Staff of ICAR-NRC on Mithun educated on IPR

Participants along with the resource person and officials after the workshop conducted by ITMU of ICAR-NRC on Mithun in Dimapur on January 16. 

Dimapur, January 18 (MExN): Intellectual Property and Technology Management Unit (ITMU) of ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema organized a one-day workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights” on January 16. 

The workshop was organized as part of the capacity building activity with the objectives to educate and to create awareness about IPR issues among the scientific community, a press release stated.

Amrita Mazumdar, Patent Attorney, S Majumdar & CO, Kolkata was the resource person. Mazumdar delivered a series of lectures elaborating on the basics of IPT (Intellectual Property Rights) and made a detailed deliberation on different aspects of IPR: copyright, design and patent. There was an interactive session to discuss the procedure of patent filing and submission of the application to the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA).

The workshop was attended by a total of 44 persons including the staff and scientists of ICAR-NRC on Mithun and Nagaland Centre of ICAR Research Complex of NEHR, Medziphema, faculties of College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, CAU, Jalukie and SASRD, Nagaland University, Medziphema. Dr Jayanta Kumar Chamuah, I/C ITMU, ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema coordinated the event.