Background
CII on a mission to promote Innovation and IP as a Movement across the Nation and the Globe. The Summit will help build a synergy among Innovation and IP excellence through SDGs. World Creativity and Innovation Day is celebrated on 21 April and World Intellectual Property Day on 26 April every year with variety of events and activities worldwide. Innovation creates new momentum towards achieving the SDGs and provide solutions to some of the most pressing problems such as poverty eradication and the elimination of hunger.
The Summit aims to promote innovation and creativity among the stakeholders and increase awareness and understanding of IP. The Summit is poised to provide an ideal platform to raise the awareness of the role of innovation and IP in all aspects of human development. The brightest minds in innovation and IP will converge to redefine and shape the future of SDGs.
Speakers 2024
Mr B Thiagarajan
Managing DirectorBlue Star Limited
Prof Rishikesha T Krishnan
Director, IIMB
Mr Harish Krishnan
Managing Director at Cisco Systems India and SAARC Co-Founder Public Affairs Forum of India
Dr Gagandeep Kang
Director – Global Health, Gates Foundation
Prof Unnat Pandit
Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Intellectual Property Office Government of India
Shri Surjit Bhujabal
Special Secretary and Member (Customs) Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Prof Ajay Sood
Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt of India Government of India
Mr R Saha
Senior Advisor Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Dr Shankar Venugopal
Vice President, Mahindra & Mahindra
Professor Sachin Chaturvedi
Director General, Research, and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)
Dr Akhilesh Gupta
Senior Adviser, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
Mr Masood Mallick
CEO Re Sustainability Limited
Prof Rangan Banerjee
Director, IIT Delhi
Dr Anju Khanna
Director-Patents, Lall & Sethi
Dr Pushpendra Rai
Former Director, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Dr Vishal Sodha
Vice President, UPL Ltd
Dr P K Minocha
Director, Meril Life Sciences India Private Ltd.
Mr M Faisal
General Manager and Global Head, IPR Department, Tata Motors Ltd
Dr Venkata Subramanian
Senior Manager Intellectual Property Rights Management, Sami-Sabinsa Group
Dr Ashok Sonkusare
Deputy Adviser (S&T/ DC), NITI Aayog
Mr Rajiv Aggarwal
Vice President, Samsung India
Mr Tito Kishan
Founder, ProInn Consultancy®
Mr Munish Sudan
Head of IP Cell, Tata Steel Ltd.
Dr Jitender Kumar
Managing Director, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)
Mr Ghanshyam Deshpandey
President Technology and Engineering, Praj Industries
Professor Omkar Nath Mohanty
Director Technology & Academic Initiative, RSB Metaltech, RSB Group.
Ms Lata Nair
Partner, K & S Partners
Mr Joseph Nathan
Director Growth & Bids, Worxwide Consulting
Mr Kripadyuti Sarkar
Group CIO Ambuja Neotia Group
Mr Ravi Kumar
Digital Transformation Leader Exide Industries Limited
Mr Anuj Kapuria
Founder, Hitech Roboticz
Shri Vinamra Mishra
Director, MoMSME, Govt of India
CA. Hans Raj Chugh
Central Council Member, ICAI *
Prof Choi Cheol
Professor of HanKuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea
Ms. Hong Kan
Patent Analytics Officer, WIPO
Ms Chitra Iyer
Director/ Licensing Program Leader-India, Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
Mr Rohit Karanth Kota
Head of Research Group, Siemens
Prof Ramgopal Rao
Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani
Mr Vinod Karumampoyil
Digital Transformation Leader, Cisco
Jay Gupta
Tata Consultancy Services
Ms Aishwarya Raman
Director and Head of Research, Ola Mobility Institute
Dr Phaneeswara Rao
Sr. Principal Scientist, Praj Industries
Shri Anupam Prakash
Joint Secretary (Customs), Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Department of Revenue
Ms Rowena Coelho
Manager Process and Capabilities, HP India
Dr Anuradda Ganesh
Senior Advisor (Technical), Cummins India Limited
Ms Candace Johnson (online)
Founder/CoFounder SES, Loral Teleport Europe, Europe Online, Chair and Partner, Seraphim Space and Vice Chair NorthStar, ICC Executive Board Member
Ms Komal Shah Bhukhanwala
Director – R & D and IP, SML Limited
Dr Subhra Chakraborty
Director NIPGR, New Delhi
Mr Ashish Khanna
Chief of Staff and Head of Global Marketing, Nucleus Software
Mr Chander Lall
Senior AdvocateGovernment & Institutional Partners 2023
Focused Country
Partners 2023
Diamond Partner
Silver Partners
Bronze Partner
Corporate Contributors
Government & Institutional Partners 2023
Focused Country
Partners 2023
Diamond Partner
Silver Partners
Bronze Partner
Corporate Contributors
World IP Day-Co-Partner
Invited Speakers 2023
Dr Ramesh Datla
Chairman, CII National Committee on IP & Chairman, Elico Ltd
Mr Daren Tang
Director General World Intellectual Property Organization
Prof Unnat P Pandit
Controller General of Patent Design, and Trademark, Intellectual Property Office, Govt of India
Mr Aleman Marco
Additional Director General WIPO
Hon'ble Ms Justice Prathiba M Singh
Judge, High Court of Delhi, New Delhi
G R Raghavendra
Joint Secretary Department of Justice
Mr R Saha
Senior Advisor Confederation of Indian Industry
Mr John Cabeca
U.S. Intellectual Property Attaché for South Asia, USPTO
Ms Poyni Bhatt
CEOIIT-B SINE
Dr Shirshendu Mukherjee
Mission Director Programme management, BIRAC
Mr Pravin Anand
CEO Managing Partner, Anand and Anand
Dr Shankar Venugopal
Vice president Mahindra & Mahindra
Mr Munish Sudan
Innovation & IP Management, TATA Steel
Mr Anubhav Jain
Global Brand Relations Manager, Amazon India
Mr Saim Manto
Brand Protection Manager, SKF Group, Sweden
Mr Pankaj Monga
Partner, Lall & Sethi
Mr Ramachandran Sundararajan
Principal Consultant, Infosys Knowledge Institute
Dr Pushpendra Rai
Former Director, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Dr Faizel Ismail
Adjunct Professor UCT School of Economics
Prof Dr Heinz Goddar
Patentanwalt European and German Patent and Trademark Attorney, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT
Dr Anju Khanna
Director -Patents, Lall & Sethi*
Daren Tang
Director General World Intellectual Property Organisation
Dr. Anju Khanna
Director- Patents Lall & Sethi
R Saha
Senior Advisor Confederation of Indian Industry
Heinz Goddar
Patentan walt European & German Patent and Trademark attorney BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT
Ms Josefita Pardo de
Leon WTO
Mr Satish Reddy
Chairman, CII National Committee on Intellectual Property & Chairman, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd
Mr Masanori Katsura
Deputy Commissioner, Japan Patent Office
Sumitra Dawra
Special Secretary DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt of India
Ms Lisa Jorgenson
Deputy Director General, WIPO
Dr. N Kalaiselvi
DG, CSIR
Mr Blaise Fernandes
President & CEO, Indian Music Industry
Mr Safir Anand
Partner, Anand and Anand
Dr V. Lakshmikumaran
Managing Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, India
Ms Gouri Puri
Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Ms Vidya Vikas
Head-Patents, Tata Consultancy Services
Pravin Anand
Managing Partner Anand and Anand
Dr. Clovis Freire
Economist, Science, Technology and Innovation policy section, Divisions of Technology and Logistics, United Nations
Vaibhav Khanna
Head of Corporate Intellectual Property Sterlite Technologies Ltd
Roberta Romano-Gotsch
Chief Sustainability Officer European Patent Office
K R Pradeep
Partner, Singh & Singh
