IP4kids - The CSR Initiative of S.S. Rana & Co. participates at the Innovation Festival 2016
New Delhi January
21-24, 2016
The
National Science Centre (NSC), Delhi recently organized the Innovation Festival 2016 at Pragati
Maidan, New Delhi from January 21- 24. The event was inaugurated on January 21 by Professor
Samir K. Brahmachari, an Indian biophysicist and Former Director General of the
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Former Secretary,
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India.
The event was
aimed to foster a passion and aptitude for science and technology and to
provide a unique platform to creative innovators. The Festival comprised of an
Innovation Fair providing people with an opportunity
to showcase the most innovative products made by them in the past. Hobbyist, enthusiasts, students, amateurs as
well as professionals of all ages and gender participated in the Festival. The
festival also organized mini parallel events such as, Build from Scrap,
Robofest, Creative Robo Design, Robo Training cum Contest, Innovative
Challenge, Stage Blast, Family Science Quiz, Popular Science lectures, Idea
Contest and a Hands-on Minds-on Session. About 45 people had applied for
participation in the Innovation Fair, of which only 22 participants were
shortlisted.
S.S.
Rana & Co. also participated in the Innovation Festival through its CSR
initiative “IP4kids”(www.ip4kids.in),
a sensitization program to spread awareness about Intellectual Property Rights
among the young generations. In this sensitization program, the firm’s IP4kids team interacted with kids,
teachers, and young and grassroots innovators. IP4kids also received support from the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) in the form of its publications for distribution at the fair which was
received widely by the young innovators. As part of the initiative, our firm
has pledged pro-bono support to all the young innovators. Awareness on the National
Innovation Foundation was also spread by our firm’s IP4kids team.
Around
400 people visited the stall put up by our firm and a special session was
organized by the NSC where IP volunteers from our IP4kids team contributed and delivered a presentation on Patents
and their importance globally. A very interactive and positive response was
received from all the participants and the visitors.
The Festival concluded
with the awards distribution session by Dr. Vijay J. Sharma and other notable
doctors. Awards were presented for categories including best innovation skill
awards, best technical innovation award, etc. Our firm received appreciation
for coming up with an IP awareness initiative and for helping grassroots
innovators and students to realize their IP rights.
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