The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, has officially selected Gujarat National Law University for establishment of an IPR Chair, under the Scheme for Pedagogy & Research in IPRs for Holistic Education & Academia (SPRIHA). With this, GNLU becomes one of the top twelve educational institutes in India to earn the DIPP IPR Chair.
The subject of Intellectual Property Rights has been a center of focus since the launch of National IPR Policy in 2016. Objective 7.2 of the Policy highlights importance of strengthening teaching and research initiatives under IPR at various educational institutes. In order to achieve this mandate, DIPP has been working on creation of schemes to encourage and promote outreach of IPR. Thus, SPRIHA is developed to encourage the study of, education in, research on IPRs.
GNLU Centre for Intellectual Property Rights was established in January 2016 with an aim to promote research, extension and training in the field of IPR. The Centre also aims to incentivize innovative and cutting-edge academic research in the field of IP Laws. Further, the Centre has been allotted two fully funded Research Chairs- through GUJCOST and Microsoft, respectively. With the selection for establishment of DIPP IPR Chair, GNLU will now have three Chairs dedicated to IPR educational activities.
Congratulating Centre Director Dr. Nidhi Buch, GNLU Director Dr. Bimal N. Patel said “This comes as a formal recognition of GNLU Centre for IPR and its performance on all fronts- Teaching, Research, Training and Extension in the field of IPR. This is also a proof of faith reposed by the Government, regulatory bodies and industry in the GNLU and its endeavors, I am sure the dedicated GNLU faculty will rise upto their expectations.
GNLU Legal Incubation Council (GLIC) is organizing a guest lecture on ‘Incorporation and Taxation for Start-ups’ on 11 October 2018 from 2:30 pm to 04:00 pm. The session will focus on legal formation (different types and best suits for start-ups, especially for social enterprises), compliance to be followed post legal promotion and taxation with regards to start-ups. The resource person for the lecture will be Mr. Pranav Thakkar who is the founder of Your Vakil, a law firm based in Ahmedabad.
This would be a great opportunity to all budding entrepreneurs, students and other interested parties to hear about the latest developments and practices of incorporation of a start-up and the taxation policy and scheme.
