The Government has constituted a six-member Think-Tank consisting of Justice Prabha Sridevan, Retd. Chairperson, IPAB as Chairperson and Ms. Prathiba Singh, Senior Advocate, Shri N.K. Sabharwal, Retd. DDG, WIPO, Ms. Punita Bhargava, Advocate, Inventure IP, Dr.Unnat Pandit, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited and Shri Rajeev Srinivasan, Director, Asian School of Business, Thiruvananthapuram as Members.

The objective of the IPR think tank is to prepare a draft National IPR Policy that would stimulate innovation across sectors in the country and to provide advice on other issues concerning the subject.

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

National IPR Policy drafting body constituted to prepare policy and advise on intellectual property issues. A six-member IPR think tank has been constituted to prepare a draft National IPR Policy, with the primary mandate to stimulate innovation across sectors and to provide advice on other intellectual property issues, drawing on a multi-disciplinary membership to inform policy formulation.