Dr Nitin Shukla

Biography

Dr Nitin Shukla holds a doctoral degree in biomedical research and is a registered Indian Patent Agent.  Dr Shukla has been awarded the Women Scientist-C Scheme from Department of Science and Technology for training in intellectual property rights. She is a DST-IUSSTF Khorana Tech Transfer Fellow trained in University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has also been nominated by Indian Patent Office for JPO/IPR Training program for IP managers in Patent Office, Japan. Currently, she is working as a Principal Scientist & heads the Intellectual Property Group of CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory/NCL Innovations, India’s leading IP management group in the non-profit sector. She has over 15 years of experience in advising on IP protection, IP portfolio planning, management and value addition. She has been working at the intersection of Science, Law and policy advising on IP related issues for project agreements and licensing/ PPP negotiations. She is also into research, scholarly opinions and policy prescriptions relating to IP law, innovation and technology policy. She has been a Chevening Fellow in University of Oxford.