The institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Bangalore Local Network Organizing Technology Leadership Talk on Theme: The Role of IP in an Innovation Economy Every organization has a reason for being. It might be a unique ability to offer a particular product or service, or it might arise from having been in the right place at the right time with certain set of capabilities. But at its core, your organization probably relies on Intellectual Property (IP) far more than you imagine. The knowledge and ability to identify the gaps and innovate is frequently the difference between organizations that succeed and those that fail. Physical assets and traditional sources of competitive advantage such as manufacturing or service capability or location have far less relevance. The value of many of the world’s largest companies is increasingly vested in knowledge-based, intangible assets. An economy based on these assets is often known as ‘Innovation Economy’. Identifying, protecting, managing and exploiting valuable intellectual property is the core element of success of any technology-based / services organizations and this defines as a key differentiator in this economy.

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IET Bangalore Local Network Presents
Back 2 Back - Technology Leadership Talk
Leveraging Intellectual Property for Business
By
Dr. Sukla Chandra PhD
General Manager, Global Research & Director – Patent Analytics Center for Excellence
John F. Welch Technology Centre
GE India Technology Centre Private Limited, Bangalore, India
www.ge.com/in
&
Art of Creating & Valuing IP for Engineers & Technologists
By
Dr. Manoj Haridas PhD
Principal Scientist & Head – Intellectual Property
ITC Limited, Bangalore, India
www.itcportal.com
On Wednesday 13th August 2014 at 6.15 p.m.
Hotel Royal Orchid Central , Manipal Centre, Dickenson Road (see map in Pg.4) , Bangalore , India
The institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Bangalore Local Network Organizing Technology
Leadership Talk on
Theme: The Role of IP in an Innovation Economy
Every organization has a reason for being. It might be a unique ability to offer a particular product or service, or it might
arise from having been in the right place at the right time with certain set of capabilities. But at its core, your organization
probably relies on Intellectual Property (IP) far more than you imagine. The knowledge and ability to identify the gaps
and innovate is frequently the difference between organizations that succeed and those that fail. Physical assets and
traditional sources of competitive advantage such as manufacturing or service capability or location have far less
relevance. The value of many of the world’s largest companies is increasingly vested in knowledge-based, intangible
assets.
An economy based on these assets is often known as ‘Innovation Economy’. Identifying, protecting, managing and
exploiting valuable intellectual property is the core element of success of any technology-based / services organizations
and this defines as a key differentiator in this economy.
Theme: The Role of Intellectual Property in an Innovation Economy
Encourage I Create I Respect I Value

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Speaker Profile:
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Dr. Sukla Chandra PhD
General Manager, Global Research &
Director – Patent Analytics Center for Excellence – JFWTC
GE India Technology Center Private Limited, Bangalore, India
Dr. SuklaChandraas the GeneralManagerof GlobalResearch,Bangalore,Sukla is responsibleforallthe
operational aspectsofaresearch groupof 300+ scientists.
As the Director of PACE, she is responsible for managing a team of IP professionals providing strategic IP
support to GE Global Research and several other GE businesses. Sukla has several patents, and is registered
with the USPTO. She also co-leads the GEWomen’s Network Initiatives for India.
SuklagraduatedfromJadavpurUniversityKolkatawitha BSdegreeinChemicalEngineering,followingwhich
she worked with companies including Nalco Chemicals in India.Subsequently,shereceivedherMaster’s
degree from the USinChemical Engineering, andworkedinAir Products and Chemicals in Attentown, PA, in
their process engineering group.
SuklamovedbacktoIndiain1999,andheadedthe ProcessEngineeringgroupatBritishOxygen.In2000, she
joinedJohnFWelchTechnologyCentre,Bangalore, asaresearchscientistforGEPlastics.Afterthreeyears there,
shejoinedthelegalteaminGlobalResearch,and took over as a director for the group in 2008. She rose to
become General Manager, Global Research, Bangalore, recently.
Dr. Manoj Haridas PhD
Principal Scientist & Head – Intellectual Property
ITC Limited, Bangalore, India
Manoj Haridas is Principal Scientist & Head of Intellectual Property with ITC Limited and guest
faculty at IIM Ahmedabad for PGP & MDP programs in Intellectual Property. He is also Senior
Advisor (Technology & IPR) to National Innovation Foundation (Dept. of Science & Technology).
Manoj received his Patent Agent training at General Electric’s Global Intellectual Property & Legal
Operation (GE- GIPLO). He has received the Honeywell Team Excellence Award for Technology
Licensing and Patent Enforcement. He has served as Member of Technical Staff with IPValue
Management Inc. (an IP startup promoted by Goldman Sachs) in Intellectual Property Monetization
& Securitization. He was Vice President-Patent Operations with Pangea3 (since acquired by
Thomson Reuters).
Manoj received his Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
and has held postdoctoral appointments at the Universities of Minnesota, North Carolina & Hawaii.
He has received the IEEE Best Paper Award for work on shape memory alloys and has authored
several research papers, patents, white papers and IP strategy & policy documents. His group at
ITC has received the Legal Era 2014 ‘Best In-House IP Team of the Year- FMCG’ Award in
August 2014.
He is a trekking aficionado and has written a book on his trekking experiences in Tibet’s Kailash-
Manasarovar region.

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Programme Schedule:
6.00 p.m.
Registration
6.15 p.m.
Welcome address by:
Mr. Kapil Khanna FIET
Vice-Chairman – IET Bangalore Local Network &
Regional Head – Railway Engineering Projects, ATKINS India
Mr. Vishnu Vardhan MIET
Vice Chairman (YP) – IET Bangalore Local Network &
Hewlett Packard, Bangalore
6.20 p.m.
Glimpse on IET India
Mr. Raghavan S.
Volunteer, IET Bangalore Local Network
Staff @ IET India, Bangalore
6.30 p.m.
Technology Leadership Talk
Topic: Art of Creating and Valuing IP for Engineers and Technologists
Dr. Manoj Haridas PhD
Principal Scientist & Head – Intellectual Property
ITC Limited, Bangalore , India
Topic: Leveraging Intellectual Property for Business
Dr. Sukla Chandra PhD
General Manager, Global Research &
Director – Patent Analytics Center for Excellence – JFWTC
GE India Technology Center Private Limited, Bangalore
8.30 p.m.
Vote of thanks
Mr. Lokesh V. MIET
Secretary – IET Bangalore Local Network &
Managing Director – Innomantra Consulting Private Limited
8.35 p.m.
Networking Reception & Dinner
You are welcome!
Contact us & Register now:
Ms.Neha Singh, Manager Member Relations – IET India.
Call: +91 9538400431, e-mail: Nsingh@theiet.in
Entry by Invitation and Pre-registration Only

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Venue:Royal Orchid Central - the hotel is located on Dickenson Road behind the Manipal Centre,
Off IET India Office, M.G. Road, Bangalore.