Raghunath Anant Mashelkar Case Study
Introduction and Background
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, is a former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, a chain of 38 publicly funded industrial research and development institutions in India. He has very humble beginnings in a village called Mashel in Goa. His mother migrated to Bombay in search of a job after the demise of his father. He trained as a Chemical Engineer in Mumbai’s UDCT. He has made some path-breaking contributions in transport phenomena.
In the post-liberalized India, he has played an important role in shaping India's science and technology policies. He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and has chaired various committees established to examine a variety …show more content…
It was through his sustained and visionary campaign that awareness of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) has grown amongst Indian academics, researchers and corporates. He spearheaded the successful challenge to a US patent on the use of turmeric for wound healing, as well as another patent on Basmati rice. These landmark cases have set up new paradigms in the protection of India's traditional knowledge base, besides leading to the setting up of India's first Traditional Knowledge Digital Library. In turn, at an international level, this has led to the initiation of the change of the International Patent Classification System to give traditional knowledge its rightful place. As Chairman of the Standing Committee on Information Technology of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); as a member of the International Intellectual Property Rights Commission of UK; and as Vice Chairman on Commission in Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH) set up by World Health Organization (WHO); he brought the perspective of developing nations into IP right …show more content…
The contributions have been varied. They include –
o Played a crucial role in creating patent awareness in Indian institutions, industry and the government. Propagated the patent culture from 1989. NCL is the highest Indian patents holder today. CSIR’s IPR Management Policy (1996) resulted in its occupying the second position in PCT filings among all the developing nations in 2001.
o As a member of the prestigious International IPR Commission set up by UK Government and also as a member of the World Wide Academy of WIPO, played a crucial role in balancing the rights of the
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, is a former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, a chain of 38 publicly funded industrial research and development institutions in India. He has very humble beginnings in a village called Mashel in Goa. His mother migrated to Bombay in search of a job after the demise of his father. He trained as a Chemical Engineer in Mumbai’s UDCT. He has made some path-breaking contributions in transport phenomena.
In the post-liberalized India, he has played an important role in shaping India's science and technology policies. He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and has chaired various committees established to examine a variety …show more content…
It was through his sustained and visionary campaign that awareness of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) has grown amongst Indian academics, researchers and corporates. He spearheaded the successful challenge to a US patent on the use of turmeric for wound healing, as well as another patent on Basmati rice. These landmark cases have set up new paradigms in the protection of India's traditional knowledge base, besides leading to the setting up of India's first Traditional Knowledge Digital Library. In turn, at an international level, this has led to the initiation of the change of the International Patent Classification System to give traditional knowledge its rightful place. As Chairman of the Standing Committee on Information Technology of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); as a member of the International Intellectual Property Rights Commission of UK; and as Vice Chairman on Commission in Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH) set up by World Health Organization (WHO); he brought the perspective of developing nations into IP right …show more content…
The contributions have been varied. They include –
o Played a crucial role in creating patent awareness in Indian institutions, industry and the government. Propagated the patent culture from 1989. NCL is the highest Indian patents holder today. CSIR’s IPR Management Policy (1996) resulted in its occupying the second position in PCT filings among all the developing nations in 2001.
o As a member of the prestigious International IPR Commission set up by UK Government and also as a member of the World Wide Academy of WIPO, played a crucial role in balancing the rights of the