Kapila Kalam program

08 Mar Kapila Kalam program

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Scheme-

Kalam Program for Intellectual Property and Awareness Concerned Ministry

Ministry of Education

Context

It was launched on 15th October 2020 on the 89th birth anniversary of former President and scientist Late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Objective of the scheme

The objective of Kapila is to recognise , facilitate and felicitate the intellectual property Innovation and best practices in higher educational institutions
To develop credit course on IPR features of the scheme
It proposes to create appropriate awareness regarding the need of IP filling mechanism
It entails methodology e involved in filing it in India and global Challenges in IPfiling
students in higher education in India consistently under the guidance of their teacher but they are not aware of the system of filing its patent
students will be able to get benefits from their inventions by patenting them.
lack of awareness among young researchers
this implies that young researchers need to know more about IP rules and rights

significance of Scheme

India to become a 15 trillion US dollar economy by 2024-25 students and scientists have to be more aware of protecting intellectual
Under this campaign students pursuing education in higher education institutes will get information about the correct system aap application process for patenting their invention
The program will facilitate the colleges and Institutions to encourage more and more students to file patent and to preserve andsafeguard their inventions

Institution Innovation Council

It was established by the Ministry of Education in 2018
It envisions to promote innovation in young students by encouraging, inspiring and nurturing them to work withnew

innovative ideas two periodic activities related to Innovation and entrepreneurship.

– Khyati Khare