IPR Cell, Manav Rachna University organized an online webinar on ‘Learn Why, What, and How of Patents ’ for the faculty and students, with a view to raising awareness about protecting one’s innovative ideas through Intellectual Property Rights. The speaker of the session was Ms. Latika Khanduja, Founder and Director at IPLOEA. She has more than a decade of experience supporting start-ups, SMEs, and even corporates in protecting their innovation, and planning & executing their IP strategy.

The webinar was organized by Prof. (Dr.) Parneeta Dhaliwal, Head, RCC and Dr. Ankit Panday, Assoc. Prof., MRU. Ms. Siya Sharma, a 3rd-year B.tech CSE student, was the host of the event. Ms. Latika shared that IPR provides rewards and recognition to inventors for their research, designs, discoveries, inventions, etc., along with various case studies. She explained the complete process from patent filing to patent grant. Ms. Latika also shared the usual timeline of a patent process, and patent filing trends in India and abroad. The students were made well aware of the career opportunities in IPR. Dr. Pradeep Varshney also shared his ideas with the students and the University support provided to the students working in this direction. The session was very interactive. The speaker invoked a lot of queries in the audience leading to an informative and meaningful session for all the participants as each one of them got their well-justified answers.