23 Nov 2022|Noida | Amity University, Noida
Amity University conferred upon the prestigious “Questel IP Excellence Award 2022”
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Achieving yet another milestone, Amity University has been conferred upon the prestigious “Questel IP Excellence Award 2022”, for creating incredible Intellectual Property and in recognition of its remarkable achievements and efforts in the field of research and innovation, in accordance with the assessment of the IP portfolio of the Questel team. Amity University was selected amongst several Indian Universities, Pharma Companies, IPR divisions of government agencies, Corporates, research and government aided organizations, on the basis of filing of patents between Jan 2021 to October 2022. Questel is a French software company that serves the intellectual property, trademark, and innovation industries, with offices in 28 countries of the world, headquartered in Paris, France.
The Award was presented by Ms. Eugene Merigeault, Director, Asia Pacific Sales, Questel and received by Dr. Gurinder Singh, Group Vice Chancellor, Amity University and Dr. W. Selvamurthy, President, Amity Science Technology Innovation Foundation. Also, present on the occasion was Dr. Smita Sahu, Director, Amity IPR Cell, under whose able guidance, Amity has been able to file patents and has signed Technology Transfer Agreements with various companies for commercialization of the products.
Expressing extreme pleasure on this occasion, Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan, Founder President, Amity Education Group, said, “Amity has been bestowed upon various awards and accolades by several reputed organization from across the world. This is the result of Amity being a research and innovation driven University where strong emphasis is laid upon the development of new products and technologies through research, which develops a scientific mindset amongst the students. It is Amity’s commitment to its students to provide them with unconditional support at each and every step, in achieving their goals and fulfilling their dreams and make them the world’s best scientists and researchers.”
Delivering his acceptance speech, Dr. Gurinder Singh, Group Vice Chancellor, Amity University, said, “Amity has filed around 1800 patents, under the visionary leadership of Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan, Founder President, Amity Education Group. Amity believes that education should not be limited only to classrooms, therefore, a strong emphasis is laid upon research and innovation and commercialization of the patents filed. With more than 11 campuses in India and 17 campuses abroad, Amity has been ranked as the No. 1 Private University by in the various prestigious global educational institutions rankings and this award is a recognition of the efforts and achievements of Amity.”
Addressing the gathering on this occasion, Dr. W. Selvamurthy, President, Amity Science Technology Innovation Foundation, said, "The award will motivate us to do more extensive research work and file more patents which can be used in the commercialization of the products. Amity strongly believes in developing the skills and abilities of its students through education, to bring about a huge transformation in the world and make India a global superpower. By securing the research knowledge through Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), the country’s economy will develop manifold, leading it to become a highly developed nation. Amity will be delighted to partner with Questel and we look forward to a long-standing, mutually beneficial association.”
The team from Questel also visited Amity University to discuss the potential areas of collaboration for Research, Patent Filing and securing Intellectual Property.
Addressing the gathering at Amity University, Ms. Eugene Merigeault, Director, Asia Pacific Sales Questel, said, “Questel’s mission is to facilitate the development of innovation, in an efficient, secure and sustainable way and we have acquired 16 companies in the last five years, with the goal to become a one-stop shop for Intellectual Property. Our proposed approach includes collecting inventions, provide Patent Searches and Technology Transfer Searches to Universities which can be further utilized by them. The company develops a variety of workflow solutions to support Intellectual Property and Innovation Process Management. The IP team can check thoroughly, if the invention proposed by the student is worth investment from the University. Questel thrives on the attributes of success, speed and value addition, and we look forward to collaborating with the researchers of Amity.”
Welcoming the team of Questel, Dr. Balvinder Shukla, Vice Chancellor, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, averred, “Amity extends a heartfelt gratitude to Questel for bestowing this honour and for visiting Amity University to discuss the ideas for collaboration, which will provide further impetus to research and innovation being carried out by the researchers of Amity.”