Report on
THREE WAYS TO BUILD
HIGH PAYING SATISFYING CAREER
UNEMPLOYMENT
IS NOW BIG PROBLEM!
• Unemployment rate estimated to be at 4.7 per cent.
(Union Ministry of Labour and Employment)
• Overdose of pharmacy students with unemployment rate of 5.4%.Number
of pharmacy graduates are increasing every year. Every year nearly 30,000 B.
Pharm, 6000 M.Pharm and 700 D.Pharm students graduate in the Country.
(Yahoo Finance)
• About 40,000 biotechnology students pass out every year but the total
industry size of about 500 biotech companies gives supply and demand gap of
about 25:1 ( Indian Express )
• Of the 1.5 million engineering students in India, over 70 percent are
unemployed. The IT sector has also suﬀered, with 75 percent of graduates
going unemployed. ( Times of India)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDUSTRY
• Intellectual property has become one of the most important resources in
the 21st century. It’s now an accepted fact that, just like ﬁnancial capital or
commodities or labor, IP is more than an economic asset – it also forms the
basis of a global market. (Forbes, 2012)
• India is becoming a major global source of R&D; about 100 multinational
corporations have already set up R&D centers in the country, leading to the
deepening of technological and innovative capabilities among Indian ﬁrms.
(World Bank Report )
• IP ﬁlings have tremendously increased in India. ( Indian Patent Oﬃce)
Trend in Patent Applications
Filed
43674
43197
36812
34287
16061
11208
10296
6069
2008-2009
Why unemployment is on rise?
A mismatch exists between the skills these young people possess and the
skills that are in demand by the prospective employers.
Granted
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• "devastating" 27.7 percent of 2012 law graduates are still underemployedeﬀectively operating as ﬁxers, making their living as aﬃdavit wallahs hawking
for work outside small claims courts or as notaries. (Bar Council of India (BCI)
• 43% of currently employed people are looking for new options because of
low compensation or lack of career options. (Indian Talent Survey)
Examined
2009-2010
12268
11031
7509
6168
4381
2010-2011
2011-2012
4126
2012-2013
Trend in Trademarks Applications
Filed
Examined
Registered
205065
202385
194216
183588
179317
141943
130172
115472
THREE WAYS TO BUILD
HIGH PAYING SATISFYING CAREER
Way 1
Career planning at school level
Way 2
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Way 3
Investing in developing skills by suitable industrial trainings required by
changing industrial needs and considering learning throughout life (Source:
OECD, Skills Report)
• Training in high-demand and growing sector or working proﬁle
• Training which can oﬀer long term satisfactory career with good
compensation packages
• In order to be responsive to market requirements, training and skills
development should include both technical and core skills for employability
(e.g. communication, teamwork and problem-solving skills) that are portable
across occupations, enterprises and sectors
105219
116263
102257
67490
51735
44361
25875
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
• Tata Consultancy Services has signiﬁcantly increased its patent ﬁlings in
2011-12. It ﬁled 460 patents in several countries last ﬁnancial year, thus
taking the total patents ﬁled to 855. ( Business Line )
Top 5 Indian applicants
for patents in the ﬁeld of Information Technology
Name of Companies
Applications
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
162
SAMSUNG INDIA SOFTWARE OPERATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
135
INFOSYS
81
TEJAS NETWORK LIMITED
40
HCL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
36
• PwC estimates that India’s 10 largest drug ﬁrms spent US$480 million on
R&D in 2008. The bulk of this investment went towards developing new
formulations leading to increase in importance of patent regime.
IP INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES
CREATED 27.1 MILLION JOBS
With increasing importance of intellectual property, IP intensive industries
totaled 27.1 million jobs and contributed in economy.
Employment in IP-Intensive Industries,2010
27,065
Jobs in thousands
22,590
Patent
intensive
Trademark
insentive
Copyright
insentive
IP
intensive
IP Professionals are required in manufacturing units of various industries, R&D
institutions, Law Firms, Legal/Knowledge Process Outsourcing companies, IPR
ﬁrms and MNCs or MSME providing innovative products or solutions.
Candidates from industrial domains like biotechnology, pharmacy,
microbiology, bio-informatics, life-sciences, electronics, computer science,
information technology, mechanical, IT ; various areas of law – corporate law,
international law, commercial law, trade and ﬁnance law etc. are required by
IP-intensive industries.
PrivatePractice
Distribution by Specialism
Biotechnology
14%
19%
1
14% 10% 14%
%
28%
Chemistry
Electronics/Physics
Mechanical Engineering
In-house/Industry
The main aim of program is to build skilled manpower pool to fulﬁll increasing
needs of IPR intensive industries in India.
To stay ahead in competition, companies are continuously innovating and
coming up with new products to cater the needs of target market. Research and
development units of companies generate intellectual assets in the form of
innovative technologies, designs, know - how, new brands or artistic work. These
intellectual assets are worth millions of dollars and need to be managed to
generate proﬁts.
25%
20%
22%
10% 6%
4
%
Trademarks/Copyrights/Design
Other
Jobs in IP-intensive industries pay well compared to other jobs. Average weekly
wages for IP-intensive industries were $1,156 in 2010 or 42 percent higher than
the $815 averageweekly wages in other (non-IP-intensive) private industries. This
wage premium nearly doubled from 22 percent in 1990 to 42 percent by 2010.
(Source: USPTO)
Average Weekly Wages
$1,440
$1,407
$1,156
$1,111
$815
Trademark
insentive
Copyright
insentive
IP
intensive
Non IP
intensive
Since past 5 years, IIPTA is playing important role in equipping people with
skills required by IP intensive industries and in improving their employability
throughout their careers.
IIPTA IPR Industry Network:
• Clarivolex, Delhi
• GVK Biosciences, Hyderabad
• S Majumdar & Co, Kolkata
• Novartis, Mumbai
• IOTA IP, Delhi
.
• Lupin, Pune
• Biocon, Bangalore
Technical Skills
Module 1: Introduction to IPR
Module 2: Patent Law: India, US and Europe
Module 3: Patent Searching and Analysis
Module 4: Trademark Law: India
• Longbow Legal, Kolkata
• Titan Labs, Mumbai
• Stellairx, Jaipur
• IDS Infotech, Chandigarh
• Brain League, Bangalore
• IP Pro, Bangalore
Project
Project 1: Company’s Portfolio Analysis
Project2: Technology Landscape Analysis
• Altacit Global
• Evalueserve, Gurgoan
• URDIP, Pune
• Thomson Reuters, Hyderabad
Non Technical Skills
Module 1: General Aptitude and Logical Reasoning
Module 2: Personality Development
Module 3: Communication Skills
Module 4: Job Interviewing Skills
• K & S Partners, Delhi
• Dolcera, Hyderabad
• Aranca, Mumbai
• CPA Global, Noida
• JSW, Bangalore
• Pangea3, Mumbai
Eligibility Criteria
Candidates who are pursuing or completed graduation or post graduation in
area of science or law are eligible to apply for the program. Candidates with
B.Sc / M.Sc / B.Pharma / M.Pharma / B.Tech / MTech / PhD / LLB / LLM are
eligible to apply for the program.
• Kamal Verma & Associate
• Intepat IP Services Pvt Ltd
• Patra Code, Bangalore
• Remfry and Sagar, Delhi
• Scitech Patent, Hyderabad
• Johnson and Johnson, Mumbai
• Google, Hyderabad
• Maxval IP, Chennai
• Wipro, Bangalore
• IPR International Services, Delhi
• Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan, Delhi
• Selvam & Selvam, Chennai
• Motorola, Gurgoan
• United Lex, Delhi
• Lex Orbis, Delhi
• Legsis Support, Pune
• R.K.DEWAN & Co, Pune
• Bcause, Noida and many more....
In order to be responsive to market requirements, training include both
technical and core skills for employability.
Duration:
2 months, Monday to Thursday, 4 hours of classroom study daily guided by
Industry IP Experts
Or
3 months, ﬂexible study hours, distance learning mode guided by video lectures
and guided assignments
Career Development Support:
After successful completion of program, all participants will get minimum 3
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mismatch
exists between the skills these young people possess
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and the skills that are demanded by prospective employers.
Patent
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IIPTA is India’s leading talent development institute, building skilled
manpower pool for industry requirements. IIPTA was set up in 2008, to help
the nascent IPR industry overcome its human resource challenges
• Ranbaxy, Gurgoan
Telecommunications/Software
14%
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• Khurana and Khurana, Noida
This has created a need for professionals who can understand importance of
intangible assets.
5,100
3,891
Job Oriented
IP Career Mastery Training Program
Fees: Classroom Mode – Rs. 40,000 I Distance Learning Mode – Rs. 20,000
• Orchid Pharma, Chennai
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