Article Title: NIPAM achieves target of imparting Intellectual Property awareness to ten lakh students
12-08-2022
Economy Prelims Plus
National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission under the initiative of the Government's "Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav" in 2021.
Intellectual property right (IPR) is the right given to persons over the creations of their minds: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names and images used in commerce. They usually give the creator an exclusive right over the use of his/her creation for a certain period of time.
The NIPAM is the pan-India ambitious mission aims to provide awareness on intellectual property and its rights to 1 million students. It aims to inculcate the spirit of creativity and innovation to students of higher education (classes 8 to 12) and ignite and inspire the students of college/Universities to innovate and protect their creations.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is launched and responsible for this mission.
Other progammes related to IPR: KAPILA (Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness campaign), SIPP (Startup Intellectual Property Protection), etc.
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