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Mr. Pinkesh K. Jain

Joint Controller of Patents & Designs

Patent Office, Govt. Of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Mr. Pinkesh K. Jain is a distinguished Joint Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Government of India, with over 24 years of experience in the Indian patenting system. He has held several key positions, including National Coordinator for Patents and OSD (Technical) at the Office of the CGPDTM. His expertise encompasses patent examination, prior-art analysis, patentability assessment, opposition matters, IPR awareness, policy coordination, and strategic planning. An Electronics Engineering graduate and LL.B. from Mumbai University, Mr. Jain has completed WIPO’s General Course on Intellectual Property with 95% marks and undertaken specialised training with WIPO, USPTO, JPO, NLU Delhi, and IIT Bombay. With extensive experience across technical, legal, administrative, and policy domains, he is a highly experienced professional in India’s intellectual property ecosystem.

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Divya Srinivasan

Intellectual Property Attaché for India & wider South Asia

UK Intellectual Property Office

Divya Srinivasan is the Intellectual Property Attaché and Senior IP Advisor for India and Wider South Asia at the UK Intellectual Property Office, based at the British High Commission in New Delhi. She leads UK engagement on intellectual property across India and South Asia, delivering the UK-India IP work plan and advancing cooperation on IP protection, enforcement, awareness and policy with government, the Indian IP Office, academia, and industry. A qualified intellectual property lawyer with over a decade of experience across private practice, government and industry, she has worked on trade mark and copyright prosecution and litigation, supported implementation of India’s National IPR Policy 2016 at CIPAM, managed global IP portfolios for high-growth businesses, and led IP enforcement programmes in the technology sector. She holds an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law from National Law University, Jodhpur, and a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from UPES Dehradun.

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Jush Shah

Chief Manager - Legal

Reliance Entertainment Studios

With over a decade of legal experience, currently contributing as the Chief Legal Manager at Reliance Entertainment, specializing in legal compliance, drafting, strategy and navigating complex legal issues. Previous roles include being the Senior Legal Manager and Legal Consultant at Reliance Entertainment in addition to being the Legal Manager at Rainbow Real Estate Pvt Ltd, showcasing a strong foundation in handling land disputes, drafting documents including sale, tenancy, leave and license agreements, power of attorneys and briefing external counsels for litigation. Dedicated to fostering effective legal strategies that align with organizational goals, leveraging my expertise in dispute resolution to mitigate risks while ensuring compliance. I’m passionate about collaborative problem-solving to deliver impactful legal outcomes.

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TARUNA GUPTA

Head, IP Governance, Training & Assessment and IP&E Partner for Business at TCS

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Ms. Taruna Gupta has 30+ years of IT industry experience at TCS, spanning across the entire gamut of Intellectual Property Management & Governance , Product Engineering, Presales, Business Strategy Planning, Program Management and Delivery, Practice, Alliances and Analyst Relations Management. She is part of the Leadership team of TCS Corporate IP & Engineering Group and is responsible for establishing and maturing corporate IP governance processes and systems for TCS, customer and third-party in IP products, platforms, solutions and services. She also works closely with different TCS business units to guide them on IP creation & protection, risk management and assetization; enabling them with IP and software engineering best practices and compliance to IP commitments and establishing IP linkages in TCS offerings. She regularly interacts with global IP ecosystem stakeholders, including industry and professional bodies, government agencies, and other organizations, to promote collaboration, policy interventions, and ecosystem maturity in intellectual property. She has also represented TCS on the technical advisory board for the Indian Patent Office and has been associated with Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) since 2014. Prior to this, she held leadership roles across TCS Life Sciences and Healthcare, Energy and Resources, Banking & Financial Services, Insurance, Manufacturing and Utilities and Travel & Hospitality units and led the TCS Knowledge Management Practice.

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Rabindra (Ravi) Purohit

Vice President Legal, Compliance & C S

Blue Dart

Vice President & Head Legal | Lawyer & Company Secretary | Trusted Advisor to Boards & Senior Leadership | 20+ Years in Governance, Ethics, ESG, Risk Mitigation & Regulatory Excellence | Leader of Multi-Disciplinary Legal, Compliance & Secretarial Teams | Expert in M&A, IPOs, Capital Markets, Complex Land Matters, Trade Law, Banking, Sanctions Compliance, Litigation, IPR & Cross-Border Transactions | Driving Digitalization, Legal Innovation, Sustainable Growth & People Management Across Multiple Business Verticals

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Prof. Dr. Prabuddha Ganguli

CEO

Vision-IPR

He is the CEO of VISION-IPR, a specialised consulting firm providing IPR and knowledge management solutions to governments, academic institutions, and corporate organisations. A leading international expert in Intellectual Property, he has served as a Consultant to WIPO for IPR capacity-building programmes and has held several distinguished academic and advisory positions. He was MHRD IPR Chair Professor at Tezpur University and Visiting Professor at IIT Kharagpur, and has served as Honorary Scientific Consultant on Innovation and IPR Matters to the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India. He is a Fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences and has received several prestigious honours, including the Legal Era Lifetime Achievement Award and the IP Strategist of the Year 2023 recognition.

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Sandesh Jadhav

Global Data Privacy Officer

Wipro

Sandesh is Techno - Legal professional with hands-on implementation experience in setting up cybersecurity framework for MNCs as well law enforcement agencies like Mumbai police cyber cell, Strong experience in Data privacy, AI security and Aviation security. . He has worked with the cyber cell of Mumbai police and solved very critical and complex cyber fraud cases. He was Practicing lawyer at Mumbai High court. Currently working in Wipro Technologies at Global Data Protection Officer, For his immense contribution in cyber security domain Sandesh has been awarded as global data protection officer of the year 2026 by Dr. Kiran Bedi in last month at Delhi

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Mariam Zaidi

Assistant Vice President

Piramal Finance Limited

Mariam Zaidi is an Assistant Vice President at Piramal Finance Limited, specialising in insolvency, restructuring, dispute resolution, and stressed asset matters. Previously associated with Krishnamurthy & Co. (K Law), INDIALAW LLP, and SNG & Partners, she has experience advising financial institutions and representing stakeholders before the NCLT, NCLAT, and Supreme Court of India. Recognised among GRR’s 40 Under 40 in 2022, she is also a NextGen Member of the International Insolvency Institute and a member of INSOL India’s Young Practitioners Committee.