RS Praveen Raj, main scientist, CSIR-NIIST and member of the Committee in charge of reviewing the Kerala DPI policy formulated in 2008.
The Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSte) has constituted a writing committee to review its existing DPI policy (intellectual property rights). This occurs after having presented its own policy in 2008 and Center followed by publishing a national DPI policy in 2016, ordering all state councils that prepare DPI policies at the state level.
The members of the Drafting Committee to review the state policy include N Anilkumar, president of the Biodiversity Board of the State of Kerala; A Sabu, member-secretary, KSCSte; KC Sunny, Professor of Law, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod; RS Praveen Raj, main scientist, National Institute of CSIR for interdisciplinary science and technology, Thiruvananthapuram; Narendran Taruthy, Assistant Professor, Rajiv Gandhi or IP Law, IIIT-Kharagpur; and Binuja Thomas, main scientist, KSCSte.
Designed Nodal Agency
The IP-Kerala Rights Information Center has been designated as Nodal Agency or Matters and Services related to DPR in the State. It will act as an advisory center and also frame policies/rules related to DPI and the related issue, said a government order. Since the State’s policy was very presented ahead of the national DPI policy and many changes have since had KSCSte, KSCSte has proposed to review it by incorporating several components also covered in national policy.
He held a rain of ideas on March 28 with DPI experts and concerns officials, depending on which it was decided to constitute a drafting committee to review the online state policy of national policy, added the order.
Expand the scope of politics
Praveen Raj, member of the Committee, said business The DPI policy approach to Kerala 2008 was the protection of traditional knowledge. The scope of this document is now intended to be bradado according to the national policy of DPI. “He had presented a DPI draft and traditional knowledge policy 2025 ‘at a rainfall meeting, and the writing committee has been aimed at refining it.”
Raj’s draft proposes to include DPI in the University and School Study Plan as a mandatory subject. A DPI Academy has also proposed the leg. Other outstanding aspects include a traditional knowledge file system (TKDS); IPR mission; and the traditional Kerala (Ktka) authority, Raj said.
Posted on April 21, 2025
