G.H.G. Khalsa College of Education, Gurusar Sadhar organized a workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Patents Fillings on May 27, 2022. The workshop was organized in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (RGNIIPM), Govt. of India, Nagpur. Dr. Bharat N Suryawanshi, Asst. Controller, of patents and designs, RGNIIPM, Nagpur was the resource person on the occasion. The lecture commenced by seeking blessings from Almighty in the form of College Prayer. Dr. Jagjit Singh, Asst. Prof. in the College shared the objectives of the workshop and presented a formal welcome to the resource person of the day.
Dr. Bharat started his lecture by giving a detail explanation about the term Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Patent. He made the participants aware about the difference between Invention and Discovery. Dr. Bharat discussed about the most common mistakes committed by an inventor in the process of filling for patent. While further elaborating about the theme of the workshop Dr. Bharat said that a single product can be protected by more than one IPR. He also discussed about the Patent Grant Procedure in detail. The Role of IPR and Patent System was elaborated by Dr. Bharat by saying that it is helpful in encouragement for improvement of technology, making profits or earning royalty through putting the invention into practice and providing rewards as exclusive rights for disclosure. More than 200 participants including the faculty and students from the college participated in the workshop. Dr. Pargat Singh Garcha, Principal of the College congratulated the coordinators Dr. Ramandeep Kaur and Dr. Jagjit Singh for successfully organizing the workshop.