Experience behind the sessions
Dr. R. Renuka Devi has delivered invited lectures, faculty development programmes and hands-on workshops on intellectual property, drawing on her own research and patent-related work.
Innovation & IP Awareness
For institutions, research teams and early founders. Sessions that help people recognise what in their work may be protectable, what to do before they publish, and how the main forms of intellectual property differ.
FeeQuoted on format
Who it is for
- Academic institutions and their IPR or innovation cells
- Research teams and postgraduate departments
- Student innovators and project teams
- Startup founders and incubators
- Faculty development programmes
What is included
IP awareness lectures
An accessible introduction to patents, trademarks, designs and copyright, and to how they apply in research and enterprise.
Faculty development programmes
Sessions for teaching and research staff on identifying protectable research outcomes, invention disclosure and institutional processes.
Hands-on workshops
Practical exercises — searching patent databases, reading a patent specification, and preparing an invention disclosure.
Research-team consultations
Working sessions with a specific group to look at ongoing projects and the IP questions they raise.
Student innovator and founder sessions
What to protect, when, and what to avoid sharing too early — for project teams and new ventures.
How an engagement runs
- Stage 01
Audience
Who will attend and what they already know.
- Stage 02
Format
Lecture, workshop or programme; duration; in person or online.
- Stage 03
Tailoring
Examples drawn from the participants’ own disciplines.
- Stage 04
Session
Delivered with time for questions about real projects.
- Stage 05
Follow-up
Reference material and a route for individual questions.
Stages describe the usual shape of the work. Timelines depend on the scope and, for filings, on the relevant office; no stage has a guaranteed duration or outcome.
Important to know
Education, not legal advice
Awareness sessions explain principles and processes. Advice on a specific invention or mark is given separately, under appropriate confidentiality.
What to have ready
- The audience and its approximate size
- Preferred dates, duration and format
- Topics or questions the group most wants covered
- Any institutional IP policy participants should know about
Fee
Quoted on format
Sessions are quoted according to format, length, audience size and any preparation of tailored material.
Questions
Can sessions be tailored to a specific discipline?
Yes. Examples are chosen from the participants’ field — for instance, dental and biomedical research, engineering, or product design — so that principles connect to their own work.
Often considered alongside
Discuss your requirements
Tell us, in general terms, what you are working on and what you need, and we will suggest a next step.
Please don’t include confidential invention details in a first message. We will agree a suitable way to share them.