NRDC-TISC signs Memorandum of Agreements with three varsities

Visakhapatnam: On an average, 350 patents are being filed in the state, which is lower compared to other states in the country, said   BK Sahu, Manager and In-charge, NRDC-TISC & IPFC, Visakhapatnam. He was speaking at the final day of a two-day national workshop on ‘Patent search’ conducted by National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) and Technology and Innovation Support Centre (TISC) at Rushikonda here on Friday.

During workshop, NRDC-TISC signed Memorandum of Agreements (MoA) for commercialising Intellectual Property (IPs) and technologies with three universities Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University located at Sabbavaram in Visakhapatnam, Adikavi Nannaya University (AKNU) in Rajamahendravaram and Sagi Ramakrishnam Raju Engineering College (SRKREC) in Bhimavaram and Kakinada. 

Speaking to The Hans India, Andrew Czajkowski, head of World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), said that this workshop is aimed at presenting in depth knowledge on various IP search databases and enable navigation steps of searching for patent literature for finding out the state-of-the-art technologies.