Innovation & Intellectual Property Rights
A Discussion on Policies, Practices and Opportunities for U.S. India Business Relations
4:00pm- 6:00pm |April 21, 2015
Connaught Room|Oberoi Hotel, Delhi
4:00pm – 4:30pm
Inaugural Session:
4:00pm
Welcome Remarks
Mr. Dhanendra Kumar, Principal Advisor, IICA
Dr. Mukesh Aghi, President, U.S.-India Business Council
4:10pm
Opening Remarks
Mr. Justin McCarthy, USIBC Delegation Leader &Senior Vice President, Pfizer
4:15pm
Special Remarks
Mr. Ajay Shankar, Chairman, Committee on Ease of Doing Business, DIPP &
Former Secretary, DIPP
4:30-5:55pm
Panel Discussion:
4:35pm
Theme Address: The Innovation Ecosystem - Resources, Talent, and Output
Shri Rajiv Aggarwal,IAS, Joint Secretary,Controller General of Patents, Designs
and Trade Marks, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
4:45pm
Panel Discussion Moderated by: Praveen Anand, Anand & Anand*
Panelists include:
Smt. Pratibha Singh, Member, IPR Think Tank
Shri Rajiv Aggarwal,IAS, Joint Secretary,Controller General of Patents, Designs,
and Trade Marks, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion*
Mr. Ajay Dua, Regional Counsel,IBM India, South Asia
Mr. Padmanabh Ramanujam, Assistant Director for the Centre for Intellectual
Property Rights, O.P. Jindal University
Mr. Sanjeeva Shivesh, Co-Founder, Indian School for Entrepreneurs and
Enterprise Development (iSEED)*
Member, Global Private Equity Fund*
6:00pm
Vote of Thanks
Atul Dev Sarmah, Head- Partnerships & International Centre, IICA
* To be confirmed