Training workshop on intellectual property rights held at GAU

A training workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) was held at Gazipur Agricultural University (GAU) to enhance the capacity of researchers and relevant stakeholders in protecting research-based innovations, ensuring proper management of intellectual property and commercialising agricultural technologies.

Organised by the GAU's Technology Transfer Office and funded by the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation (HEAT) Project, the workshop was held at 11:00 am on Tuesday (November 3) at the seminar room of the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development.
GAU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr GKM Mustafizur Rahman attended the workshop as the chief guest, while Professor Dr Md Shafiul Islam Afrad, Sub-Project Manager (SPM) of the HEAT Project and Treasurer of the university, presided over the event.

University Proctor Professor Dr Mohammad Saiful Alam, along with relevant teachers and officials of the project, was also present.

At the inaugural session, Professor Dr Farhana Yasmin, Director of the Outreach Centre and Professor of the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, delivered the welcome address.

The Vice-Chancellor formally inaugurated the workshop and, in his speech, said that the true success of university research and innovation could be achieved only when research-based knowledge and technologies were utilised for the welfare of society.

In his speech, the GAU Vice-Chancellor emphasised the importance of recognising researchers' creativity and intellectual contributions, while raising awareness about innovation protection, confidentiality and effective technology transfer.

Officials and employees from the faculties of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry and Environment, and Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science participated in the workshop.