JAMMU: The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of PSPS Government College for Women Gandhi Nagar organized a one-day national seminar on Intellectual Property Rights in collaboration with the Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademark (CGPDTM), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) today.
The chief guest for the event was the Principal of PSPS Government College for Women Gandhi Nagar, Prof Minu Mahajan. The keynote speaker for the seminar was Chhavi Garg, a Group A officer, Examiner of Patents and Designs, NIPAM officer, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
Prof. Minu Mahajan briefed the audience about the importance of protecting our intellectual property, i.e., the ideas of one’s own mind. The keynote speaker, Chhavi Garg, gave a detailed presentation on the six steps of IPRs, i.e., patents, designs, trademarks, copyrights, geographical indications, and semiconductor integrated circuit layout designs. She also cleared the doubts of the audience regarding IPRs in the question-answer session. More than 125 participants attended the seminar. Dr. Neha Antal and Dr. Rohit Gupta handled all issues related to the technical aspects of organizing the seminar.
The program ended with a formal vote of thanks by Prof. Renu Anand, IQAC member and Head of the Mathematics Department of the college.