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1. Institute Technology Management Committee (ITMC)
2. Institute Technology Management Unit (ITMU)
3. Publications
4. IPR filed
5. IPR in process
6. Technologies commercialized
7. Licensing of refill
8. Royalties earned so far
9. Programmes/Events organized

1. Institute Technology Management Committee (ITMC)

Composition

Objectives:

1. To promote creativity and innovations in the institute;
2. To strengthen the institutional mechanism to protect/manage innovations/intellectual properties (IPs) generated within the institute;
3. To understand and attempt as necessary a vigil on infringement, improper exploitation and abuse of the intellectual assets belonging to ICAR-IISS, Bhopal;
4. To augment capacity building in IPRs and technology transfer/commercialization dimensions;
5. To manage new knowledge as per principles in ICAR’s new and implemented guidelines/policies.

2. Institute Technology Management Unit (ITMU)

3. Publications

ICAR Intellectual Property and Technology Management (IP&TM) Pub

• ICAR Guidelines for Intellectual Property Management and Technology Transfer/ Commercialization (Revised 2018)
• ICAR GUIDELINES FOR Internal Evaluation and Forwarding Research Papers to Scientific Journals and Data Management in ICAR Institutes
• ICAR RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR Professional Service Functions (Training, Consultancy, Contract Research and Contract Service)
• Empanelment of law firms for Patent-IPR-Attorneys-reg
• Agri-Startups: Reflection of ICAR Technologies in Market
• Proceeding of UPAYA (Agri-Startups and entrepreneurship Conclave)

1. Farmer Friendly Technological Options for Sustainable Soil Health and Enhanced Crop Production (Folder 2013)
2. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): Importance and Procedural Aspects in Natural Resource Management Research (Folder 2013)
3. Intellectual Property Rights: Importance and Management in Public Research (Extension Bulletin 2014)
4. टिकाऊ मृदा स्वास्थ्य और फसलोत्पादन बढ़ोत्तरी के लिए किसान अनुकूल प्रोध्योकियो के विकल्प (फोल्डर 2015)
5. Farmer Friendly Soil Health Management Technologies for Enhanced Crop Production (Extension Folder 2021)
6. Indigenous Soil and Water Management Practices Prevail in the Tribal Farmlands of Balaghat District in Madhya Pradesh (Technical Bulletin 2021)
7. फसल उत्पादन बढ़ोत्तरी के लिए किसान अनुकूल मृदा स्वास्थ्य प्रबंधन प्रोध्योगिकियां (Technology Bulletin 2022)

4. IPR filed

i. Patents

ii. Copyright

iii. Trademark

5. IPR in process

Patent

• Technique for alleviating UV radiation stress in plants using carotenoid metabolites of bacterium Methylobacter
• Technique to enhance nodulation and productivity of pigeon pea crop using nitrogen fixing
•  bradyrhizobia bacteria (Rhizo1) and uses thereof”
•  Technique to enhance crop production using consortia of phosphorus solubilising and nitrogen
•  fixing bacteria (PSB1) for uses thereof”

Copyright

•  Methodology for regional scale soil health assessment
•  Web-based Precision Fertilizer Recommendation System (PFRS)
•  Mobile-based PFRS system
•  Soil Health Card Software

Trademark

•  Institute Logo
•  “Kechuamrit”

6. Technologies commercialized

Mridaparikshak Mini Lab

The institute has developed Mridaparikshak mini lab. Mridaparikshak is a digital, mobile, quantitative, rapid, affordable and easy to operate mini laboratory, for the estimation of 15 soil health parameters, fertilizer recommendations and generation of soil health cards. It gives quantitative results of the soil health parameters that can be disseminated on real time basis to the farmers’ mobile through Short Message Service (SMS). The result include, in addition to soil test parameters, the advisory on nutrient recommendations, specific to crop and soil. The results can also be stored in memory and the output can be saved in external storage devise. Subsequently, a soil health card can be generated which can be sent to farmers either electronically or by post in the form of hard print.

7. Licensing of refill

8. Royalties earned so far

Total royalty earned for since 2016-2023 (Rs. 4.12 crore) (Rupees four crores twelve lakhs only).

9. Programmes/Events organized

• “Awareness programme among the farmers for protecting their rights in areas of farm innovations, breeding and protection of varieties” on 17 May, 2022 at KVK Raisen (MP)

• ITMU, ICAR-IISS, Bhopal organized World Intellectual Property 2023 Theme “Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity” on 26 April, 2023.