Significance for Academia in Business & Research

The Department of Business Administration, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangalore in association with Mangalore University and Visvesvaraya Trade Promotion Centre (VTPC), Govt. of Karnataka, organized a One Day workshop on Intellectual Property Rights: Significance for Academia in Business & Research on Monday, the 22nd June, 2015 in the Sahyadri Campus. This event was conducted with an objective to create awareness on IPR related issues in general and more specifically on educating the participants about the value and protection of IPR. Dr. Joseph Gonsalves, the Principal of St.Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru was invited as a Chief Guest to inaugurate the program. In his inaugural address, he provided an insight into the status of IP in our country and stressed on the importance of managing it. Ms. Prabhavathi, the Co-ordinator of the IP cell, VTPC gave an insight into the various Intellectual property related issues in our country and the benefits that the participants shall be reaping from this program. In his presidential remarks, the Chairman of Bhandary foundation, Dr. Manjunath Bhandary shared his personal observations and experiences of realizing the importance of IP and encouraged the audience to make the best use of this workshop. Vice Principal of the Institute Dr AJ Antony welcomed the gathering. Director of the Dept. of Business administration Dr. A .P. Achar proposed the vote of thanks. The event was compered by Prof. Divya Prabhu P. of the Department. Mr. V Raghuram, Consultant, Technology and IP Commercialization and Dr Rama Murthy, Head – IPR Centre for Emerging Technologies, Jain University Bangalore were the key resource persons for the event. About 55 faculty members and researchers working in management institutes/engineering colleges participated in this workshop