CSIR bags National Intellectual Property Award 2018

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New Delhi : The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been awarded the National Intellectual Property (IP) Award 2018 in the category “Top R&D Institution / Organization for Patents and Commercialization”. Dr Girish Sahni, DG, CSIR, and Secretary, DSIR, received the award on April 26, 2018, from Suresh Prabhu, Commerce and Industry Minister, Government of India, at a function organized by the Indian Intellectual Property Office and Confederation of Indian Chambers of Commerce (CII) in New Delhi, to celebrate the World IP Day.

The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) is an R&D organization. It has been ranked 9^th in the world amongst the 1,207 government institutions with an overall global ranking of 75 in the world covering 5,250 institutions. Pioneer of India’s intellectual property movement, CSIR has been strengthening its patent portfolio to carve out global niches in select technology domains.

CSIR Laboratories have been developing and providing Technology focused at the unmet need and the cutting edge knowledgebase and human resource for socio-economic development in the Country. It is contributing to the Missions such as ‘Swachh Bharat’, ‘Swasth Bharat, Samarth Bharat’, ‘Make in India’, ‘Innovate for India’, ‘Startup India’ and ‘Skill India’.

The Indian Intellectual Property Office confers National Intellectual Property (IP) Award on outstanding innovators, organizations and companies in the fields of patents, designs, trademarks and geographical indications on the occasion of World IP Day every year, according to a PIB release.