Govt has taken several steps to ease IPR process: Official

New Delhi: The government has taken several steps for filing applications and reducing the pendency related to intellectual property rights (IPRs), a senior official said on Wednesday. Sumita Dawra, Special Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) also said innovation helps in promoting the growth of a country.

Dawra urged industry to fund girl child education

She urged the industry to fund the girl child for their education and higher studies and to go for PhD in other countries like Japan, Korea, the US and the UK. She also called for increasing collaboration between academia and industry to promote innovation. "The government has taken several steps to reduce pendency of IPR applications. Online processes have been introduced," Dawra said at CII's convention on IPR.

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