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13/08/22 03:10 AM IST

National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM)

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  • National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM) has achieved target of imparting Intellectual Property (IP) awareness and basic training to 1 million students on 31st July 2022, ahead of the deadline which was 15 August 2022. 
About NIPAM 
  • It is aimed at imparting IP awareness and basic training for students (class 8 to 12) to inculcate the spirit of creativity and innovations. It was launched in 2021 as part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”.
  • Intellectual property rights (IPR) are the rights given to persons over the creations of their minds: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names and images used in commerce.
  • Nodal Agency: Intellectual Property Office ( under Ministry of Commerce and Industry)
  • National IPR Policy (adopted in 2016): It gave an institutional mechanism for the implementation of IPR. CIPAM (cell for IPR promotion and management) is the implementation agency for National IPR Policy.
Source- PIB 

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