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Ashish ChandraEmail: [email protected]

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Alka ChawlaEmail: [email protected]

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Taranpreet LambaEmail: [email protected]

Vijayalalshmy MalkaniEmail: [email protected]

Santanu MukherjeeEmail: [email protected]

Ritushka NegiEmail: [email protected]

R. ParthasarathyEmail: [email protected]

Shan Lei PhuaEmail: [email protected]

Jeff RanckEmail: [email protected]

Balwant RawatEmail: [email protected]

Kalpana Reddy Email: [email protected]

Ashwini SandhuEmail: [email protected]

Viswanathan SeshanEmail: [email protected]

Anshuman SharmaEmail: [email protected]

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Sushant AroraCrompton Greaves

Sushant Arora is currently working as head of corporate – legal. He is responsiblefor providing value added legal services to all the divisions and group companies.These include strategic planning and operational functions in the areas of:Technical and Financial Collaborations

Setting up of Joint Ventures in IndiaPurchase of Immovable PropertiesDisposal of Non – Performing AssetsMajor Litigations – Civil, Criminal, Labour, Debt recovery casesVigilance & fraud related cases including matters under Prevention of Corruption ActMiscellaneous Legal Work including conveyance, international agreementsBank documents – Creation of Mortgage, hypothecation, borrowing Agreements etc.Brand Creation, Brand Protection and Brand DevelopmentLaw relating to Arbitrations – both international and domesticMaritime law; Anti-Dumping lawLaws in respect of Intellectual Property – both registration & enforcementSpecial enactments like FERA/FEMA, MSMED Act, Metrology Act, Competition Act, etc.Advising business generally.Handled Money Suits, Civil Injunction Matters, Matters relating to Succession, Matters regarding sale,lease, license and free hold conversions, Rent Matters, Matters under the Arbitration Act, Cases undermatrimonial disputes and Succession, Cases under Public Premises (Eviction of unauthorized occupants)Act, Accident Claim cases, Winding up matters and matters under Municipal Acts including other busi-ness related litigations under the Transfer of Property Act, Consumer Protection Act, the Copyright Act,the Trade & Merchandise Marks Act (now repealed) and the Trade Marks Act.Obtained proficiency in detailed drafting of Writs, Plaints, Written Statements, Contracts, and Deedsand in areas of Land Acquisition, Land-deal settlements and in establishing title on Property etc.

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Ashish ChandraStar India Private Limited

Ashish Chandra is a seasoned Media, Broadcasting, Internet and Technologyindustry insider having spent more than 12 years in serving the market leaders andmarket movers. Ashish is a qualified company secretary since 2000 and a lawgraduate from Delhi University in 2001. Ashish obtained specialized diploma inCyber (IT) Laws in 2002 from Indian Law Institute, Delhi followed by specialised

diploma in IPR Laws from National Law School, Bangalore in 2007. During his career, Ashish has beenassociated with global and domestic industry leaders i.e. News Corporation’s Indian subsidiaries StarIndia, Dow Jones & Wall Street Journal; eBay and PayPal; Geometric Software Solutions; NCRCorporation and Teradata; and Cyber Media. Ashish is an avid speaker and a trainer on the pressing legal issues in the aforesaid industries. Ashish isa speaker at various legal forums i.e. NASSCOM, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and other eventorganizers (like Marcus Evans & LexisNexis) on Internet, IPR, data protection and technology relatedlaws. Ashish recently spoke on “IPR & Competition Law” at a Competition Law conference held inMumbai in Sept 2011 by Wolters Kluwer and on “IPR issues in Digital Commerce and Digital Media” inDec 2011. He trained approx 2000 law enforcement officers and approx 30 Magistrates and PublicProsecutors across India on legal and enforcement related issues w.r.t. cyber crimes in India. He is also aguest faculty at Mumbai University and at Indian Law Institute, Delhi for their Cyber Law diploma courses.Ashish was also closely involved in representing industries before the policy makers and industry forumwith respect to Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008; Information Technology (Intermediary)Rules, 2010; rules under Payment and Settlement Act, 2008 with respect to eCommerce payment facili-tators; Cinematograph Bill, 2010; Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, Merger regulations underCompetition Act and Utility Model Patent.Ashish has been awarded with “Legal Excellence”; “Consistent Achiever” and “Meteor Shower” (forbeing a ‘high performer and high potential’ legal resource) awards by some of the organisations hehas been associated with.

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Rajiv Chauhan Pernod Ricard

Rajiv Chauhan is a Law Graduate from Delhi University Initially Rajiv was a practicing counsel, primarily on the appellate criminal sidecovering mostly economic offences. From 1987 to 1998 he was an in house coun-sel with Hindustan Unilever Ltd, which involved; Reviewing and implementing

action plans for protecting Company’s intellectual property rights and ensuring their full protection, legalaudits, advising operational managers of changing laws as affecting Company’s business / interest,drafting various legal documents like notices, complaints, conveyance deeds, petitions, pleadings andbriefs for opinion of senior advocates, advising and looking after litigation pertaining to civil, commer-cial and intellectual property laws and dealing with areas of law involving special enactments includingIP Laws, Food Laws, Insecticide Act, Recovery Tribunal, Negotiable Instruments Act, ConsumerProtection Act, Drugs and Cosmetics Act, Weights and Measures Act, Essential Commodities Act, RentControl Legislation, Seeds Act etc. He then moved on to become general manager legal with Pepsico India where his position involved;Handling entire litigation portfolio, brand protection, advising the market units (including factories) on alllegal issues and impact of changing laws. He was nominated legal resource for exports, snacks, market-ing, operations and Tropicana Business Division / Profit Centre. He was also responsible for drafting var-ious legal documents like agreements, statutory notices, replies to Statutory notices, pleadings etc andcontracts and agreements including celebrity endorsements as well as marketing promotionsSince 2000 Rajiv has been vice president legal affairs and general counsel with Seagram / PernodRicard (South Asia). His position at Pernod Richard involves: Overseeing the litigation portfolio, beingresponsible for legal, regulatory and statutory compliances, reviewing and implementing brand protec-tion and IP enforcement measures, contracts, agreements and negotiations with legal issues if any withBottling partners, legal audits across bottling units / ware houses / offices, advising as member of theRisk and Assurance Committee and advising as member of the Crisis Management Committee.

Alka ChawlaUniversity of Delhi

Alka Chawla, a Ph.D. in copyright law from the University of Delhi has been teach-ing the subject of Intellectual Property in the Faculty of La w, University of Delhi forthe last twenty years. Alka has a wide experience in the field of copyright and hasbeen a visiting faculty at various prestigious institutions and organizations like ILI,FICCI, AIR, SSI, etc. She has been a resource person for refresher courses conduct-

ed by the UGC for teachers of colleges and universities. She has also authored an illustrious book onCopyright Law published by Macmillan as well as a well-acclaimed report on Counterfeiting and Piracyin India, a project of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Alka hasdelivered a number of lectures across the world such as in the George Washington University and inthe University of Edinburgh. She has addressed high-powered delegations visiting from China andAfghanistan. Alka has presented papers on copyright at both national and international conferencesand workshops. She has also written a number of articles and research papers in various magazinesand journals.

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Aravind ChinchureReliance Industries

Aravind Chinchure has a Ph. D. in Physics with 18 years’ experience in R & D,intellectual property, innovation, investment and strategy. He has worked ondiverse technology areas in the field of materials, chemistry, physics, electronics,renewable energy and information technology.

Currently, Aravind is working as “asst. vice president – Innovations” at Reliance Innovation Leadership Centre(RILC), Pune. RILC was established to support the Reliance Innovation Council (RIC) chaired by a globalthought leader Dr. R. A. Mashelkar. The members of the innovation council include Nobel laureates, leadingprofessors and management gurus. Prior to joining Reliance, Aravind was leading a team of IP Analysts atHoneywell Technology Solutions, Bangalore and Intellevate (now CPA), Noida. He has also worked as a“Scientist” at the General Electric (GE) Global Research Centre, Bangalore, Kammerlingh Onnes Laboratory,Leiden, Netherlands, and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai. Aravind was a visiting scientist at the University of Oxford, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,Southampton University, UK, Institute of Applied Physics (IAPD), Dresden, Max-Plank Institute, Stuttgart &Dresden, Germany, and Paul Scherer Institute (PSI) Zurich. He is recipient of international fellowshipsfrom European Union, Dutch Academy of Sciences, Max-Plank Institute, Tata Institute of FundamentalResearch and Department of Science & Technology (India). He is a member of the Sectoral InnovationCouncil of Ministry of Trade and Commerce, Government of India. He has been mentoring severalentrepreneurs and start-ups in India and the USA. He is a regular speaker at various events across Indiaon the topic related to intellectual property, innovation, and entrepreneurship.Aravind has authored 28 research articles published in international journals in the area of condensedmatter physics and has filed 4 patents as lead and co-inventor in different geographies including US,Europe, Japan in the area of solid oxide fuel cells.

Ameet DattaLuthra & Luthra

Ameet Datta is a partner, intellectual property, with Luthra & Luthra, Law Offices,New Delhi. Ameet joined the Bar in 1999 and has since then been involved withIP Law. Prior to joining Luthra & Luthra in November 2008, Ameet was a partnerwith the Indian IP law firm Anand & Anand, New Delhi, since April 2005. Ameetdrives the Anti-Piracy & Anti-Counterfeiting Practice at the Firm.

Ameet is a specialist in trademark, copyright, design, patent & related tort litigation as well as IP rightsassurance & enforcement. He has litigated multiple trademark and other IP disputes, on behalf of Indianand international clients arising across diverse sectors and before various forums from tribunals such as theIntellectual Property Appellate Tribunal (IPAB) to district courts, high courts and the Supreme Court of India. Ameet has been involved with several ground breaking IP and tort related litigation in the past, includ-ing India’s first anti-spamming suit, the first order on internet streaming, first ‘texture trademark’ case,and many other complex, multi-jurisdictional litigations.Ameet’s areas of expertise spans IP litigation (Trademark, Copyright & Designs), Anti-Piracy / IPEnforcement, IP transactions & advisory and IP Policy development services. Ameet also concentrates on the

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Media & Entertainment sector representing artistes, music companies and broadcasters on various issues.

Keshav Dhakad Microsoft

Keshav Dhakad is a senior attorney and director of IPR & License Compliance inthe Legal & Corporate Affairs division of Microsoft India. In his role he is responsi-ble for all IPR related legal issues of Microsoft India business divisions, including IPPolicy, license compliance, copyrights, trademarks, patents and anti-piracy educa-tion, engagement and enforcement initiatives. In a member representative capacity,

Keshav is also the country chair for Business Software Alliance (BSA) India programs and activities.Prior to joining Microsoft in 2007, Keshav was a partner with the premier IPR boutique law firm ofAnand & Anand Advocates, New Delhi. Keshav graduated in law from Campus Law Center, University of Delhi in the year 1999 and completedhis Masters of Law (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property Law in the year 2002 from Franklin Pierce LawCenter, USA. Keshav is a licensed attorney in the State of New York, USA, and enjoys writing andspeaking on IP related areas at various forums.

Pinaki GhoshReliance Technology Group

Pinaki Ghosh has around 16 years experience in technology and around 10 yearsexperience in IP and innovation both for the product and service industry. Pinaki’sindustry experience includes; holding a scientist position on a missile program inDRDO and holding a senior scientist position at GE Medical Systems & DefenseResearch (India). He has also held a managerial position in IP at GE Medical,

India and was head of IP in Infosys. His domain expertise include; image processing and signal processing, framing the innovation model,IP and innovation related work in medical software and equipment and IP and innovation related workin software technology and business methods. Pinaki has a Ph.D in Computer Science and is pursuing a second Ph.D in Law.

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Tarun KhuranaKhurana & Khurana

Tarun Khurana has over 9 years experience in a broad range of IntellectualProperty subject matters. Tarun is a partner and patent attorney at Khurana &Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys and IIPRD, based in Delhi, Pune, andCalifornia. Tarun has executed numerous assignments related to exercises of patentportfolio creation, protection, valuation and commercialisation for corporates rang-

ing from small start-ups to fortune 5 companies. Tarun focuses on the patent preparation, prosecutionand litigation opinions for computer implemented, electronics and mechanical subject matters. He has,apart from handling IP matters over 750 Indian and international clients including Indian OilCorporation, Mylan Group, Bharat Petroleum, RMSI, Haier, National Univ. of Singapore, Glenmark,Emory Univ. Manchester Metropolitan, Shasun Pharmaceuticals, Vixs Systems, Furuno, CDAC, CDOT,TIFR, JNCASR, Ameriprise Financial, Indo Asian, Globachem, Emory Healthcare, RFS Pharma,Engineers India Limited, Ballette Alliance, among many others worked with numerous US, European,Singapore, Israel, and Australian Patent Attorneys of leading IP Law Firms in providing patent and IP lit-igation support services including patentability searches, invalidation searches, FTO, infringementanalysis, patent preparation and preparing responses to office actions. His education includes aBachelors in Computers from Pune University, Masters in Software Systems from BITS Pilani, Bachelorsof Law from CCS University, and an MBA from the prestigious IIM Lucknow. He also has certificationsfrom IIT Delhi, WIPO, Asian School of Cyber Laws, Indian Law Institute, and International SoftwareTesting Board among many others and has been a speaker at numerous Institutes and Corporatesincluding Moserbaer, Tata Chemical, NALSAR, IIM Lucknow, Manipal University, KIIT, Indian OilCorporation, Delhi College of Engineering, K S Oils, and NTPC among many others.

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V. LakshmikumaranLakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan

V. Lakshmikumaran is a leading litigator in India and has appeared in over 2000litigations before various forum including more than 500 cases before the SupremeCourt of India. He has handled cases in a variety of areas including direct andindirect taxes, international trade, intellectual property and commercial laws.

In 1985, Lakshmikumaran founded the firm Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, which has 7 offices and over230 professional fee earners advising clients in all areas of law. Lakshmikumaran started his practice asadvising clients on various laws including intellectual property, tax and commercial laws.Lakshmikumaran developed a keen interest in WTO laws and rose to become an authority in this area.He is also extensively involved in issues relating to TRIPs and is considered as a prominent litigator inthe area of intellectual property (IP) and its overlap with WTO laws. Some of the landmark intellectualproperty cases that Mr. Lakshmikumaran has handled include the cases TVS v Bajaj litigation concern-ing twin spark plug engine, Novartis v Union of India concerning constitutionality of section 3(d) of thePatents Act, Jet Airways v Virgin covering flat bed seats.Apart from litigation, Lakshmikumaran also advises clients on licensing issues relating to intellectualproperty and has provided several freedom-to-operate opinions. The firm has more than 60 technolo-gists in the intellectual property division with advanced degrees in Chemistry, Polymer Science,Microbiology, Biotechnology, Physics, Engineering and Material Science. The firm handles clients thatinclude many well known fortune-500 companies and leading Indian corporate for drafting, filing, pros-ecution, litigation and licensing issues.Prior to starting his practice, Lakshmikumaran held many important positions as an administrator withthe Indian Revenue Service. He was one of the key policy makers besides being actively involved in fis-cal legislations. He holds Masters Degree in Mathematics.A prolific speaker, he regularly delivers talks on diverse topics such as international trade and intellectu-al property laws amongst others at acclaimed institutions in India and abroad. He has also writtenextensively in these areas for various publications.

Taranpreet Singh LambaGlenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited

Taranpreet Singh Lamba is currently working as general manager, IntellectualProperty Management at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, Mumbai. He hasmore than 12 years of experience in patents with specific focus in patentabilityaspect of innovations, managing patent portfolios, life cycle management infringe-ment matters and patent related oppositions for various countries including India,

Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Europe and US in the field of NCE, branded generics and biotechnology.Taranpreet has written articles on important intellectual property issues and has spoken at variousnational and international conferences on patent matters.Taranpreet is a pharmacy graduate followed by M. Tech in Pharmaceutical Technology from NIPER andhas further patent law.

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Vijayalakshmy MalkaniMarico Limited

Vijayalakshmy Malkani is a commerce and law graduate from the University ofMumbai. She also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property RightsLaws from the National Law School of India, Bangalore and has completed theadvanced & basic courses in IPR from the World Intellectual Property Organisation(WIPO).

She has worked with reputed companies like United Phosphorus Limited and Duphar Interfran Limited.She is currently working with Marico Limited as its legal manager and her role includes handling theintellectual property portfolio for the entire Marico group.

Santanu MukherjeeQualcomm

Santanu Mukherjee is senior attorney and IPR-Competition lead based inQualcomm’s New Delhi office in India. As part of Qualcomm’s Government Affairsteam in India, he is responsible for IPR and related legal issues in India-South Asiaand as a part of Qualcomm’s International Government Affairs team he works oninternational IP policy coordination. With more than 15 years’ experience in the

field of intellectual property rights, before joining Qualcomm, he worked as an advocate & IP attorneywith leading IP law firms in India. He also worked with the IPR & Competition division of the WTOSecretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. Santanu holds an LL.B. degree from Calcutta University and a Masters in International Law andEconomics (M.I.L.E.) from the World Trade Institute, Bern, Switzerland. He has been a British CheveningScholar and an alumnus of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law,Munich. He is also fellow (Sessions 420 and 449) of the Global Salzburg Seminar, Austria. He has anumber of publications on IPR to his credit and speaks regularly at national and international forums.He chairs the WTO National Committee of ASSOCHAM, India and is a member of the InternationalBar Association and International Law Association.

Ritushka NegiRemfry & Sagar

Ritushka Negi is a partner with Remfry & Sagar and has been associated with thefirm for the last 15 years. She holds a bachelors degree in law and a mastersdegree in computer science with wide experience in the areas of patent drafting,prosecution, opposition and legal proceedings. Well versed with all aspects ofpatent law and familiar with the prevalent patent climate in India, she has lectured

on IP laws at numerous forums worldwide.

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R. ParthasarathyLakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan

R. Parthasarathy, senior partner, heads the Intellectual Property Division atLakshmikumaran & Sridharan (L&S). He is extensively involved in all aspects ofend-to-end IP services provided by the IPR division of L & S. Having a Physics back-ground plays a significant role in his IP practice, though his experience in patentlaw extends to all fields of technology, including engineering, chemistry and

biotechnology. His practice areas include IP Litigation pertaining to patents, copyrights, design, trade-mark and plant variety protection, including proceedings relating to infringement and invalidity (such aspost-grant, pre-grant oppositions and revocations). He regularly appears before several High Courts as well the Intellectual Property Appellate Board onvarious patent and plant variety protection matters. He has successfully argued 20 patent matters beforethe Intellectual Property Appellate Board and currently handles about 25 litigations before theIntellectual Property Appellate Board, more than 15 patent infringement litigations and 5 other mattersrelating to Plant Variety Protection before various High Courts. Parthasarathy draws from his consider-able experience in litigation and has litigated successfully before the customs authorities, various tri-bunals, various High Courts across the country and before the Supreme Court of India as well, for multi-nationals such as HP, Agilent Technologies, CISCO, Sony, Toyota, Seagram, Dabhol Power (Enron), etc. He is also consulted by clients for novelty searches, opinions on Freedom-to-Operate, patentability andinfringement analysis, drafting, filing and prosecution of patent applications. His extensive expertise inother areas of law, including competition law, foreign exchange laws, double taxation treaties and for-eign trade policy, as well as in accountancy, allows him to provide effective and comprehensive consult-ing to clients on commercial transactions, including drafting of IP licensing agreements. He is an expert in WTO laws and has been the standing consultant to the Government of India since2003 for examining proposals submitted by various WTO Members and assisting them in formulatingIndia’s responses and positions on various issues in the negotiations relating to anti-dumping and anti-subsidy agreements pursuant to Doha Declaration.

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Shan Lei PhuaCPA Global

Shan Lei Phua is head of sales for South & South East Asia at CPA Global, theworld’s leading intellectual property (IP) management specialist. In this role, she isresponsible for developing CPA Global’s business in this important region, whichcovers such diverse markets as India, Singapore and Malaysia. Shan Lei worksclosely with clients to provide customised solutions to meet their IP and broader

legal services outsourcing needs.With offices across Europe, the United States, Asia and the Pacific, CPA Global supports many of theworld’s best known corporations and law firms with a broad range of IP and legal support services,helping them to manage risk, cost and capacity, and realise greater value for their businesses and theirIP assets.Before joining CPA Global, Shan Lei headed up South & South East Asia regional sales for DST GlobalSolutions, a leading technology solutions provider to the finance industry, and, prior to that, held a simi-lar position with Thomson Reuters. In these roles, she was focused on financial services - includinginvestment management, mutual funds and custody – selling a growing portfolio of products and servic-es to clients, and helping the companies expand into new markets in the region. With more than adecade of experience in the financial services industry, Shan Lei has counted a number of leading glob-al and regional financial institutions amongst her clients, including Deutsche Bank, UBS, StandardChartered Bank, ICICI Prudential, DBS Bank and Temasek Holdings.Shan Lei is a member of the Licensing Executives Society (Singapore). She holds a bachelor’s degreewith Honours in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.

Jeff RanckMicrosoft

Jeff Ranck joined Microsoft 13 years ago and is based in New Delhi, India. He isresponsible for managing Microsoft’s off-shored legal processes for the IP Group.Prior to this position, he was responsible for building Microsoft’s in-house patentpreparation and prosecution team. In that role he was also responsible for over-seeing portfolio quality and world-wide outside patent counsel management. He

has also served as senior patent counsel for several Microsoft business divisions including the hardwaredivision (now E&D), SQL Server group, and the Server and Tools division. Prior to joining Microsoft, heworked for the law firm of Workman, Nydegger in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He started his career asa radar and communications systems engineer for General Dynamics in southern California. Hereceived his BSEE from Brigham Young University, his MSEE from California State University, Fullertonand his Juris Doctor from the J. Ruben Clark law school (all of which are in the US) where he graduatedMagna Cum Laude.

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Balwant RawatEaton Corporation

Balwant Rawat has over ten years of experience in the intellectual property (IP)services industry. He is currently in charge of ‘IP Center of Excellence’ group atEaton Corporation, which is responsible for creating, protecting and managingEaton’s IP. Some of his current activities include managing various programs for fos-tering innovation culture, conducting IP training for engineering teams and collabo-

rating with IP attorneys, business and engineering teams globally to provide IP strategy, research, pro-tection and commercialisation support.Prior to joining Eaton, Balwant worked with Evalueserve, Gurgaon as a group manager, where heworked on a variety of patent and trademark research projects for US, European and Indian clients. Balwant has filed two patent applications as an inventor in the US Patent Office and the Indian PatentOffice. He also developed innovative IP services, authored 10 research papers and IP articles, and par-ticipated in several IP conferences as a speaker.

Kalpana ReddyEmbassy of the United States of America

Kalpana Reddy is the First Secretary for Intellectual Property in the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. Shepromotes high standards of intellectual property protection and enforcement, as well as cooperationbetween the U.S. and South Asian governments on intellectual property matters. Ms. Reddy holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Biology and a Masters of Science Degree inBiotechnology. She received her law degree in 1996 and her prior legal experience includes workingas in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 chemical company and as a patent attorney specializing in lifescience patent prosecution and litigation matters with Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch LLP. In 2005, Ms.Reddy joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Technology Transfer where she primarilyfocused on intellectual property management matters including negotiating various technology transferrelated agreements. Ms. Reddy joined the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2010.

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Ashwini SanduUnited Phosphorus Limited

Ashwini Sandu is currently global head – IPR at United Phosphorus Ltd. And Group. 17 years experience. Ashwini has a around 17 years experience, including;associate-course development and faculty at Academy of Intellectual PropertyStudies; arranging seminars/workshops for industries in India; worked as headpatent attorney for S.Majumdar & Co., Mumbai Office; intellectual property man-

ager for Ratiopharm India and worked for Marico, USV Ltd., Merind India Ltd.She participated in providing training to patent examiners of Indian Patent Office, Mumbai on chemicaland pharmaceutical patent search and examination organized by EU – India Trade and InvestmentDevelopment Programme (TIDP) and German Development Cooperation, GTZ Office.Ashwini actively participated in IPR awareness programs, IP Clinics, Workshops organized by theGovernment of India and technical institutions like IIT, AIPS, IIPS, FICCI, UICT, Global IP Conferencesand Conventions etc and has handled multiple patent litigations in India and abroad.Ashwini has the following qualifications; M.Pharm in Medicinal Chemistry, PGDPLP (Post-GraduateDiploma in Patent Law & Practice), Registered Patent Agent Under the Indian Patent Act.

Viswanathan SeshanPhilips Electronics India

Viswanathan Seshan heads IP&S India, an integral arm of Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, consisting of over 25 IP professionals involved in a range of activ-ities such as IP analysis, patent drafting and prosecution, business intelligence,paralegal support, IP scouting and brand protection. In addition, he is a memberof the Management Team of Philips Innovation Campus, Bangalore, where he also

heads the Technology Innovation Management function, which focuses on fostering and celebratinginnovation at PIC. In addition to his general management duties, he continues to work as an IP Counselin the Healthcare portfolio, counselling the Philips Healthcare business in the APAC region on contractnegotiations, performing due diligence for M&A, conducting risk analysis for new product introductions,etc. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Licensing Executives Society, India.Viswanathan holds a Doctorate degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of TexasSouthwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA, with a specialisation in Magnetic ResonanceSpectroscopy & Imaging, and a Bachelor of Technology degree in Instrumentation & ControlEngineering from the University of Calicut, Kerala, India. He is a certified Patent Information Specialist(GO/WON, The Hague, The Netherlands) and is a registered Indian patent agent.

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Anshuman Sharma Novartis

Anshuman Sharma is the country general counsel for Novartis India. He is a mem-ber of the Country Executive Committee of Novartis India and leads the LegalOrganization, responsible for all business Divisions He has been an in house lawyer for 21 years and specialises in public policy and

commercial laws. He has a Master Degree in Laws (LLM) from the University of Delhi and a GraduateDegree in Criminology & Forensic Science. Before joining Novartis, he was as the chief legal & regulatory affairs officer at Tata Sky from April2006 to Dec 2009. Prior to which, he was the director – Legal and Government Affairs for GilletteAsia Pacific Operations, in Singapore until March 2006. He has also held in-house roles, with Lipton (Unilever), Nestle and General Motors with progressiveresponsibilities.In addition to his professional assignments, he has been actively associated with various committees/working groups of the Government of India on legal reforms. He is the current vice chairman of theOPPI Legal Committee.

Anindya SircarInfosys

Anindya Sircar is currently AVP and head of IP with Infosys Limited and is responsi-ble for IP activities of Infosys Limited and its subsidiaries. Prior to this he was head-ing the IP department Biocon Group – a premiere biotechnology company inBangalore, India. He has the unique distinction of two Ph.Ds – one is Science andthe other in Law. During his long professional involvement in IP he has spearhead-

ed several acquisitions programs, both in and out licensing of IP. He has figured in the Lex Witness’sHall of Fame – Top 50 as a prominent player in the India’s legal sector in 2010.He takes active participation in patent awareness programs and other programs involving search tech-niques for patent and commercial information. He is also a registered patent agent. Anindya is a visit-ing faculty on IP at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad; National Law School of India University,Bangalore; RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur; NAARM, Hyderabad; PEXA, Mumbai and IBAB, Bangalore. Hehas been a resource person for numerous workshops and conferences on IP, also a member of the CIINational Committee on Technology and IPR and National Committee of Intellectual Property Owners;FICCI-IPR Committee. He is also an Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Dialog-Thompson, UK.He is also a member of the Expert Committee on “Intellectual Property Rights” of the KarnatakaBiodiversity Board. Currently he is a member of the Editorial Board of “IP Asia”, “Indian Journal ofIntellectual Property” and “Environmental Law and Practice Review”.

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Rohit SobtiYash Raj Films

Rohit Sobti is currently working as the general manager in the licensing and mer-chandising division of Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd., one of the leading Film Studios inIndia. In the past he has also worked as the manager of distribution and interna-tional liaison, regional manager for North India and East India, at the same organ-isation. He has also served at different managerial positions in various music com-

panies such as Music Today (A part of India Today group), Universal Music India and Sony MusicEntertainment India Pvt. Ltd. In his 15 years of illustrious career in the Entertainment Sector, he has worked closely with variousmusic publishers, record labels, film theatre and television channels in India and overseas. With his in-depth experience and adept knowledge in the entertainment sector, he has played a pivotal role inshaping the licensing and merchandising division at Yash Raj Films. He also handles copyright andrelated issues on a day to day basis as part of his role as a general manager of licensing division.Rohit is a Masters graduate in Business Administration from Indira Gandhi National Open University.He has also done a Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights from the National Law Schoolof India University, Bangalore, one year Executive Programme from Indian Institute of Management,Bangalore, a Post Graduate Diploma in mass Communication from Indian Institute of Journalism and aPost Graduate Diploma in Marketing and Advertising from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

Pankaj SoniRemfry & Sagar

Pankaj Soni is a managing associate with Remfry & Sagar with over 14 years ofindustry and legal experience. Pankaj currently manages patent litigation mattersand prosecution dockets related to electrical/electronics, computer and mechanicaltechnologies. As a litigator with experience in Federal Courts in the United States,he has obtained dismissals and favourable jury verdicts for fortune 500 clients in

several patent infringement matters. His expertise includes drafting pleadings, managing discovery andhandling technical aspects of claim construction and infringement/invalidity analysis. Pankaj has alsobeen involved in client negotiations leading to successful litigation settlements and cross-licensing agree-ments. As a patent prosecutor he has drafted and prosecuted patent applications in the Unit ed Statesand India. He is admitted to practice law in India, New York and New Jersey.

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Rahul VartakNycomed

Rahul Vartak is currently working as associate director – intellectual property withNycomed Pharma Pvt. Ltd.: a Takeda company. Rahul has worked in the pharma-ceutical industry for the past sixteen years and has also been the head of thepatent team of a reputed IP law firm in Mumbai. Rahul has received his Master’sdegree in Intellectual Property from Franklin Pierce Law center, USA. Rahul has

done his Master’s in Organic chemistry and also has a Post graduate Diploma in Patent Law fromMumbai.He is a registered Patent Agent in India. Rahul has received training in US patent law from a US IP lawfirm in New York and has also been trained in European patent law at Law Firms in Germany. Rahulbelieves in sharing the knowledge and experience that he has gained in International and Indian Patentlaw and is a visiting faculty at IP institutes in Mumbai.

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