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SUMMARY:India IP Advantage Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:Build it. Own it. Lead it.\nThursday\, 6 August 2026 | New Delhi\, India | Full-day Conference\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIP 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. \nLaunched 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. \nThe Summit will examine how patents\, trademarks\, copyrights\, designs\, data\, algorithms\, and other intangible assets are shaping\nthe 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. \nAs 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. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE SUMMIT\nFrom Make in India to Own in India \nIndia’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. \nThe 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? \nFrom 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. \nIndia’s Innovation Rise\n \nThe 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. \n  \nOBJECTIVES\nWhat the Summit Focuses On \n\n\n\n■\nPosition IP as a core business and national economic asset \nMove India’s IP conversation from filing volumes to value capture\, commercialisation\, and economic impact.\n\n\n■\nBridge policy and practice \nEnable direct dialogue between policymakers\, legal experts\, and industry on enforcement gaps and reform priorities.\n\n\n■\nUnlock IP as a commercial asset \nIlluminate pathways for licensing\, IP-backed finance\, patent collateralisation\, and technology transfer.\n\n\n■\nAddress the AI and digital IP crisis \nExamine emerging questions around AI inventorship\, software ownership\, data rights\, and the Trade Secrets Bill.\n\n\n■\nStrengthen innovation-led export competitiveness \nConnect startups\, MSMEs\, and enterprises with IP strategy that drives export advantage.\n\n\n■\nFoster industry-policy dialogue at the highest level \nBuild a sustained IP leadership community of innovators\, creators\, legal minds\, investors\, and policymakers.\n\n\n\n  \nWHY IT MATTERS\nWhy Attend \n\n\n\n01\nPolicy Direction \nHear policymakers shaping India’s IP and innovation agenda toward Viksit Bharat 2047.\n\n\n02\nIP Portfolios in Practice \nUnderstand how leading companies build and defend IP portfolios across industries.\n\n\n03\nAI-Era IP Frontiers \nEngage with AI\, data ownership\, authorship challenges\, and the future of creative and commercial IP.\n\n\n04\nGlobal Brand Competitiveness \nExplore how Indian brands and innovators compete globally and sustain that advantage.\n\n\n05\nCurated Community \nConnect with IP professionals\, legal experts\, investors\, policymakers\, and innovators in one room.\n\n\n06\nActionable Frameworks \nLeave with insights\, tools\, and relationships that directly inform your IP strategy and business decisions.\n\n\n\n  \nKEY TAKEAWAYS\nWhat Delegates Will Take Home \n\n\n\n01\nA clear read on India’s IP policy direction \nWhere enforcement\, reform\, and India’s position in global IP norm-setting are heading — from the officials shaping it.\n\n\n02\nStrategies for IP-led competitive advantage \nHow to build\, protect\, license\, and finance IP assets across pharma\, deep-tech\, manufacturing\, defence\, and creative industries.\n\n\n03\nClarity on AI and emerging IP frontiers \nPractical guidance on AI inventorship\, software ownership\, data rights\, and the implications of India’s Draft CRI Guidelines and Trade Secrets Bill.\n\n\n04\nIP valuation and finance tools \nHow patents are used as collateral\, how IP portfolios are evaluated in M&A\, and how to structure licensing for commercial scale.\n\n\n05\nA high-value network of IP peers \nDirect connections with policymakers\, legal experts\, innovators\, investors\, and creative industry leaders — all in one room.\n\n\n06\nActionable policy inputs \nStructured outcomes and recommendations that inform India’s IP policy agenda going forward.\n\n\n\n  \nPROGRAMME\nKey Themes \n\n\n\n01\nFrom Make in India to Own the World  (Plenary) \nWho owns India’s technology\, design and brand — at home and in every export market?\n\n\n02\nThe Brand is the Asset \nTrademark portfolios\, GIs and cross-border brand protection — owned with strategic intent.\n\n\n03\nThe Authorship Crisis & the Creative Economy \nAI disrupts ownership across entertainment\, education\, design and architecture.\n\n\n04\nFrom Ownership to Income \nLicensing\, technology transfer and brand models that turn registered IP into revenue.\n\n\n05\nLife\, Science & the Patent \nIndia’s pharma and biotech IP architecture — from generics to innovation originator.\n\n\n06\nCode\, Data & the Algorithm \nSoftware patents\, AI copyright and trade secrets in India’s most valuable export sector.\n\n\n07\nThe Physical Economy \nRaids\, customs seizures and anti-counterfeiting technology on the enforcement frontline.\n\n\n08\nDeep Tech & the Future Factory \nIndustrial design\, chip protection and IP strategy for India’s physical product economy.\n\n\n\n \nCHIEF MENTOR \n  \n \nDr Ram Mashelkar\nPresident\, Pune International Centre \n \nGUEST OF HONOUR\n  \n\n\n\n\n \nHMJ Prathiba M Singh\nJudge\, High Court of Delhi \n\n\n \nProf Unnat Pandit\nController General of Patents\,\nDesigns and Trade Marks\, Government of India. \n\n\n\n\n \nSPEAKERS\n  \n\n\n\n\n \nVinamra Mishra\nJoint Secretary\, Ministry of Micro\,\nSmall & Medium Enterprises\, Government of India \n\n\n \nAnand Kumar\nMD\, STMicroelectronics \n\n\n\n\n \nAnkit Gupta\nPresident\, ASPA \n\n\n \nArchana Jatkar\nAssoc. Secretary General\, IPA \n\n\n\n\n \nBharat Sethi\nCEO\, Rage Coffee \n\n\n \nChetan Jain\nSenior VP\, LOHUM \n\n\n\n\n \nDinesh Gandhi\nDirector and Head Exports\, Drip\nCapital \n\n\n \nDiwaker Bharadwa\nPresident – Packaging\, Polycab\nIndia Ltd. \n\n\n\n\n \nDr Ajay Sharma\nDirector General & CEO\, Electric Vehicles Industry Alliance \n\n\n \nDr GR Raghavendra\nSenior Consultant – IPR\,\nDPIIT \n\n\n\n\n \nDr. Hemang Shah\nPhD\, Sr. Director\, Government\nAffairs and Business Development\, Applied Materials India \n\n\n \nDr. Pinky Anand\nSenior Advocate\, Judge\, Bahrain International Commercial Court \n\n\n\n\n \nDr Pritam Banerjee\nHead\, Centre for WTO Studies \n\n\n \nDr. Rajiv Chhibber\nJt. Coordinator\, Govt. &\nPublic Affairs\, AiMeD \n\n\n\n\n \nDr Shashank\nFounder & CEO\, Drools \n\n\n \nDr. Suchita Markan\nScientist F & Head\,\nInnovation & Translation Research Division\, ICMR \n\n\n\n\n \nForam Shah\nFounder\, 4AM Designs \n\n\n \nHarish Bijoor\nBrand Strategist\, Harish Bijoor\nConsults Inc. \n\n\n\n\n \nInder Sharma\nPresident Sales & Marketing\,\nHolostik \n\n\n \nK Subodh Kumar\nHead-IP Services\, TCS \n\n\n\n\n \nLatha R Nair\nPartner & Chair TM\, Copyright &\nGI Practice\, K&S Partners \n\n\n \nMitali Nikore\nFounder\, Nikore Associates \n\n\n\n\n \nMohammad Faisal\nGeneral Manager & Head – IPR\n& Innovation Management\, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd \n\n\n \nPadmaja Ruparel\nCo-founder\, IAN Group \n\n\n\n\n \nPankaj Kumar Patodi\nHead of Supply Chain\, Godfrey\nPhillips India Ltd \n\n\n \nPankaj Soni\nPartner Patent Chair\, Remfry &\nSagar \n\n\n\n\n \nPrabuddha Ganguli\nCEO\, Vision-IPR \n\n\n \nPravin Anand\nManaging Partner\, Anand &\nAnand \n\n\n\n\n \nPriyesh Sinha\nDirector\, Evalueserve \n\n\n \nProf Sanjay Bakshi\nManaging Partner\, ValueQuest\nCapital LLP \n\n\n\n\n \nRaghav Sarda\nPartner-IP Practice\, Lakshmikumaran\nSridharan Attorneys \n\n\n \nRakesh Chandra Sinha\nVP & Head Legal\, Sun\nPharma \n\n\n\n\n \nRanjan Narula\nManaging Partner\, RNA Tecnology &\nIP Attorneys \n\n\n \nSafir Anand\nSenior Partner\, Anand & Anand \n\n\n\n\n \nSaurav Patnaik\nCo-Founder & Director\,\nThriveCo \n\n\n \nSoumyanath Mishra\nAssociate VP & Head-Packaging\nDevelopment\, Mankind Research Centre \n\n\n\n\n \nSudhir Vashist\nFounder & CEO\, SEORCE \n\n\n \nTarun Khurana\nPartner & IP Attorney\, Khurana\n& Khurana \n\n\n\n\n \nUrvashi Singh\nGeneral Counsel\, boAt Lifestyle \n\n\n \nVikrant Rana\nManaging Partner\, SS Rana &\nCo. \n\n\n\n\n \nVinayak Godse\nCEO\, Data Security Council of\nIndia \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nSTRATEGIC PARTNERS\n \n  \nINSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS\n \n  \nAUDIENCE \nWho Should Attend \n•  CEOs\, CXOs & Innovation Heads\n•  IP Heads & General Counsels\n•  Deep Tech Founders & Startups\n•  Patent Professionals & IP Attorneys\n•  Government Officials & Policymakers\n•  PE/VC & IP Finance Institutions\n•  R&D Directors — Pharma\, Tech\, Manufacturing\n•  Industry Associations & Trade Bodies\n•  Technology Transfer Offices\n•  MSMEs — Brand\, Product & Process IP\n•  Brand Protection & Licensing Specialists\n•  Academic & Research Institutions \n  \nSECURE YOUR PLACE \nJoin India’s Premier IP Leadership Forum \n \nConvened by the TPCI Expert Working Group on Intellectual Property & Innovation. \nFor Speaker Enquiry and Sponsorship opportunities\, contact:\nVirat Bahri | Joint Director – Research\, Trade Promotion Council of India\n+91 9667182697 | virat.bahri@tpci.in \nFor Delegate Registration contact:\nAnjali Deorane | Assistant Director – Trade Promotion Council of India\n+91 7982004582 | anjali.deorane@tpci.in
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