This book is a compilation of papers presented and deliberated upon at the National Seminar on "Role of Universities in Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach" organized by the Department of Economics, Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University and sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi. The papers throw light on issues in Intellectual Property Rights with a view to formulating IP centers for preserving the indigenous knowledge system and the traditional knowledge system in rural areas. The contributors to this volume represent a wide variety of fields: bureaucrats, administrators, academics, biotechnologists, international attorneys on IPR issues and Human Rights activists. So this book is expected to be of great use not only to advocates, but also to academicians, researchers, administrators, and policy makers in the endeavour to evolve action plans to preserve and safeguard nature. This book will also serve as a source book for imparting education in higher level institutions in the field of Intellectual Property Rights.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K. Raja Mohan Rao
Dr. K. Raja Mohan Rao (b. 1957), currently Reader in Economics, Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed University), is a well-received post-graduate teacher and researcher in Economics of 16 years’ standing. A brilliant alumnus of Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, A.P., from where he obtained his M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees, he has varied experience in the fields of Energy, Environment, Rural Development, Globalisation and Development Studies. He has published a number of research articles in leading Indian and International Journals on these and allied topics. He has participated a number of research articles in leading Indian and International Journals on these and allied topics. He has participated in 60 national and 20 international seminars/conferences and presented papers. He has also orgnised a national workshop on “Food Security Issues†and one National Seminar on “Intellecutal Property Rightsâ€. He has traveled widely and delivered scores of lectures. A committed social worker, Dr. Rao has been trained as a master trainer in PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal). He has had the opportunity of being involved in extension and outreach activities almost from day one of his sixteen-year career and seen for himself how PRA works in reality. He has served as discussant and reporteur at the 86th Annual Conference of the Indian Economic Association (2003) and as resource person in several U.G.C. sponsored refresher and orientation programmes. Dr. Rao is a member of several professional societies including the Indian Economics Association, the Association of Ecconomists of Tamilnadu and the Andhra Pradesh Economics Association.
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