Pune: CSIR-NCL Wins CII Award For Best Patents Portfolio
Pune, 30th November 2021: CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune has been announced as the inaugural winner of the Best Patents Portfolio Award in the Research & Development institutions category at the 7th CII Industrial Intellectual Property Awards 2021 instituted by the Confederation of Indian Industries.
CII Industrial Intellectual Property Awards aim to recognize and celebrate organizations that have embraced IP generation and protection to fuel business and economic growth. The jury for these awards included eminent professionals from industry, academia, government including experts on intellectual property and innovation promotion. The selection process involved evaluating organizations rigorously against multiple parameters reflecting their inventive capacity, processes, and achievements over the last several years. This was the first time that CII decided to announce an award in the category of Research & Development Institutions. Other winners for patent portfolios in other categories include TCS, IOCL, UPL, and IIT – Kharagpur.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Ashish Lele, Director, CSIR-NCL, congratulated the inventors and innovation managers at CSIR-NCL and said, “CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory is happy to be recognized in the CII Industrial IP Awards 2021. NCL has a long tradition of contributing to the development of Indian industry via knowledge exchange and innovative technology development. NCL has also contributed to leadership on IP matters in the country, both in terms of thought leadership and trendsetting inventions. We look forward to continuing to build an innovation economy for the Nation and path-breaking science-based solutions for the World.”
Previously in 2017, the inventive contributions of CSIR-NCL had helped Pune city secure a place in the top 100 inventive clusters of the world announced by the World IP Organization.
The award was announced in a virtual program.
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