Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property and Technology Management in Agriculture (PGD-IPTMA)

NAARM has started one-year residential programme on “Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property and Technology Management in Agriculture (PGD-IPTMA)” to train graduates/post graduates in agriculture and allied sciences in Jan 2010. For the information of readers, there are plenty of courses available in the country, which are offered, by various law colleges as NLS, NLU, NUJS and NALSAR ect. for Intellectual property Rights but all courses are in distance mode and none of the course was regular and specially designed for Agriculture or allied science students. This course was the second academic course offered by Academy after Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Management in Agriculture (PGD-ITMA). 

We are providing a brief of the PGD-IPTMA program as under;

Aim of Program: 

The Programme was started with aim to create Intellectual Property professionals with pool of knowledge about various Agriculture or allied science practices and principals.

Admission to the program and Students:

The candidates were selected all India basis through a written test, followed by Group Discussion and Interview. The first batch of 16 Intellectual students was started in January 2009 and successfully completed on Jan, 2010.  

Students: 
Following were the selected students for the PGDIPTMA course (here).

1.    Amol Ramling Nalawade

2.    Aruna Nadipalli

3.    Anil Hooda

4.    Anuradha Varma

5.    Manpreet Hora

 6.  Ruchica Goyal

 7.  Makarand Uttam Navale

 8.  Harimohan Naidu

 9.  Sahida Kamri

10. Lavanya Kishore

11. Naga Babji Neppali

12. Shailendra Kumar

13. Pawan Sut Mishra

14. Yamini Suresh Yadav

15. Purwa Rathi

16. Onkar Singh

Curriculum Design:

The course curriculum was designed and developed in deliberations with many senior executives from agri-business industry, Law colleges, Technology transfer firms, LPOs, KPOs, Legal consultants, academicians and policy-makers in government.

The academic faculty for the contact classes is drawn from various sources including research/industry/business/legal-organizations-in-public-and-private-sector, National Law Schools, technology consulting firms and KPOs working on IP and Technology Management areas. The programme contents were designed to expose the prospective students to concepts of Intellectual Property and technology management in agriculture, real life challenges through case studies from working professionals from industry, law firms, statutory bodies, and innovators at grass root and at corporate levels.

Curriculum having many courses as under;

(1). Issues in Agriculture and Rural Development (2). Project Management (3). Communication Skills (4). Principles of Agriculture Economics & Marketing (4). Principles of Organization & Management (5). Agriculture & Rural Development (6). Entrepreneurship development (7). Business communication (8). Internship project. (9). Basic of Intellectual Property Regime, it evolution and developments (10). The Indian Patent Regime (11). The Trademark Act-1999 (12). Copyright Act (13). The Design Act-2000 (14). the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act, 1999 (15). The Biological diversity Act-2002 (16). Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act-2001 (17). Various Industrial laws as Company Act-1954, (18).Technology Management, Negotiations, licensing practices and drafting agreements (19). IP Prosecutions and Litigations (20). Rural Innovation, its protection and management (20). Technology Entrepreneurship (21) World Trade organization and TRIPS (22). Various treaties and agreements related to IPR as International Treaty on Plant genetic Resource for food and agriculture (ITPGRFA), Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), Convention on Biological diversity (CBD), Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property,  Berne Convention,  Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods, Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (which also provides for the international registration of certification marks) and many more topics.

Internship Projects:

As we all know that, Experiential Learning is an integral part of management education. Keeping this in mind, the internship opportunity was provided for the students, wherein they practiced many aspects learnt within the classroom. Post the third trimester, students gone for internship for with organizations as Andhra Pradesh Technology Development & Promotion Center (APTDC), Sathguru Management Consultants, Advanta Seeds, SciTech Patent Art (SPA), National Institute for Rural Development (NIRD), National Innovation Foundation (NIF), KPIT Cummins, John Deere , Fox Mondal  etc.

During internship, students underwent rigorous training under the guidance of functional area experts in the corporate. Students learnt many additional skills and expertise required to be successful in the real-life work atmosphere. At the end of internships, students prepared a report and submitted the certificate received from the internship provider organization, which was considered as a satisfactory remark of assigned project completion.

Placements: 
After the completion of internship, students attended interviews and got placements. We have made an attempt to connect to all NAARMIAN by linking their LinkedIn profiles, some of the profiles are not up to date, please bear with us. We will be updating more about NAARMIAN’s present working organizations in our coming posts.

This above said course has been discontinued after completion of first batch in Jan 2010 and Academy started two new courses i.e Post-Graduate Diploma in Management - Agriculture (PGDMA) and Post Graduate Diploma in Technology management in Agriculture (PGTMA). The PGDMA is two-year regular course approved by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).PGDMA’s 1^st and 2^nd batches completed their course and working in many various agri. & allied sectors organization. The 3^rd and 4^th fourth batch is pursuing PGDM(A),  (We will be updating more about PGDMA students/professionals in our coming posts). PGTMA is the correspondence, short and modified version of one year fully residential program i.e. PGDIPTMA. Post Graduate Diploma in Technology Management in Agriculture is running in collaboration with University of Hyderabad (UoH). Presently this course has completed its first batch and 2^nd Batch is going on…

Even, the PGD-IPTMA course has been discontinued but the trained IP professionals (NAARMIAN) are continue in their domains and doing excellent job. We are proud on them. It is true that, we are not able to meet them as frequently, but they are in our professional and personnel touch. We are seeking their advice/guidance in various matters and will be continuing the same in coming years. 

Quick and more information please drop a mail to: naarmian@gmail.com 

Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Management in Agriculture (PGD-ITMA)

NAARM has started a one-year programme on Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Management in Agriculture (PGD-ITMA) to train graduates in agriculture and allied sciences in November 2008.This course was the entry of NAARM in academic courses. The course was designed and developed the curriculum in deliberations with about 40 senior executives from agri-business industry, financial institutions, NGOs, consultants, academicians and policy-makers in government. Please click (here) for more details about the program.

We are providing a brief of the PGD-ITMA program as under;

Aim of Program:

The Programme was started with a aim to build bridge professionals who were in information and systems specialists to successfully hold first level managerial positions in the agri-business and related sectors.

Admission to the program and Students:

The candidates were selected all India basis through a written test, followed by Group Discussion and Interview. The first batch of 24 students was started in November 2008 and graduated in November 2009. 

Students: Following were the selected candidates for the PGDITMA course.

 1. Abhijit Mohapatra

 2. Alok Gora

 3. Amaresh Behera

 4. Binit Manohar

 5. Shruti Firake

 6. Gurjeet Singh

 7. Kanika Singh

 8. Khusboo Jha

 9. Kumar Krishnanad

10. Manujunath Rugi

11. Nilesh Mishra

12. Pankaj Ekshinge

13. GK Pavan Kumar

14. S. Pooja Rani

15. Prashant Kumar

16. Prem Nayanyan

17. M.J.V. Ratna Rao

18. K. R. Ravikumar

19. K. Ravinder Reddy

20. G. Shridhar

21. Amrapali Tapale

22. Tulika Prasad

23. G. Venkatesh Gowd

24. Vishwas Barak

 

Curriculum Design:

The PGDITMA was a one-year Programme comprised of four trimesters, each three months. First three trimesters were conducted at the Academy. The fourth trimester was devoted to internship to be pursued by the students at the identified organizations.

Curriculum having many courses as under:

(1) Issues in Agriculture and Rural Development (2) Overview, Computer Networking & Security (3). OOPS Based SDLC and Project Management (4). Architectures, Data Management & Quality Systems in IT (5). Web Based Development with J2EE (6). Quantitative Methods in Agriculture Management (7). Communication Skills (8). Principles of Agriculture Economics & Marketing (9).Geographic Information Systems in Agriculture (11). Digital Media Resources & Web Applications (12). Principles of Organization & Management (13). IT based Information / Decision Support systems in Agriculture & Rural Development (14). Designing and documenting a Web Based Agriculture Information System with Regional Language Support (15). Entrepreneurship development (16). Financial management (17). Business communication (18). ERP Overview and applications in agriculture (19). Project on ERP applications (20.) ICTs for community development (21). Internship project.

Internship Projects:

As we all know that Experiential Learning is an integral part of management education. Keeping this in mind, the internship is an opportunity for the students wherein they practise what they learn within the classroom. Post the third trimester, students gone for internship for 10 weeks. This batch of students undergone internships with organizations  as ITC, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce (FICCI), National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL), National Collateral Management Service Limited (NCMSL), Infrastructure and Logistic federation of India (ILFI), Greenport, DV, Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD), The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), PREMIUM FARM FRESS, APMAS etc.

During internship, students underwent rigorous training under the guidance of functional area experts in the corporate. Students learnt the skills and expertise required to be successful in the real-life work atmosphere. At the end of internships, students prepared a report and submitted the certificate received from the company, which was considered as a satisfactory remark of assigned project completion.

Placements: 
After the completion of internship, students attended interviews in companies and got placements. We have made an attempt to connect to all NAARMIANS by liking their LinkedIn profiles. Some of the profiles are not up to date, please bear with us. We will be updating more about their present working companies of them in our coming posts.

Remarks: 

This above said course has been discontinued after completion of first batch in November 2009 and Academy started some more new courses i.e PGD-IPTMA, PGDM (A) time to time. Even, the PGD-ITMA course has been discontinued but the trained professionals (NAARMIAN) are continue in their domains and doing excellent. We are proud on them. It is true that, we are not able to meet them as frequently but they are in our professional and personnel touch. We are seeking their advice/guidance in various matters and will be continuing the same in coming years.  

The National Academy of Agricultural Research Management

The National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) was established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) at Hyderabad, in 1976, to address issues related to agricultural research and education management. In the initial years, the Academy primarily imparted foundation training to the new entrants of the Agricultural Research Service of ICAR. Subsequently, its role expanded to include research, capacity building of senior professionals of national and international NARS in agricultural research and education management, and policy and consultancy support to NARS. The Academy also renders services for building IP portfolios like patents and geographical indications to various stakeholders including farmers and scientists.

The activities of the Academy cover a broad range of themes in three key areas: Agricultural systems management and policies, Information and communication management and Human resources management. The services of the Academy are sought nationally as well as globally for enhancing individual and institutional performance and for organizational renewal and change. Keeping in view the increasing emphasis on the creation, dissemination, application and exchange of knowledge in this vital area, the Academy initiated Post graduate education programs in management in 2009 and has also established an Agribusiness Knowledge Center.

The Mandates of the Academy are:
To be an integrated school of agricultural management focusing on creation, dissemination and application of knowledge through its education, training, research, consultancy and policy support programmes;

To serve as an apex clearing house for collection, compilation, documentation and dissemination of innovative learning resources and practices in agricultural management followed in India and other countries;

To work as a catalyst for building and enhancing the capacity and competence of individual scientists and institutions of India’s National Agricultural System (NAS) for addressing contemporary issues in agricultural management;

To facilitate the organizational renewal of the NAS and management of change;

To serve as a Think Tank for the NAS and provide research-based expert inputs and advice to agricultural policy makers, planners, administrators, and others;

To emerge as global thought and knowledge leader in agricultural management; and,

To establish and foster functional partnerships and effective networking with leading management institutes of the world in order to emerge as global thought and knowledge programmes.

NAARM has dedicated itself to the creation of young generation of leaders & Agri - business managers, amalgamating sensitivity towards grass root level needs with corporate world expertise. NAARM has started various academic programs as under;

(1) One year Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Management in Agriculture- (PGD-ITMA) in regular mode.

(2) One year Post Graduate Diploma in Information Intellectual Property and Technology Management in Agriculture (PGD-IPTMA) in regular mode.

(3) The two-year Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Agriculture)-PGDM(A), which is approved by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) in regular mode.

(4)  PG Diploma in Technology Management in Agriculture (PGD-TMA) in Distance mode.

 

Presently, The academy is running two courses only, which are PGDM (A) and PGDTMA. We will be updating details of students, professionals and their various activities in the campus and business world in our coming posts.