Microsoft tries to bridge India’s university-industry divide
09 February 2009
Peter Ollier, Kolkata
Academics and businessmen said poor collaboration between their two sectors is a serious brake on innovation in India at a seminar last Tuesday
"There is an important need for industry and academia to collaborate in India," said Rakesh Bakshi, associate general counsel at Microsoft India and one of the keynote speakers at the event, which took place at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur, near Kolkata in India.
In an effort help academics and industry collaborate and build IP expertise, Microsoft, one of the sponsors of the event along with full-service law firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co, has launched the Microsoft Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Property...
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