed by the innovators/ organizat ons, but
also to provide training to the technology transfer professionals. A commit ee comprising of stakeholders
from various f elds under the guidance of experts be contemplated by GoI to frame a standard protocol for
funct oning of technology transfer of ces in the country and provide necessary advisory to the TTOs from
t me to t me. This commit ee can also act as a panel of advisors in draf ing and implementat on of guidelines
and policies of the TTOs.

IP and TTOs should be made a compulsory component of every academic and research inst tute’s infrastructure.
Facilit es of IP protect on and management, technology transfer, technology valuat on and validat on etc.
should be of ered by these of ces at reasonable fees/ rates. Addit onally, the inclusion of IP as a subject in
every academic inst tut on start ng from school level should be mandated at academic level.
The last challenge which the authors wish to highlight is the counterfeit ng of the products, technologies,
crop variet es for which IP has already been applied. Being a research inst tute we have come across of the
incidents that certain crop variet es (for which we have not licensed the technology to a part cular party), are
being sold by the unauthorized third part es with their names. Such incidents should be condemned at every
level. For this, strict statutory guidelines/ policies at nat onal level in usage of protected technologies without
taking its license should be draf ed and implemented. Such approach will curtail the risk of technologies/
products coming into market without owner/ applicant’s knowledge.
The vision of ‘Self- Reliant India’, envisaged by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India can be met only if the
innovat ons squirt ng from the research labs/ an innovator’s workshop are suitably protected under required
IP regime. Being ‘Vocal for Local’, as stressed by Prime Minister again in the line of making India self-reliant,
will also boost the Indian innovat ons and the consumers will pick the Indian products over foreign brands.
The role of IP and technology transfer over again comes into play in this approach and it will help in placing
the Indian products in global space.

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