TRAINING & CAPACITY BUILDING -

TTO@BCIL has been set up with support from Department of Biotechnology - Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council - National Biopharma Mission (DBT-BIRAC-NBM). TTO@BCIL leverages three decades of experience of BCIL in technology transfer to undertake innovation management and technology transfer for all autonomous research institutes of DBT as well as all DBT funded extramural projects.

Capacity building is taken up regularly by the TTO@BCIL with the objective of sensitizing the scientists, research scholars, post-doctoral fellows and students on the various aspects of Intellectual Property management, subsequent technology transfer and other techno-legal work in biotechnology industry.

With view of the above, TTO@BCIL has organized a series of webinar on diverse topics related to Biotechnology industry. These webinars have presentations by leading experts in the area of life sciences/ biotechnology followed by interactive sessions with participants.

IP Webinars on “Developing strong patent portfolio for startups and institutes & Introduction to patent search” on 19th September 2025:

TTO at BCIL organized two Webinars on 19th September, 2025 (IST), from 3.00 PM to 5.30 PM on the following topics: Webinar

1: Developing strong patent portfolio for startups and institutes Webinar

2: Introduction to patent search

The invited speakers, Dr. Shachindra Pandey, Partner & Patent Attorney and Mr. Sachin Bindal, Partner & Patent Attorney from K&S Partners delivered an insightful presentation which was followed by an interactive QnA session.

 

IP Webinar on “Basics & Nuances of Technology Transfer – Successful case studies in the Indian IP ecosystem” on 22nd August 2025:

TTO@BCIL organized a Webinar on “Basics & Nuances of Technology Transfer – Successful case studies in the Indian IP ecosystem” from 3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on 22nd August, 2025 (IST). This webinar featured a presentation by Mr. Hitesh Dhankher, Senior IP Analyst, Honeywell followed by an interactive QnA session with participants.

 

 

 

 

IP Webinar on “Sufficiency of disclosure in biotech inventions” on 27th June 2025:

TTO@BCIL organized a Webinar on “What is Sufficiency of Disclosure in Biotech Inventions & Implications of Insufficient Description in a Patent Application” from 3:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. on 27th June, 2025 (IST). The objective of the webinar was to sensitize scientists, researchers, faculty and others IP enthusiasts towards the changing vertices of Indian Patent law.  This webinar featured a presentation by Ms. Pragya Thakur, Patent Consultant followed by an interactive QnA session with participants.

 

 

 

 

IP Webinar on Indian Patent Law on 2nd April 2025:

TTO at BCIL organized two Webinars on April 02, 2025 (IST), from 3.00 PM to 5.00 PM 

The invited speakers, Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Principal Associate, Patent Agent and Ms. Priyanka Tripathi, Deputy Senior Associate, Patent Agent at Jupiter Law Partners delivered an insightful presentation which was followed by an interactive QnA session.
 

 

 

 

IP Webinar on “Patentability of inventions in life science and bioinformatics involving AI” on 18th February 2025:

TTO at BCIL organized a Webinar on ' Patentability of Inventions in Life Science and Bioinformatics involving AI' from 3:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. on February 18, 2025 (IST). This webinar featured a presentation by Ms. Suvarna Pandey, Associate Partner – RNA Technology & IP Attorneys followed by an interactive QnA session with participants.

 

 

 

IP Webinar on “Recent amendments in patent law and practice” on 17th December 2024:

TTO at BCIL organized a Webinar on “Recent Amendments in Patent Law and Practice: The Way Forward” from 3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on December 17, 2024 (IST). This webinar featured a presentation by Ms. Shruthi Kaushik, Managing Director, Patentwire IP Attorneys, Co-founder-IP Bazzaar and Founding Member-RIPA Delhi followed by an interactive QnA session with participants.