ज्ञान · नवाचार · जन · सतत भविष्य
Ideas deserve protection. The planet deserves the technology.
Since 2010 we have worked with inventors, farmers, artisans, students and institutions so that knowledge created in India is documented, owned and used for a sustainable future.
- Established
- 2010
- Areas of focus
- 16
- Membership classes
- 06
- Legal status
- Registered charitable non-profit, India
Our charter
Vision
Towards an innovative and sustainable society.
Mission
To provide education, training and technical support to inventors, traditional-knowledge holders, students and institutions — and to build the awareness that turns knowledge into protected, usable innovation.
Values
Right knowledge, right action, right time — in service of a value-based, sustainable society.
Four pillars, sixteen areas of work
Read the full programme listIntellectual property & innovation
Patents, trademarks, copyright, designs and geographical indications — from first disclosure to filing, and from filing to commercial use.
Sustainable technologies & environment
Identifying, testing and promoting eco-friendly technologies, and working on the technology legislation that helps the people who build them reach the institutions that can scale them.
Traditional knowledge & biodiversity
Documenting traditional knowledge, cultural expressions and folklore with the communities that hold them, and protecting plant varieties and biological resources.
Capacity building, youth & education
Training, workshops and seminars for institutions, including awareness on internet governance and tech policy; internships, chapters and publications for the students who will file the next generation of Indian patents.
