Build it. Own it. Lead it.
Thursday, 6 August 2026 | New Delhi, India | Full-day Conference
IP is rapidly becoming the defining metric of enterprise value and national economic power. As Indian companies scale globally, the ability to create, protect, and commercialise intellectual property is no longer optional—it is strategic.
Launched by the Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI), the India IP Advantage Summit 2026 is a national platform that brings together policymakers, industry leaders, innovators, startups, academia, investors, and legal experts to explore the role of IP in driving innovation, competitiveness, and economic growth.
The Summit will examine how patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs, data, algorithms, and other intangible assets are shaping
the future of business and industry. Discussions will focus on key sectors such as life sciences, technology, manufacturing, brands, and emerging digital economies, while also addressing the challenges of commercialisation, protection, and global expansion.
As India aspires to become a leading innovation-driven economy, the Summit aims to position intellectual property at the heart of the country’s growth and global competitiveness strategy.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT
From Make in India to Own in India
India’s patent filings have surged — yet the economic value captured from those filings remains thin. The next leap in India’s growth story is not just about manufacturing capacity, but about who owns the technology, the design, and the brand.
The India IP Advantage Summit 2026, organised by the Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI) — India’s apex trade promotion body under the Foreign Trade Policy, notified by the Department of Commerce — brings together policymakers, industry leaders, innovators, legal experts, and creative economy professionals to ask a single, urgent question: is India’s IP infrastructure moving fast enough to match its innovation ambitions?
From pharmaceuticals and deep tech to digital platforms, entertainment, and AI — intellectual property is rapidly becoming the defining metric of enterprise value and national economic power. As Indian companies scale globally, the ability to create, protect, commercialise, and defend IP is no longer optional. It is strategic.
India’s Innovation Rise
The summit examines enforcement, commercialisation, AI-era authorship, IP-backed financing, and the ownership crisis in India’s creative and knowledge economy. It is a forum for those who build, protect, and monetise intellectual assets — and for those who set the policy conditions that determine whether India captures the value it creates.
OBJECTIVES
What the Summit Focuses On
| ■ | Position IP as a core business and national economic asset
Move India’s IP conversation from filing volumes to value capture, commercialisation, and economic impact. |
| ■ | Bridge policy and practice
Enable direct dialogue between policymakers, legal experts, and industry on enforcement gaps and reform priorities. |
| ■ | Unlock IP as a commercial asset
Illuminate pathways for licensing, IP-backed finance, patent collateralisation, and technology transfer. |
| ■ | Address the AI and digital IP crisis
Examine emerging questions around AI inventorship, software ownership, data rights, and the Trade Secrets Bill. |
| ■ | Strengthen innovation-led export competitiveness
Connect startups, MSMEs, and enterprises with IP strategy that drives export advantage. |
| ■ | Foster industry-policy dialogue at the highest level
Build a sustained IP leadership community of innovators, creators, legal minds, investors, and policymakers. |
WHY IT MATTERS
Why Attend
| 01 | Policy Direction
Hear policymakers shaping India’s IP and innovation agenda toward Viksit Bharat 2047. |
| 02 | IP Portfolios in Practice
Understand how leading companies build and defend IP portfolios across industries. |
| 03 | AI-Era IP Frontiers
Engage with AI, data ownership, authorship challenges, and the future of creative and commercial IP. |
| 04 | Global Brand Competitiveness
Explore how Indian brands and innovators compete globally and sustain that advantage. |
| 05 | Curated Community
Connect with IP professionals, legal experts, investors, policymakers, and innovators in one room. |
| 06 | Actionable Frameworks
Leave with insights, tools, and relationships that directly inform your IP strategy and business decisions. |
KEY TAKEAWAYS
What Delegates Will Take Home
| 01 | A clear read on India’s IP policy direction
Where enforcement, reform, and India’s position in global IP norm-setting are heading — from the officials shaping it. |
| 02 | Strategies for IP-led competitive advantage
How to build, protect, license, and finance IP assets across pharma, deep-tech, manufacturing, defence, and creative industries. |
| 03 | Clarity on AI and emerging IP frontiers
Practical guidance on AI inventorship, software ownership, data rights, and the implications of India’s Draft CRI Guidelines and Trade Secrets Bill. |
| 04 | IP valuation and finance tools
How patents are used as collateral, how IP portfolios are evaluated in M&A, and how to structure licensing for commercial scale. |
| 05 | A high-value network of IP peers
Direct connections with policymakers, legal experts, innovators, investors, and creative industry leaders — all in one room. |
| 06 | Actionable policy inputs
Structured outcomes and recommendations that inform India’s IP policy agenda going forward. |
PROGRAMME
Key Themes
| 01 | From Make in India to Own the World (Plenary)
Who owns India’s technology, design and brand — at home and in every export market? |
| 02 | The Brand is the Asset
Trademark portfolios, GIs and cross-border brand protection — owned with strategic intent. |
| 03 | The Authorship Crisis & the Creative Economy
AI disrupts ownership across entertainment, education, design and architecture. |
| 04 | From Ownership to Income
Licensing, technology transfer and brand models that turn registered IP into revenue. |
| 05 | Life, Science & the Patent
India’s pharma and biotech IP architecture — from generics to innovation originator. |
| 06 | Code, Data & the Algorithm
Software patents, AI copyright and trade secrets in India’s most valuable export sector. |
| 07 | The Physical Economy
Raids, customs seizures and anti-counterfeiting technology on the enforcement frontline. |
| 08 | Deep Tech & the Future Factory
Industrial design, chip protection and IP strategy for India’s physical product economy. |
CHIEF MENTOR
Dr Ram Mashelkar
President, Pune International Centre
GUEST OF HONOUR
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HMJ Prathiba M Singh |
Prof Unnat Pandit |
SPEAKERS
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Vinamra Mishra |
Anand Kumar |
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Ankit Gupta |
Archana Jatkar |
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Bharat Sethi |
Chetan Jain |
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Dinesh Gandhi |
Diwaker Bharadwa |
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Dr Ajay Sharma |
Dr GR Raghavendra |
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Dr. Hemang Shah |
Dr. Pinky Anand |
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Dr Pritam Banerjee |
Dr. Rajiv Chhibber |
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Dr Shashank |
Dr. Suchita Markan |
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Foram Shah |
Harish Bijoor |
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Inder Sharma |
K Subodh Kumar |
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Latha R Nair |
Mitali Nikore |
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Mohammad Faisal |
Padmaja Ruparel |
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Pankaj Kumar Patodi |
Pankaj Soni |
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Prabuddha Ganguli |
Pravin Anand |
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Priyesh Sinha |
Prof Sanjay Bakshi |
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Raghav Sarda |
Rakesh Chandra Sinha |
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Ranjan Narula |
Safir Anand |
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Saurav Patnaik |
Soumyanath Mishra |
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Sudhir Vashist |
Tarun Khurana |
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Urvashi Singh |
Vikrant Rana |
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Vinayak Godse |
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS
AUDIENCE
Who Should Attend
• CEOs, CXOs & Innovation Heads
• IP Heads & General Counsels
• Deep Tech Founders & Startups
• Patent Professionals & IP Attorneys
• Government Officials & Policymakers
• PE/VC & IP Finance Institutions
• R&D Directors — Pharma, Tech, Manufacturing
• Industry Associations & Trade Bodies
• Technology Transfer Offices
• MSMEs — Brand, Product & Process IP
• Brand Protection & Licensing Specialists
• Academic & Research Institutions
SECURE YOUR PLACE
Join India’s Premier IP Leadership Forum
Convened by the TPCI Expert Working Group on Intellectual Property & Innovation.
For Speaker Enquiry and Sponsorship opportunities, contact:
Virat Bahri | Joint Director – Research, Trade Promotion Council of India
+91 9667182697 | virat.bahri@tpci.in
For Delegate Registration contact:
Anjali Deorane | Assistant Director – Trade Promotion Council of India
+91 7982004582 | anjali.deorane@tpci.in
