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Kerala Science Congress - Compendium On Ipr : Message Of Kerala Chief Minister

by R.S. Praveen Raj

posted in Legal : Intellectual Property

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22nd Kerala Science Congress was held at Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi, Thrissur. The organisers chose "IPR and Development - A National Perspective" as the focal theme for this year's Science Congress. It was in fact a brave decision that the organisers of a science congress opted IPR as their main theme. The organisers also published a compendium of invited papers on IPR. The compendium includes a thought-provoking note from Kerala Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri. V.S. Achuthanandan. Let me post below the message of Kerala Chief Minister.

I’m extremely happy to note that the Kerala Council for Science, Technology & Environment has rightly chosen Intellectual Property Rights and Development as the focal theme for 22nd Kerala Science Congress. It is high time that the Kerala science community debated the pros and cons of establishing a strong IPR Regime that has been imposed on us by the powerful globalisation lobby. While Intellectual Property Rights serve as catalyst for development and recognizes and values creativity and innovation, recent years have witnessed gross misuse of the IPR legislations by the greedy multinational companies.

India’s future is very much dependent on its human resources and their potential to innovate in the field of Science & Technology. However a larger cross-section of our students, teachers and scientists are yet to be made fully aware of the necessity of harnessing the IPR system to their best advantage. It is in this context that the Government considers the inclusion of IPR as a compulsory subject in the curriculum of Higher Education.

The Government intends to make Kerala state “IP savvy” by imparting adequate IPR awareness to different layers of the society. We are totally against creation of monopoly on Knowledge. That is why the IPR Policy of Kerala 2008 reiterates the government commitment to prevent private appropriation of the traditional knowledge.

I congratulate the organisers and wish every success to the Kerala Science Congress 2010.

Shri. V.S. Achuthanandan

About the Author:

R.S. Praveen Raj, Scientist - IP Management & Technology Transfer,

National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (NIIST),(Formerly RRL, Trivandrum), Industrial Estate P.O., Pappanamcode, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 019.

http://secularcitizen.blogspot.com

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