The JNTU-Hyderabad and CII Telangana signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on creating an IP ecosystem at J-HUB, JNTUH and the initiative will support students and faculty innovations by way of creating awareness, counselling and filing of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
JNTUH Vice-Chancellor A. Venugopal Reddy and CII, Telangana, Chairman Sanjay Singh exchanged MoU to set up a satellite office of CII IPR Cell at J-HUB on Wednesday.
The agreement between both the institutions aims to create awareness and conduct training programmes for students and faculty on IP Rights; organise IP clinics where faculty and students can consult experts on aspects related to IP protection and product commercialisation of their innovations; facilitate IP search and IP filing; support Industrial connect for possible partnerships and applied research and facilitate IP protection with agreements in collaborative works.
IP clinics
Prof. Venugopal Reddy said that the newly set up office will create strong and conducive IP ecosystem by way of IP clinics, counselling, search and filing of IP to protect faculty and student innovations.
Mr. Sanjay Singh said the MoU will help create awareness on IPR and help fostering intellectural property-based innovations.
N. Yadaiah, JNTUH Registrar; KS Venkatagiri, Executive Director, CII Green Business Centre; Subhajit Saha, Director & Head, CII Telangana; A. Govardhan, Rector, JNTUH; G Vijaya Kumari, Director, J-Hub and B. N. Bhandari, Director Academic & Planning were present.