
C3) Policies and guidelines
Last updated on : 19 December 2025
Lectures from Workshops conducted by Venture Center as part of the FLCTD project supported by UNIDO-BEE-GEF
- 5 Days in person certificate course on “Technology Transfer in Practice”, Session 2, Lecture on “ Policies and Guidelines-An Overview ” by Dr. Premnath V & Dr. Aravind Chinchure, 16 June 2025 (Video) | (Slides)
- 5 Days webinar series- Essentials of Tech Transfer, Lecture on “Introduction to Enabling Policies” by Dr. Aravind Chinchure , 25th April 2025 (Video) | (Slides)
- 2 Days in person course on “Advanced Workshop on Tech Transfer”, Session 1, Lecture & Expert-led Discussion on “Policies, Organizational Structure and Institutional Processes” by Mr. John Fraser & Dr. Ashley Stevens, 17 June 2025 (Video) | (Slides)
Other Relevant Lectures
- One Day introductory workshop on “Setting up and Running an In-house Patent Cell” Session 2, Lecture on “Organizational Policy” by Ms. Devanshi Patel & Dr. Premnath V, 23 February 2013 (Slides)
- Mini workshop on “Best practices in drafting IP Policies” by Dr. Aravind Chinchure, 14 January 2022 (Video)
- Workshop on “Institutional Policies to Promote Technology Transfer: Best Practices” by Dr. Ashley Stevens, 7 February 2024 (Slides)
References and additional reading/viewing
- Emory University Policy Manager: Policy 7.6 Intellectual Property Policy. Last Rev Date: 14 July 2015
- Emory University: Policies
- IIT Kanpur: “IPR Policy”
- IIT Bombay: “The Intellectual Property (IP) Policy of IIT Bombay 2012”. May 2012
- DRDO: “Policy and Procedures for Transfer of Technology”. October 2019
- IIT-BHU: “Innovation and Start-up Policy”
- IIT Bombay: “Startup Policy”. 2021
- IIT Kanpur: “Students’ Entrepreneurship Policy”. 22 July 2021
- IIT Kanpur: “Faculty Entrepreneurship Policy“. 18 January 2019
- IIT Delhi: “Intellectual Property Right Policy”. 2013
- MIT Policies & Procedures: Intellectual Property. 30 January 2025
- Cornell University, Center for Technology Licensing: “Inventions and Related Property Rights”. 2 February 2021
- NIH: Intellectual Property Policy. 10 September 2024
- NIH: PHS Technology Transfer Policies
- DnDi: Intellectual Property Policy. June 2004
- MIT’s Technology Licensing Office (TLO): “Guide to the Ownership, Distribution, and Commercial Development of MIT Technology. Fourth Edition. 2019
Credits
- Page Editor: Vidula Walimbe
- Expert Lecturers: Aravind Chinchure, John Fraser, Ashley Stevens, Premnath Venugopalan
- Contributors: Meghana Bhandari, Aravind Chinchure, John Fraser, Archana Joshi, Devanshi Patel, Ashley Stevens, Premnath Venugopalan, Vidula Walimbe
- Chief Editor: Premnath Venugopalan
* Names of expert lecturers & contributors arranged in alphabetical order of the first letter of their last name.
About the Tech Transfer Online Manual
This manual is meant as a practical guide for practicing technology transfer professionals in academic and research institutions. The manual focuses on practical insights for practitioners from other practitioners. This manual has been developed by Venture Center’s Regional Tech Transfer Office, TechEx.in (supported by BIRAC/NBM). It draws content partly from resources created under UNIDO’s FLCTD project (supported by UNIDO, BEE, and GEF) and partly from resources developed during various Venture Center workshops.
Version no: 1 : As of 16 August 2025
About the Contributors
This manual is the collective effort of several tech transfer experts and practitioners (names mentioned in alphabetical order of the first letter of their last name) including International Experts (Richard Cahoon, John Fraser, Ashley Stevens), Indian Experts (Aravind Chinchure, Rajkumar Hirwani, Anuradha Narasimhan, Hiran Vedam, Premnath Venugopalan), TechEx.in team (Pradnya Aradhye, Meghana Bhandari, Shruti Devasthali, Neha Jacob, Archana Joshi, Niruta Killedar, Manasi Lele, Mugdha Lele, Kavita Parekh, Vedang Pawar, Manisha Premnath, Vidula Walimbe) and the UNIDO team (Nitesh Kaushik, Sandeep Tandon). This manual has been created under the FLCTD project of UNIDO led by Gerswynn Mckuur supported by UNIDO, BEE and GEF.
Cite as: Tech Transfer Online Manual – https://manual.techtransfer.online/c3/

