Internship Opportunity at Indian Patent Office: Applications Closed!

About the Indian Patent Office

The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks, generally known as the Indian Patent Office, is an agency under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade that administers the Indian law of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks.

About the Opportunity

Applications are open throughout the year for IPR internship at the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks a.k.a the Indian Patent Office.

The Union Cabinet approved the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy on May 12, 2016, laying the future roadmap for IPRs in India. The Policy recognizes India’s abundance of creative and innovative energies and the need to tap into and channel these energies toward a better and brighter future for all.

This internship program aims to work towards the fulfillment of the following objectives of the National IPR Policy 2016:

Objective 1: IPR Awareness: Outreach and Promotion – To create public awareness about the economic, social, and cultural benefits of IPRs among all sections of society.
Objective 2: Generation of IPRs – To stimulate the generation of IPRs
Objective 7: Human Capital Development – To strengthen and expand human resources, institutions, and capacities for teaching, training, research, and skill-building in IPRs

Responsibilities

Interns will be given assignments on the emerging issues in patents and will be required to submit a research paper at the end of the internship program.

Duration

The internship duration shall be as per the requirement of the course curriculum.

Eligibility

The applicant should:
- be a citizen of India; and
- is pursuing or has completed:
  - post-graduation/doctoral studies in science, or
  - graduation/post-graduation/doctoral studies in engineering or technology
  - graduation/post-graduation/doctoral studies in law from any University, established under the law for the time being in force in the territory of India.
In the case of candidates pursuing graduation/post-graduation/doctoral studies, the internship should be a requirement specified under their course curriculum.
The graduation/post-graduation/doctoral studies shall be from a government-recognized institute.
The application for an internship shall be accompanied by a recommendation from the Head of the Institution.

Stipend

No honorarium of any sort shall be paid to the intern.

Certificate

Upon successful completion of the internship, a certificate shall be issued by the Head of Office where the intern has interned.

Application procedure

Applicants are requested to submit their CV and a cover letter containing a brief synopsis of the proposed topic of study during the internship to [email protected]
Internships shall be filled by way of a selection process adopted by the office of CGPDTM.
Selected interns will have to provide a certified copy of their certificates. Interns shall not be treated as staff members.