DETAILS OF PARTICIPATION (ONLINE/OFFLINE) IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS BY THE OFFICIALS OF O/o. CGPDTM


A. Foreign Travel Details of IP India Officials (2013–2019)
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1 Details of foreign tours (2013–2019) Details of foreign tours (2013–2019) (475 KB)
B. Foreign Travel Details of IP India Officials (2019 Onwards)
Name of the Meeting Details Date Location Participants Mode of Participation Deputation Order
26th Session of the Meeting of International Authorities under PCT (PCT/MIA) PCT/MIA (February 13 and 14, 2019) and MIA Quality subgroup on (11-12 February, 2019) Cairo. Smt. REKHA V., Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs Offline Link
IP BRICS 2019 Examiner Training BRICS Feb 25 to March 1, 2019 Pretoria, South Africa 1. Shri. Pritish Ranjan Pal, Examiner of Patents and Designs, Patent Office, Kolkata
2. Shri Rajesh Kumar Meena, Examiner of Patents and Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
Offline Link
39th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) IGC March 18 to 22, 2019 Geneva Mr. Rohit RATHORE, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs, Kolkata Offline Link
The Informal Brainstorming Session on Geographical Indication GI April 8 to 9, 2019 Singapore Mr. Prashanth Kumar S Bhairappanavar, Senior Examiner of Trade Marks and Geographical Indications Offline Link
7th Session of the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) CWS July 1 to 5, 2019 Geneva Mr. R. Devan, Joint Controller of Patents & Designs Offline
41st Session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) SCT April 8 to 11, 2019 Geneva Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pradhan, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs Offline
24th Session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) CDIP November 18 to 22, 2019 Geneva Mr. Rajendra Kumar LOHIYA, Assistant Controller, Patents and Designs, New Delhi Offline Link
WIPO Madrid Fellowship Program, 2019 Madrid Fellowship October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2021 Geneva Sh. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Senior Examiner of Trade Marks and Geographical Indications Offline Link
14th Session of the Committee of Experts of the Locarno Union for the international classification for Industrial designs Locarno Union Nov 18 to 22, 2019 Geneva Mr. Vinod Prakash Vasava, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs Offline Link
31st Session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) SCP Dec 2 to 5, 2019 Geneva Dr. Bhanumathi R, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs, Patent Office, Chennai Offline Link
MIA Quality subgroup on February 3 & 5, 2020 and the 27th session of the Meeting of International Authorities under the PCT (PCT/MIA) on February 6 & 7, 2020 Quality/PCT Feb 3 to 5, 2020 / Feb 6 to 7, 2020 "Gatineau, Canada" Ms. Rekha Vijayam, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi Offline
52nd Session of the Special Union for the International Patent Classification (IPC Union) Committee of Experts IPC Feb 19 to 20, 2020 Geneva Mr. Debasish Banerjee, Asst. Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi Offline Link
61st series of meetings of the Assemblies of the member states of WIPO, PCT Union and Madrid Union, respectively WIPO Assembly, PCT, Madrid System Sep 21 to 25, 2020 Geneva "1. Mr. Om Prakash Gupta, CGPDTM
2. Dr. Rajesh Dixit, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
3. Mr. Shakti Dhar Ojha, Deputy Registrar of TM & GI
4. Dr. Amarendra Samal, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Mumbai "
Online
Meeting of PCT Working Group PCT Oct 5 to 8, 2020 Geneva Ms. Rekha V., Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi Online
18th session of Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks Madrid System Oct 12 to 16, 2020 Geneva "1. Mr. R. A. Tiwari, Dy. Registrar of TM & GI
2. Ms. Deepmala M., Sr. Examiner of TM and GI"
Online
40th session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) SCCR November 16 to 20, 2020 Geneva Mr. Hoshiar SINGH, Registrar, Copyright Office, New Delhi Offline
43rd Session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) SCT Nov 23 to 26, 2020 Geneva Mr. Sushil Kumar Pandey, Senior Examiner of Trademarks & GI from Trademarks Registry, Mumbai Online
8th Session of the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) CWS Nov 30 to Dec 4, 2020 Geneva "1. Mr. Debasish Banerjee, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Mr. Santosh Kumar Gupta, Assistant Controllers of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi "
Online
32nd Session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) SCP Dec 7 to 10, 2020 Geneva Mr. Anoop K Joy, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Chennai Online
9th Session of the Working Group on the legal development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs Hague System Dec 14 to 16, 2020 Geneva Dr. Shyam Kumar Barik, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Kolkata Online
11th informal meeting of the Quality Subgroup Quality Mar 22 to 23, 2021 Geneva "1. Ms Rekha Vijayam, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
2. Mr. Sameer Kumar Swarup, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
3. Dr. Debasish Banerjee, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
4. Mr. Harish Raj, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
5. Mr. Jai Veer, Examiner of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi"
Online
28th session of the Meeting of International Authorities under the PCT (PCT/MIA) PCT Mar 24 to 26, 2021 Geneva "1. Ms. Rekha Vijayam, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
2. Mr. Sameer Kumar Swarup, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
3. Dr. Debasish Banerjee, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
4. Mr. Harish Raj, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
5. Mr. Jai Veer, Examiner of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi"
Online
44th Session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) SCT May 17 to 19, 2021 Geneva "1. Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pradhan, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Dr. Pawan Kumar Pandey, Deputy Registrar of Trademarks and GI
3. Mr. Prashanth Kumar S Bhairappanavar, Senior Examiner of Trademarks and GI"
Online
14th session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group PCT June 14 to 17, 2021 Geneva "1. Ms. Rekha Vijayam, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
2. Mr. Sameer Swarup, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
3. Mr. M Ravi Shankar, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Chennai
4. Ms. Bimi G B, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
5. Md. Atiqullah, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
6. Mr. Harish Raj, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi"
Online
41st session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) SCCR June 28 to July 1, 2021 Geneva "1. Mr. Rajendra Ratnoo, CGPDTM
2. Mr. Hoshiar Singh, Registrar of Copyrights"
Online
26th Session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) CDIP July 26 to 30, 2021 Geneva Dr. Sukanya Chattopadhyay, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs Online
41st Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) IGC Aug 30 to Sep 3, 2021 Geneva "1. Mrs. Rekha V., Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
2. Mr. Kalyan Revella, Deputy Secretary, CGPDTM
3. Dr. Sharan Gouda, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs"
Online
1st Session of Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) Online Dialogue ACE Sep 21, 2021 Geneva "1. Mr. Kamal Singh Goondli, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Mr. Sameer Kumar Swarup, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
3. Ms. Nekita Kumari, Examiner of Patents & Designs "
Online
62nd series of meetings of the assemblies of the member states of WIPO, PCT Union Assembly and Madrid Union Assembly WIPO Assembly, PCT, Madrid System Oct 4 to 8, 2021 Geneva "1. Mr. Rajendra Ratnoo, CGPDTM
2. Mr. Sameer Kumar Swarup, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
3. Mr. Shakti Dhar Ojha, Deputy Registrar of TM & GI
4. Mr. Sukhdeep Singh, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs"
Online
9th Session of Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) CWS Nov 1 to 5, 2021 Geneva "1. Mr. Santosh Kumar Gupta, Asst. Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
2. Mr. Rahul Gahlan, Examiner of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi"
Online
46th Session of Special Union for the International Patent Classification (IPC Union) IPC Revision Working Group IPC Nov 8 to 10, 2021 Geneva "1. Md. Atiqullah, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Ms. Suchetana Bhattacharya, Examiner of Patents & Designs"
Online
19th session of Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks Madrid System Nov 15 to 19, 2021 Geneva Dr. Pawan Kumar Pandey, Deputy Registrar of Trademarks and GI, Trademarks Registry, Kolkata Online
"FOSTERING INNOVATION AND COMMERCIALISATION OF IPR" under the DFC Scholarship Programme DFC Program November 8th to November 26th, 2021 Copenhagen, Denmark 1. Dr. Amarendra Samal, DC
2. Mr. Sameer K. Swarup, DC
3. Mr. M. Ajith, DC
4. Dr. Sharan G. Gouda, AC
5. Mr. Santosh Kumar Gupta, AC
6. Ms. Himanshi Singh, AC
Offline Link
33rd Session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) SCP Dec 6 to 9, 2021 Geneva Mr. K.S. Hariram, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs Online
42nd Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) IGC Feb 28 to 4th March, 2022 Geneva "1. Mrs. Rekha V., Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Mr. Kalyan Revella, Deputy Secretary
3. Dr. Sharan Gouda, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
4. Dr. Rohit Rathore, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs "
Online
45th session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) SCT March 28 to 30, 2022 Geneva "1. Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pradhan, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Mr. Shaktidhar Ojha, Deputy Registrar of TM & GI
3. Mr. Prashanth Kumar Bhairappanavar, Senior Examiner of TM & GI"
Online
32nd Session of the Committee of Experts of the Nice Union for the International Classification of Goods and Services for the purposes of the Registration of Marks Nice Union April 25 to 29, 2022 Geneva "1. Mr. Ashish Kumar Pandey, Sr. Examiner of TM and GI
2. Mrs. Deepmala Mathapati, Sr. Examiner of TM and GI"
Online
INTA’s 2022 Annual Meeting Live+ INTA April 30 to May 4, 2022 Online "1. Prof. Unnat P. Pandit, CGPDTM
2. Mr. Shakti Dhar Ojha, Deputy Registrar of TM & GI "
Online
47th session of the Special Union for the International Patent Classification (IPC Union) IPC Revision Working Group IPC May 9 to 13, 2022 Geneva "1. Mrs. Vishakha Gupta from Chemical Sciences, Patent Office, Delhi
2. Mr. Saurabh Dwivedi from Electrical Engineering, Patent Office, Kolkata
3. Mr. Seetha Raman A from Mechanical Engineering, Patent Office, Chennai"
Online
42nd session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) SCCR May 9 to 13, 2022 Geneva "1. Prof. Unnat P. Pandit, CGPDTM
2. Dr. Prithpal Kaur, Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks, GI & Copyright
3. Mr. Hemant Khosla, Senior Examiner of Trademarks & GI"
Online
28th Session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) CDIP May 16 to 20, 2022 Geneva "1. Prof. Unnat P. Pandit, CGPDTM
2. Dr. (Mrs.) Bhanumathi R., Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs"
Online
"FOSTERING INNOVATION AND COMMERCIALISATION OF IPR" under the DFC Scholarship Programme DFC Program April 18 to May 6, 2022 Copenhagen, Denmark 1. Mr. Kalyan Ravella, Deputy Secretary
2. Mr. Yogesh V. Bajaj, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
3. Mr. Jai Veer, Examiner of Patents and Designs
4. Ms. Shahida Umar, Examiner of Patents and Designs
Offline Link
43rd session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) IGC May 30 to June 3, 2022 Geneva "1. Mrs. Rekha V., Dy. Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Mr. Kalyan Revella, Deputy Secretary
3. Dr. Sharan Gouda, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
4. Dr. Rohit Rathore, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs "
Online
4th session of the Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System Lisbon System June 14 to 16, 2022 Geneva "1. Mr. M.M. Habibulla, Assistant Registrar of Trademarks & GI, Chennai
2. Mr. Prashanth Kumar S Bhairappanavar, Assistant Registrar of Trademarks & GI, Chennai"
Online
29th Session of the Meeting of International Authorities under the PCT PCT June 20 to 22, 2022 Geneva "1. Mr. N. Ramchander, Jt. Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Mrs. Rekha V., Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
3. Mr. Ravisankar M., Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
4. Md. Atiqullah, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs
5. Mr. Harish Raj, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs"
Online
34th session of the Program and Budget Committee (PBC) PBC June 27 to July 1, 2022 Geneva Mr. Kalyan Revella, Deputy Secretary Online
63rd Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO/ 55th session of WIPO General Assembly/ 54th session of PCT Union Assembly/ 56th session of Madrid Union Assembly WIPO Assembly/ WIPO Assembly/ PCT Madrid System Jul 14 to 22, 2022 Geneva "1. Prof. (Dr.) Unnat P. Pandit, CGPDTM
2. Dr. Amarendra Samal, Dy. Controller of Patents & Designs
3. Dr. Dinesh P. Patil, Dy. Controller of Patents & Designs
4. Dr. Pawan Kumar Pandey, Dy. Registrar of TM & GI
5. Mr. Sukhdeep Singh, Asst. Controller of Patents & Designs "
Offline Link
Link
44th session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) IGC Sep 12 to 16, 2022 Geneva "1. Mrs. Rekha V., Dy. Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Dr. Sharan Gouda, Assistant Controllers of Patents & Designs
3. Dr. Rohit Rathore, Assistant Controllers of Patents & Designs"
Online
6th session of the WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property (IP) and Frontier Technologies CIPFT Sep 21 to 22, 2022 Geneva "1. Mr. Kamal Singh Goondli, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Mrs. Rekha V., Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
3. Mr. Sameer Kumar Swarup, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs"
Online
34th session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) SCP Sep 26 to 30, 2022 Geneva Dr. Usha Rao, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs Online
15th session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group / 32nd session of the PCT Committee for Technical Cooperation PCT Oct 3 to 7, 2022 Geneva Ms. Rekha Vijayam, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs, Patent Office, Delhi Offline
29th session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) CDIP Oct 17 to 21, 2022 Geneva "1. Dr. Pankaj P. Borkar (in-person), Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Dr. Amarendra Samal, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs and Mr. Sukhdeep Singh, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs (virtually)"
Online
46th session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) SCT Nov 21 to 23, 2022 Geneva Mr. Prashanth Kumar S Bhairappanavar, Assistant Registrar of TM & GI Online
10th session of the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) CWS Nov 21 to 25, 2022 Geneva Mr. Mohit, Senior Examiner of Trademarks and GI Offline Link
11th session of the Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs Hague System Dec 12 to 14, 2022 Geneva "1. Mr. Sanjay Bhattacharya, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pradhan, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
3. Dr. Dinesh P. Patil, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs"
Online
The JPO/IPR training course on Anti-Counterfeiting measures for Practitioners Copyright and TM October 18 to 25, 2022 Tokyo Japan 1. Ms. Preeti, Examiner of TM and GI
2. Mr. Chirag , Senior Examiner of TM and GI
Offline Link
45th session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) IGC Dec 5 to 9, 2022 Geneva "1. Mrs. Rekha V., Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Dr. Sharan Gouda, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
3. Dr. Rohit Rathore, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs"
Online
5th session of the Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System Lisbon System January 24 to 26, 2023 Geneva "1. Mr. Prashanth Kumar BHAIRAPPANAVAR, Assistant Registrar of Trademarks and Geographical Indications, Chennai
2. Mr. Sivakumar SIVASAMY, Assistant Registrar of Trademarks and Geographical Indications, Chennai"
Online
First session of the PCT Text Processing Task Force PCT Jan 29 to 31, 2023 Geneva "1. N.Ramchander, Jt. Controller of Patents & Designs , PCT-ISA, Patent office, Delhi
2. Dr. Rohit Rathore Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs, PCT-RO,Patent office, Delhi"
Online
16th Session of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group PCT February 6 to 8, 2023 Geneva "1. Mrs. Rekha V., Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Mr. N. Ramchander, Joint Controller of Patents & Designs"
Online
Round-7 of India-UK Free Trade Agreement Negotiation UK FTA February 6 to 10, 2023 London 1. Prof. (Dr.) Unnat P. Pandit, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM)
2. Shri Sukhdeep Singh, Asst. Controller of Patents and Designs
Offline Link
USA Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Intellectual Property Office Administration Program: Best Practices and USPTO Experience in Trademarks GIPA February 6 to 10, 2023 Alexandra, Virginia 1. Dr.Pawan Pandey, Deputy Registrar of TM & GI
2. Smt. Clitty Shaju, Deputy Registrar of TM & GI
Offline Link
Round 4 of India- EU Free Trade Agreement Negotiation EU FTA March 13 to 16, 2023 Brussels 1. Prof. (Dr.) Unnat P. Pandit, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM)
2. Shri Sukhdeep Singh, Asst. Controller of Patents and Designs
Offline Link
43rd session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) SCCR March 13 to 17, 2023 Geneva Mr. Mohit, Senior Examiner of Trademarks and GI, TMR Delhi Offline Link
Regional Workshop of Intellectual Property Office Officials Responsible for the Madrid System for Selected Asia and the Pacific Countries Madrid System March 16 to 17, 2023 Hanoi, Viet Nam Mrs. Roopa Bhasker, Examiner of Trademarks and GI, TMR Mumbai Offline Link
49th session of the Special Union for the International Patent Classification (IPC Union) IPC Revision Working Group IPC April 24 to 28, 2023 Geneva Dr. Amarendra Samal, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs Offline Link
30th session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) CDIP April 24 to 28, 2023 Geneva Mr. Pinkesh K. Jain, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs, Patent Office, Mumbai Online
33rd session of the Committee of Experts of the Nice Union for the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks Nice Union May 1 to 5, 2023 Geneva "1. Dr. Pawan Kumar Pandey, Deputy Registrar of TM and GI, TMR, Mumbai
2. Mr. Mohit D., Sr. Examiner of TM & GI, TMR, Delhi
3. Ms. Roopa B., Examiner of TM & GI
4. Ms. Himpriya, Examiner of TM & GI, TMR, Mumbai
5. Ms. Mugdha Pol, Examiner of TM & GI, TMR, Mumbai
6. Ms. Sheela Wankhede, Examiner of TM & GI, TMR, Mumbai"
Online
Meeting with the EU under the Free Trade Agreement and EFTA EU FTA May 14 to 15, 2023 Brussels 1. Prof. (Dr.) Unnat P. Pandit, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Offline Link
INTA's 2023 Annual Meeting INTA May 17 to 18, 2023 Singapore 1. Prof. (Dr.) Unnat P. Pandit, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
2. Mr. Vikas Punia, Sr. Examiner of Trademarks and GI
Offline Link
US IPRIM regional workshop IPRIM May 15 to 19, 2023 Kathmandu, Nepal Mohit (Mr.), Senior Examiner Copyright Office, Delhi Offline Link
6th meeting of the PCT Minimum Documentation Task Force PCT May 22 to 26, 2023 Online "1. Mrs. Rekha V., Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
2. Ms. Priyanka, Examiner of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
3. Ms. Nekita Kumari, Examiner of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi
4. Mr. Manish Soyal, Examiner of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi "
Online
Information session on the Design Law Treaty DLT 1 June 2023 Online "1. Sh. Naveen Kumar, Under Secretary, Copyright and Design, DPIIT
2. Sh. Deepak Kumar, Assistant Director, WIPO and CIPAM, DPIIT
3. Mr. Sanjay Bhattacharya, Joint Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Chennai, O/o CGPDTM
4. Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pradhan, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Kolkata, O/o CGPDTM
5. Ms. Tripti Pandey, Examiner of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Delhi, O/o CGPDTM"
Online
Worldwide Symposium on Geographical lndications, jointly organized by WIPO and the National lntellectual Property Center (SAKPATENTI) Geographical lndications June 14 to 16, 2023 Georgia Shri Prashanth Kumar S Bhairappanavar, Assistant Registrar of Trademarks & Gl, Trade Marks Registry, Ahmedabad Offline Link
Copyright and Related Rights: New Development and Response to Challenges of the Pandemic Copyright June 26 to 27, 2023 Mr. Hemant Khosla, Senior Examiner of Trademarks & GI (designated as Deputy Registrar of Copyrights) Link
Summer School program of the Center for International Intellectual Property (IP) Studies (CEIPI) University of Strasbourg CEIPI June 25 to July 6, 2024 Strasbourg, France Mr. Ankush Wankhede, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs Offline
64th Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO/ 55th session of PCT Union Assembly/57th session of Madrid Union Assembly WIPO Assembly/ PCT/Madrid System July 6 to 14, 2023 Geneva 1.Prof. (Dr.) Unnat P. Pandit, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
2. Dr. Dinesh P. Patil, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
3. Sh. Anoop Kunnathuparambil J, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
4. Ms. Clitty Shaju, Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks and Geographical Indications
5. Mr. Sukhdeep Singh, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
6. Ms. Tripti Pandey, Examiner of Patents and Designs
Offline Link
Special Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) IGC Sept 4 to 8, 2023 Geneva Mrs. Rekha V., Joint Controller of Patents & Designs Offline Link
Preparatory Committee of the Diplomatic Conference to conclude an International Legal Instrument Relating to Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources IGC Sept 11 to 13, 2023 Geneva Sh. Sukhdeep Singh, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs Offline Link
3rd Special Session of the standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications to conclude and adopt a DLT SCT Oct 2 to 6, 2023 Geneva Mr. Anoop K. Joy, Joint Controller of Patents & Designs Offline Link
USPTO Copyright Seminar 2023 USPTO Copyright Oct 17 to 19, 2023 Virginia "1. Dr. Prithpal Kaur Sidhu, Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks, GI & Copyright, Head of Office, Copyright
2. Mr. Mohit Dhankar, Senior Examiner of Trademarks & GI, Copyright Office"
Offline Link
16th session of the Committee of Experts of the Locarno Union for the International Classification for Industrial Designs Locarno Union Oct 23 to 26, 2023 Geneva Dr. J K Pradhan, Joint controller of Patents and Designs Online
44th session of Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights SCCR Nov 6 to 8, 2023 Geneva "1. CHIRAG, Senior Examiner of Trademarks and G.I, Copyright Office
Offline Link
Meeting of Member States and International Depositary Authorities under the Budapest Treaty Budapest Treaty Nov 13 to 14, 2023 Geneva Mr. Vijay T. Doye, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Mumbai Offline Link
31st Session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) CDIP Nov 27 to Dec 1, 2023 Geneva "Mr. Prashanth Kumar S Bhairappanavar, Assistant Registrar of TM & GI, TMR Ahmedabad" Online
12th session of the Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs Hague System Dec 4 to 6, 2023 Geneva "1. Mr. Sanjay Bhattacharya, Joint Controller of Patents & Designs
2. Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pradhan, Joint Controller of Patents & Designs
3. Dr. Dinesh P. Patil, JointController of Patents & Designs
4. Mr. Anoop K. Joy, Joint Controller of Patents & Designs
5. Mr. Sukhdeep Singh, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs"
Online
Round 2 of India- Oman CEPA negotiations CEPA December 9 to 11, 2023 Oman 1. Mr. Sukhdeep Singh, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs Offline Link
16th session of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) ACE Jan 31 to Feb 2, 2024 Geneva Mr. Mohit Dhankar of Copyright Office as the focal point from the office of CGPDTM Online
17th Session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group PCT Feb 19 to 21, 2024 Geneva "1. Mr. N. Ramchander, Joint Controller - In-Charge PCT division and ISA/IPEA, Patent office Delhi
2. Smt. V. Rekha, Joint Controller - Head IT office (earlier In-Charge PCT and ISA/IPEA), Patent office Delhi
3. Mr. M. Ravisankar, Deputy Controller - QC division, ISA, Patent office, Delhi
4. Mr. Rohit Rathore, Deputy Controller - PCT RO-IN In-charge, Patent office, Delhi
5. Mr. M. Atiqullah, Assistant Controller - Quality division, ISA, Patent office Delhi
6. Mr. Harish Raj, Assistant Controller - Quality division, ISA, Patent office Delhi"
Online
Regional Meeting of Intellectual Property Office Officials Responsible for the Madrid System for Selected Asia and the Pacific Countries Madrid System March 7 & 8, 2024 Bangkok "1. Ms. Roopa. B, Examiner of Trademarks and Geographical Indication
2. Ms. Dipmala P. Mathapati, Assitant Registrar of Trademarks and Geographical Indication"
Offline Link
47th session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) SCT March 18 to 20, 2024 Geneva "1. Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pradhan, Joint Controller (Designs), Patent office Chennai
2. Dr. S. SivaKumar, Assistant Registrar, GIR Chennai
3. Mr. Arpit Joshi, Assistant Controller of Patent and Designs"
Online
45th session of Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights SCCR April 15 to 19, 2024 Geneva Mohit (Mr.), Senior Examiner Copyright Office, New Delhi Offline Link
32nd Session of the CDIP CDIP April 29 to May 3, 2024 Geneva Mr. Pinkesh K. Jain, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs, Patent Office, Mumbai Online
Diplomatic Conference to conclude an International Legal Instrument Relating to Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources IGC May 13 to 24, 2024 Geneva "1. Prof. (Dr.) Unnat P Pandit, CGPDTM
2. Mr. Sukhdeep Singh, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
Offline Link
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International Symposium on Copyright Enforcement Copyrights June 17 to 21, 2024 Hanoi, Viet Nam Prof. (Dr.) Unnat P. Pandit, CGPDTM Offline Link
New Southbound Intellectual Property Conference New Southbound Intellectual Property Conference June 18 to 19, 2024 Taiwan Dr. Dinesh P. Patil, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs Offline Link
65th Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO and 57th Session of WIPO General Assembly, 2024 WIPO Assembly Jul 09 to 17, 2024 Geneva "1. Prof. (Dr.) Unnat P. Pandit, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
2. Dr. Dinesh P. Patil, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
3. Mr. Anoop K Joy, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
4. Dr. Pawan Kumar Pandey, Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks and Geographical Indications
5. Mr. Pinkesh K. Jain, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
6. Mr. Vijay T. Doye, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
7. Mr. Siddharth B. Jadhav, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
8. Mr. Shammi Ranjan, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs"
Offline Link
Link
Link
Round 11 of Negotiation on IPR track under India - FTA UK FTA July 10 to 13, 2023 London 1.Prof. (Dr.) Unnat P. Pandit, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
2. Shri Sukhdeep Singh, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
Offline Link
"JPO/IPR Training course for IP Trainers." JPO Aug 27 to Sep 6, 2024 (Online) and Sep 24 to Oct 2, 2024 (Offline) Tokyo 1. Ms. Chhavi Garg, Examiner of Patents and Designs Online and Offline Link
"USPTO's Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) program, 2024" GIPA Sep 4 to 6, 2024 Srilanka "1. Mr. Tushar Ambadas Ingale, Examiner of TM&GI, Mumbai
2. Ms. Rashida Chemmenapally, Examiner of TM&GI, Chennai"
Offline Link
"12th Session of the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS)" CWS Sep 16 to 19, 2024 Geneva "1. Smt. Rekha V., Joint Controller of Patents and Designs, Head IT Process Re-Engineering
2. Mr. Saurabh Uthaman Nair, System Analyst"
Online
Inter GI Europe 2024 training InterGI Europe Sep 30 to Oct 5, 2024 Espelette, France Dr. S. Sivakumar, Assistant Registrar of TM & GI, GIR, Chennai, Offline Link
JPO/IPR Training Course for Practitioners Specializing in Patents, 2024 JPO "18/09/2024 to 15/10/2024 (Online), 30/10/2024 to 7/11/2024 (Offline)" Tokyo "1. Ms. Shweta Sen (Patent Agent)
2. Mr. Mohammedharun Gulamrasulmasodi Shaikh (Patent Agent)"
Online and offline
22nd session of the Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks Madrid System Oct 7 to 11, 2024 Geneva "1. Ms. Roopa. B, Sr. Examiner
2. Dr. Ambika Venugopal K., Sr. Examiner"
Offline Link
Link
16th BRICS Heads of IP Offices (HIPO) Meeting BRICS Oct 10 to 11, 2024 Russia "1. Prof. (Dr.) Unnat P Pandit, Controller General of Patents and Designs
2. Mr. Anoop K. Joy , Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
3. Mr. Kishor R. Kadbe, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
4. Mr. Neeraj Tayal, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
5. Mr. Sagar Baburao Pol, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
6. Mr. Jitendra Choure, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
7. Mr. Sreedhar Panchumarthi, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
8. Mr. Prakhar Singh, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
9. Mr. Nilesh Shantaram Patil, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
10 Mr. Ravi Kumar, Examiner of Patents and Designs "
Online
31st session of the Meeting of International Authorities (PCT-MIA) to be hosted by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) PCT Oct 16 to 17, 2024 Beijing "1. Mr. N. Ramchander, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs (In-charge of PCT/ISA/IPEA)
2. Mr. Seetha Raman A., Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (ISA).
3. Mr. Rohit Rathore, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs (In-charge of PCT RO) "
Offline Link
36th session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) SCP Oct 14 to 18, 2024 Geneva Mr. Vikash Sharma, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs Offline Link
Thirteenth session of the Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System Hague System Oct 21 to 23, 2024 Geneva "1. Dr. J. K. Pradhan, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
2. Dr. Srihari Ejjirothu, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
3. Mr. Madhurjya Thakur, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
4. Mr. Arup Garu, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs"
Online
Danida Fellow-ship Centre (DFC) program and Bilateral meeting with DKPTO DFC Program Oct 28 to Nov 19, 2024 Denmark 1. Mr. Ravishankar Medicherla Offline Link
10th session of the WIPO Conversation: AI Output: To protect, or not to protect CIPFT Nov 5 to 6, 2024 Geneva "1. Ms. Prithpal Kaur, DR, Copyright Office
2. Mr. CHIRAG, Sr. Examiner Copyright office
3. Mr. ARPIT JOSHI, AC
4. Mr. Bylapudi Mohan System Analyst Patent office Delhi."
Online
Diplomatic Conference to conclude and adopt a Design Law Treaty DLT Nov 11 to 22, 2024 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia "1. Prof. (Dr.) Unnat P Pandit, CGPDTM
2. Mr. Madhurjya Thakur, Joint Controller of Patents & Designs
3. Mr. Anoop K Joy, Joint Controller of Patents & Designs"
Offline Link
Link
"JPO/IPR Operational Patent Examination Training Program (OPET)" JPO Oct 22 to Nov 22, 2024 (Online) and Dec 9 to 18, 2024 (Offline) Tokyo "1. Mr. Ashutosh Sharma, Examiner of Patents and Designs
2. Mr. Nikhil Prasad, Examiner of Patents and Designs"
Online and Offline Link
PCT Regional Seminar for ASEAN Member States – Enhanced use of the PCT System & Patent Examination Procedures PCT Nov 27 to 29, 2024 Singapore Ms. Vishakha Gupta, Asst. Controller of Patents & Designs Offline Link
48th and 49th session of IGC IGC 29th Nov and 2 to 6th Dec 2024 Geneva "1. Dr Sharana Gouda, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
2. Dr Rohit Rathore, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
3. Dr Shahida Umar, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs"
Online
Thirty-Third Session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) CDIP December 9 to 13, 2024 Geneva "1. Mr. P.Balamurugan, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
2. Ms. Sweta Rajkumar, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
3. Mr. Manoj Madhavan, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
4. Mr. Kishor Kadbe, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs"
Online
9th session of the Committee of Experts of the Vienna Union for the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks. Vienna Union Jan 20 to 21, 2025 Geneva "1. Mr. Aashish Kumar Pandey, Assistant Registrar of Trade Marks & Geographical Indications, Ahmedabad
2. Ms. Agnita Banerjee, Senior Examiner of Trade Marks & Geographical Indications, Kolkata"
Online
17th session of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) ACE February 04 to 06, 2025 Geneva 1. Prof. (Dr.) Unnat P Pandit, CGPDTM Offline Link
18thSession of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group PCT February 18 to 20, 2025 Geneva 1. Mr. N. Ramchander, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
2. Mr. Rohit Rathore, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
2. Mr. Harish Raj, Assitant Controller of Patents and Design
4. Ms. Vishakha Gupta, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
Online
56th Session of the IPC Union - Committee of Experts IPC February 25 to 27, 2025 Geneva 1. Shri M Ravi Shankar, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Screening and classification (S&C) team
2. Shri Sreedhar Panchumarthi, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, S&C team
3. Shri Seetha Raman A, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, S&C team
4. Shri Sai Santhosh Kumar Irrinki, Examiner of Patents and Designs
5. Dr Saikat Gayen, Examiner of Patents and Designs, Chemistry
6. Shri Praveen Gond, Examiner of Patents and Designs, Mechanical
Online
50th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) IGC March 3 to 7, 2025 Geneva 1. Ms Rekha Vijayam, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
2. Ms Suchetana Bhattacharyya, Examiner of Patents and Designs
Offline Link
4thsession of Working Group on the Digital Access Service for Priority Documents (DAS Working Group) took place in Geneva, Switzerland from March 10 to 12, 2025. WIPO DAS March 10 to 12, 2025 1. Mr. Rohit Rathore, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
2. Mr. R. Rajini, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
3. Ms. Rishu Bharti, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
4. Ms. Vishakha Gupta, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
5. Ms. Komal Choudhary, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
6. Mr. Arup Garu, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
Online
6th session of the Working Group on the development of the Lisbon System took place in Geneva, Switzerland from March 18 to 20, 2025 Lisbon System March 18 to 20, 2025 Geneva Dr. Sivakumar Sivasamy, Assistant Registrar of TM and GI Online
Regional Meeting of Intellectual Property Office Officials Responsible for the Madrid System for Selected Asia and the Pacific Countries Trade Marks March 19 to 21, 2025 Taguig City, Philipinnes Mr Dinesh Khubnani, Senior Examiner of Trade Marks and GI Offline Link
4th session of Cross-regional High Level Meeting for Copyright Offices in Seoul, Republic of Korea Copyright March 19 t0 21, 2025 Seoul, South Korea Sh. Hemant Khosla, Deputy Registrar of Copyright Offline Link
WIPO Madrid Fellowship 2025 Madrid March 14, 2025 to March 15, 2026 Geneva Smt. Dipmala Mathapathi, Assistant Registrar of TM, GI and copyright Offline Link
WIPO ICT Leadership Dialogue (WILD) ICT April 14 to 16, 2025 Online 1. Ms Rekha Vijayam, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
2. MD ATIQULLAH, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
3. Mr. Bylapudi Mohan System Analyst Patent office Delhi
Online
Eleventh Session of the WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property (IP) and Frontier Technologies AI, Copyrights April 23 to 24, 2025 Online 1. Ms. Pritpal Kaur, DR, Copyright Office
2. Md Atiqullah, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
3. Mr. Arpit Joshi, Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs
4. Mr. Sujeet Singh, System Analyst
Online
Ad-Hoc Meeting on the Handling of deposited Biological Material with the IDAs after the Expiration of the Period of Storage Prescribed in Rule 9.1 of the regulations under the Budapest Treaty Budapest Treaty April 28 to 29, 2025 Online Mr. Vijay T. Doye, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Mumbai Online
2025 WOMEN AND IP SYMPOSIUM FOR IP OFFICES IP April 30 to May 2, 2025 Online Ms. Kavita Taunk, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs Online
Fifty-Third Session of the Special Union for the International Patent Classification (IPC Union) Working Group IPC May 12 to 16, 2025 Online 1. Shri M Ravi Shankar, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Screening and classification (S&C) team
2. Shri Sreedhar Panchumarthi, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, S&C team
3. Shri Seetha Raman A, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, S&C team
4. Md. Arif Nadim, Examiner of Patents And Designs, Metallurgy
5. Shri Pankaj Kumar Gupt, Examiner of Patents And Designs, ECE
6. Shri Ravi Kumar, Examiner of Patents And Designs, ECE
Online
PCT Minimum Documentation Task Force - 8th Meeting. PCT May 19 to 23, 2025 Online 1. Ms. Rekha V, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
2. Dr. Rohit Rathore, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
3. Mr. Saurabh Nair, System Analyst
4. Mr. Mohan Bylapudi, Ststem Analyst
Online
51st Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) IGC May 30 to June 5, 2025 Geneva 1. Ms.Rekha Vijayam, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs
2. Ms. Suchetana Bhattacharyya, Examiner of Patents and Designs
Online
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