FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

One Day Faculty Development on Understanding IPR: Protecting Innovation in the modern Era

Date: 26/9/24

Timings: 9 am onwards

Title of the event:  One Day Faculty Development on Understanding IPR: Protecting Innovation in the modern Era”

Target audience: Faculty members of NHCM

Venue: Classroom 108

Organised by:  New Horizon College in Association with Research and Development Cell of New Horizon College of Engineering and IIC

Faculty Coordinator: Ms. Kokila M S

About the session / Event

A one day FDP on Understanding IPR: Protecting Innovation in the modern Era” was planned and organised and New Horizon College in association with Research and Development Department of New Horizon College of Engineering and IIC. The Resource person of the session was Dr. Agalya V, Professor, Associate Head R& D, Head IPR cell, New Horizon College of Engineering.

One day FDP was designed in such a way that, first half of the session talks about the introduction of IPR, its importance in today’s business environment, its need and its understanding and IP Law and Practice. The second half of the session is about hands on training given by the resource person to the faculty members, wherein the resource person trained the faculty on Drafting Patent applications.

The resource person Dr. Agalya made the faculty members understand how to draft patent application in the hands on training session. Faculty members in general appreciated the resource person for the  session , overall the FDP was fruitful and benefitted by the faculty members. Finally Faculty members thanked the Management, for given them opportunity to attend such a valuable FDP programme.

Objectives if the session:

  1. To help the faculty members to understand the concept of IPR, and its importance
  2. To highlight the need for filing IPR, in specific Patent
  3. To provide a hands-on experience for drafting patent application.


Outcome of the session:  This session benefitted faculty members, a broad idea of invention, IP law and Practice, Patent filing routes, Patent drafting, publication, Patent specification and claims of patent.