Securing Our Natural Wealth

Dr Debashis Bandyopadhyay is a molecular biologist sub-specialized in Intellectual Property Rights and has been working in the domains of S&T Management, Technology Transfer and S&T Dissemination with DST and CSIR institutions since 2005. Most of his professional assignments are focused on fine-tuning institutional policies, frameworks and systems to facilitate linking R&D outcomes in laboratories to a cross-section of stakeholders. His research interests cover sustainable development, public policy and IPR governance with special focus on cross-country comparisons of various development policy frameworks, technology transfer regimes and innovation clusters. He also works on studying the implications of emerging IPR and technology transfer regimes on the developing countries both from the positive and negative perspectives.

• Chapter 1.Introduction.- Chapter 2. Emergence of IPR Regimes and Governance Frameworks.-Chapter 3. TRIPS, CBD and Developing Countries: Implications on FoodSecurity and Conservation.- Chapter 4. TRIPS, CBD and Developing Countries: Implications on FoodSecurity and Conservation.etc