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Dr. D.R.Agarwal - Director
Education
B.Com (Hons.), Calcutta University (West Bengal, IN)
FCA, LLB, PhD (Economics) |
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Professional Profile
Dr. Agarwal has been practicing as Chartered Accountant since February 1982. He is the Visiting Faculty in Institute of Company Secretaries of India in Modular Training Programme. He is also the Director of Institute of International Trade, Kolkata.
He has participated in various international conference/seminars such as 5th WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun, Mexico, 10-14th September 2003; 6th Ministerial Conference held in Hong Kong from 13-18th December,2005. He has also participated in various panel discussion on Seminars and Conferences on various topics relating to International Trade, Intellectual Property, Accountancy, Taxation and Economics organised by various Chamber of Commerce and other NGOs.
He has written articles in various Newspapers and Magazines occassionally. He has extensively travelled around the world on professional and academic assignments.
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N K Pandey - Director
Education
B.Sc, University of Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradeash, IN), LL.B, Calcutta University (West Bengal, IN) |
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Professional Profile
After completing his LLB from the University of Calcutta, he got enrolled as Advocate in the year 1987 with the Bar Council of West Bengal, India and was associated with the profession for a brief period before he joined the corporate sector in the field of Law.
He started his career in the field of Law with M/s TCI Ltd. at Bangalore and gained rich experience of working in various capacities before he took up the responsibility to Head the Corporate Legal function of M/s Gati Ltd. and all its Group companies and has been working with the Group since last 20 years.
After successfully handling both litigation and non litigation areas touching the laws relating to Intellectual Property, Contract, Company Law, Joint Ventures, Corporate Governance, Company Law Board matters etc. He has also being advising to the Management and other functions including Board of Directors on all key legal issues having bearing on the organization.
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Peter H Jayakumar - Director
Education
B.Com, FCA., |
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Professional Profile
Peter H. Jayakumar plays a key advisory role to the management on all key commercial activities. He is also the Country Chief of Risk Management function of Gati Limited, Hyderabad, A.P., India.
His major areas of focus includes Internal Audit Management, Legal Risk Management, Statutory compliance and Corporate Governance, Taxation matters, System design, development and implementation of process with focus on controls, Legal Risk management, Regulatory and statutory compliance, Due Diligence,etc.
His quest for knowledge made him a frequent visitor to the prestigious educational institutions such as Indian School of Business, Indian Institutes of Management, XLRI, Jamshedpur; Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, The Institute of Internal Auditors-India etc.
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Dr. Partha Sarathi Pal - Head, Technical Department
Education
Ph.D (Tech) in Polymers and Biosensors, Dept. of Polyymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, (WBl, IN) |
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M. Technology in Polymer Science and Technology (Applied Chemistry), University of Calcutta, (West Bengal, IN)
B. Science in Chemistry University of Calcutta, (West Bengal, IN)
PG Diploma in Patents Law, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, IN)
Professional profile
Dr. Parth, a specialist in Patent Landscaping for the past 5 years, has extensive experience in handling with projects across multiple national & international clients in the areas of advanced Patent Research, Analytics, Patent Landscaping, Technology Mapping and Competitive Intelligence. His areas of expertise include Patentability, Novelty, and Product Clearance Search in addition to Prior Art, Invalidation, State of the art Search, Non-patent literature search etc. |
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Dr. Soubhagyamoyee Pal
Education:
M.B.B.S; D.P.H |
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Professional Profile:
Having been a practitioner in Hospitals of Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, and Hyderabad with over 4 years' experiences, she is a consultant IP professional in ITAG. Her past experience also includes 6 months as an IP analyst (Knowledge scientist) in life sciences, biomedical and medicine. Her medical knowledge with sound IP analytics background helps the Techno-Legal Division in handling projects.
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P. Srirama Murthy
Education:
LL.M., LL.B., M.A., B.A. from Osmania University. |
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Professional profile:
He is an expert in Civil, Criminal, Constitution, Company law, Arbitration, Contract, Property, Consumer, Service law, IPR, Municipal and Labour and N.I act etc. |
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Ravindra Kumar G.
Education
Bcom, LLB from Osmania University (MBL – National Law College, Blore) Technical Exposures: PDDCA, DCA |
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Professional profile
An an enrolled Advocate, he had good exposure to all basic trial court procedures, drafting, petition filing, arguments and conducting trials in all Civil court, High court and other quasi-judicial authorities in Hyderabad and Secunderabad. |
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Vikas Vyas
Education
B.Arts; Gujrat University (Gujrat, IN)
LL.B; Gujrat University (Gujrat, IN) |
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Professional profile
With legal expertise of more than a decade, in areas of filing and prosecution of Copyrights and Trademarks, drafting and vetting of contracts, franchise agreements, vendor etc. Vikas is currently working as an IP Anlayst in ITAG. |
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Dinesh Goud
Education
B.Com., L.L.B., L.L.M. specialized in Criminal Law from Osmania University, Hyderabad. |
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Professional profile
He is independently handling the legal matters of all associate companies of Gati Ltd. He is an expert in all legal matters related to Carries Act, Copy Rights, Trade Marks, Motor Vehicles act, NI act etc. |
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Seemab Khan
Education
LL.B; Aligarh Muslim University (Uttar Pradesh, IN)
PG Diploma in Crimonology & Criminal Administration; Aligarh Muslim University (Uttar Pradesh, IN) |
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Professional profile
With a career spanning a decade in legal field in areas of civil, criminal and arbitration laws, drafting and vetting of documents, research on various laws, due diligence etc. He has been instrumental in advising organisations on IPR related issues and initiated issues on IPR infringement. Seemab currently working as an IP Anlayst in ITAG |
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Biswarup Chakraborty
Education
Registered Patent Agent, Government of India.
GNIIT from NIIT in 2004. |
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Professional profile
Biswarup is a registered patent agent with over five years experience in the field of IPR. He has handled a large number of matters relating to Patents, Trademark, Design and PCT filings. He has worked with NICHE Intellectual Property Law Offices. At ITAG, his domain of expertise is in Patents. |
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Lipika Pain
Education
Registered Patent Agent, Government of India.
B.Science in Zoology; Delhi University (Delhi, IN) |
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Professional profile
Lipika is a practising patent agent since 2003 having expertise in handling International and Indian patent apllications' filing and drafting in India as well as abroad. She is also well versed in patent post grant matters. |
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Ligy Rejith
Education
LL.M in Constitutional Law and Commercial Law, Cochin University of Science & Technology (Kerala, IN)
LL.B, Calicut University (Kerala, IN) |
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Professional Activities
Having been an advocate in High Courts of Kerala and Delhi with over five years’ experience, Ligy joined ITAG as IP Analyst. She deals with Copyright at ITAG. |
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Abhinandan Mohapatra
Education
LL.M in Business Law, Utkal University (Orissa, IN)
B.A.LL.B (Hons), Utkal University (Orissa, IN) |
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Professional profile
Before joining ITAG, Abhinandan successfully completed a certificate course in IPR from WIPO Geneva. At ITAG, he deals with Trademarks related matters. |
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Puja Bhupal
Education
LL.M (Gold Medalist); University of North Bengal (West Bengal, IN)
LL.B; University of North Bengal (West Bengal, IN) |
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Professional profile
Puja has worked with law firms as Junior Advocate in areas of Litigation Support, Legal Drafting, Case Research, Company Incorporation and Formation in India etc. She is an IP Analyst looking after legal matters at ITAG . |
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Neeraj Kejriwal
Education
B.Commerce; Calcutta University (West Bengal, IN) |
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Professional profile
With management expertise of more than 5 years, Neeraj is incharge of the overall business administration and looks after the implementation of the Quality Management Systems developed as per ISO 9001:2000 standards. He is also the Chief Accountant at ITAG. |
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Sidharth Jaiswal
Education
B.Commerce; Calcutta University (West Bengal, IN) |
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Professional profile
After completing graduation, Sidharth joined the Instit0ute of International Trade, Kolkata as a Research Fellow. He was also part of the team for creating various training modules, presentations and projects. Currently, he is incharge of implementing Information Security Management Systems developed as per ISO 27001:2005 standards |
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Indu Bhushan Mishra
Education
B.Commerce; Calcutta University (West Bengal, IN) |
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Professional profile
Indu worked with GATI Ltd. as a Zonal Accountant & Zonal Auditor for entire East Zone before joining ITAG in October 2007 and is currently the Accounts Officer. |
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Navin Agarwal
Education
B.Commerce; Calcutta University (West Bengal, IN) |
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Professional profile
After completing his graduation Navin joined us on December 2007. He is currently working as an Marketing Intern. He is also a part of the Accounts team. |
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Namrata Seth
Education:
B.Commerce; Calcutta University (West Bengal, IN)
Associate Chartered Accountant. |
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Professional Profile:
With 2 years of experience as a practising Chartered Accountant and a Senior Executive in a firm engaged in International Trade, she has joined ITAG in October 2008 and is currently Country Head - Singapore. |
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Sutapa Sengupta
Education:
LL.B; Calcutta University |
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Professional profile:
She is a Trademark Agent. Before joining ITAG, Sutapa was working with a Kolkata based Law firm. Her area of expertise is in trademark, copyright. She has joined ITAG as an IP Analyst. |
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Dr. M. Sudha
Education:
Ph.D. in Microbiology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, (Orissa, IN); M. Sc. in Microbiology, Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar, (Orissa, IN); B. Sc. in Botany, Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar, (Orissa, IN) |
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Professional Profile:
Dr. M. Sudha is a registered patent agent since 2005 in the field of IPR. Presently she is presently working as an IP Analyst dealing in Patent matters. She is well versed in drafting of Patent specifications. She has joined ITAG from November, 2008 |
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International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights
We are pleased to announce that International IPR Conference will be held on 8-9 January, 2009 at Hotel Taj Bengal, Kolkata. The theme of the Conference is "Empowering Business Entities thorugh Knowledge Mangement in the Field of IPR". for details, please Log on to www.iprconference.com
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makes around 50 million laddoos every year. TTD had sought GI protection for this delicious sweet. ....more
PEPSICO TO GIVEUP THE LOGO
Here is the time for PepsiCo India, to remove the logo of a snow-capped mountain within six months from its packaged mineral water product Aquafina to avoid the misconception that Aquafina is solely a mountain made product....more
FORMATION OF ANTI-INFRINGEMENT BUREAU FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ON PLANT MATERIAL
In recent years the illegal reproduction and distribution
of plant genetics, have resulted in a huge number of end products on the market which has a severe negative impact on breeders, as well as the entire vegetable value chain......more
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