Mission to Raise National Intellectual Property Awareness (NIPAM) - Key Events

The National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM) was launched  by the Ministry of Trade and Industry in collaboration with the National Office of Intellectual Property  and the Office of the Director General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM). on December 8, 2021. As part of this program, raise awareness and training  on intellectual property (IP). The system met its goal of training one million students by July 31, 2022, ahead of the  August 15, 2022 deadline. 

As  part of the initiative, the following milestones were achieved:

• the number of participants, including students or professors, with intellectual property training was 10,05,272.
• 3662 educational institutions covered.

I P Awareness :

• The Union Ministry of Trade and Industry, Piyush Goyal, requested increased awareness of intellectual property, in line with  Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. Indeed, awareness of IP is important to ensure that the knowledge capital developed in the country is recognized and protected so that IP producers can benefit from it.
• Intellectual property encourages and extends support for innovation and creativity,  contributing to the cultural and economic progress of society.
• It incentivizes inventors, artists and authors, and ensures the sustainability of research and development.

About the National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission:

                The national intellectual property awareness task is aimed at students at two  levels :

1. LEVEL-A : It brings together students in grades 9 to 12.
2. LEVEL-B :  It includes students from universities or colleges

This program is launched with the aim of enhancing and stimulating innovation and creativity,  contributing to the cultural and economic development of society. It aims to contribute to the creation of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat by raising the awareness of intellectual property among one million students across India.