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DoT-TEC-TSDSI Workshop on “Achieving Leadership in Standards Leveraging India’s Potential through IP”

May 8, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm

TSDSI is proud to partner with DOT (Department of Telecommunications) for conducting the Telecommunication Awareness Workshop on 9th May, 2024 in IIIT Bangalore.

Theme – Achieving Leadership in Standards Leveraging India’s Potential through IP

The primary goal of the workshop is to explore how India can strategically generate intellectual property (IP) assets in telecom technologies to establish leadership in setting global standards.

The workshop will address the following key topics:

  • Introduction to Standardization
  • Correlation between IP and Standards
  • India’s IP Landscape
  • Global Standards and India’s Role
  • Policy Recommendations to enhance participation in Standardization activities.
  • Case Studies and Best Practices
  • Networking and Collaboration Opportunities 

The workshop is expected to help achieve following outcomes: 

  • Enhanced understanding of IP’s role in standards leadership
  • Identification of strategies to strengthen India’s position in global standards
  • Actionable policy recommendations for leveraging IP in standardization.
  • Networking opportunities for future collaborations.

Distinguished speakers at the workshop include 

  • Mr. Avinash Agarwal , DDG (Standardization), TEC
  • Mr. Suresh Chitturi, TSDSI Expert & Senior Director, Samsung R&D Institute
  • Mr. Sumantra Mukherjee, Intellectual Property expert, KPMG
  • Mr. Suresh Kumar, Director (SRI), DoT
  • Mr. Jishnu Aravinddaksham, Principal Product Architect, M/s Tejas Networks
  • Ms. Pamela Kumar,Chief Strategy Advisor (Telecom & Data), FSID – IISc

The workshop will be beneficial for following participants

  • Startups/ MSMEs/ SMEs
  • Industry leaders
  • Government representatives from DoT, TEC, LSAs
  • TSDSI experts
  • Academia experts

 

Schedule: 8th May 2024,  10:00-16:30 IST

Participation: Open to all

Venue: IIIT Bangalore, virtual joining link CDOTmeet

Program Agenda:

Workshop on

“Achieving leadership in Standards- leveraging India’s potential through IP”

at International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB) , Bengaluru

on 8th May 2024

Session

Session Timing

Topics

Speaker
 

 

Welcome and Inaugural

Session

  

 

 

10:00 – 10:30
  • Welcome and opening address: Shri Ravi A Robert Jerard , DDG SRI , DoT
  • Special Address : Shri N Mohanram , DG TSDSI , New Delhi
  • Special Address :  Ms. Tripti Saxena, Sr. DDG, TEC New Delhi
  • Special Address: Shri. Saurabh Gupta , Spl DGT  Karnataka LSA
  • Special Address: Shri Debabrata Das , Director IIITB , Bengaluru
  • Key Note address: Ms. Madhu Arora, Member (T) , DoT New Delhi
  • Inaugural Address(through VC) : Dr. Neeraj Mittal,  Chairman DCC & Secretary(T)
  • Vote of Thanks : Shri G K Sutar , DDG (T), Karnataka LSA
  

DoT/TEC/TSDSI
High Tea (10:30 – 10:45)
 

 

Session 1

  

10:45- 11:05

 Introductory Session

  • Understanding Standardization in Telecommunications
  • Role of TEC
  • Collaboration between Industry, Academia, and Policy making Bodies in Standardization
  

Mr. Avinash Agarwal, DDG(Standardization), TEC
 

Session 2

  

11:05 – 11:45
  • Role of Indian Standards Forums BIS, TSDSI
  • Role of International Standards Forums
  • such as 3GPP, oneM2M, ITU, IEEE- SA, O-RAN Alliance, ETSI
  • Standards development facilitation by TSDSI
 Mr. Suresh Chitturi

Senior Director, Standards Research Group  Samsung R&D Institute India , Bangalore
High Tea (11:45 – 12:15)
 

 

 

 

 

Session 3

  

 

 

 

 

12:15 – 13:00

 Path from Ideation/Innovation to SEPs

  • What is a Standard Essential Patent (SEPs)
  • Indian Patents landscape and how to convert a patent into an SEPs
  • Leveraging Research and Development into SEPs
  • Significance of IP protection for business growth
  • Best Practices in Generating and Managing SEPs
  • Need of SEPs licensing for commercialization and associated best practices
  

 

 

 

Mr. Sumantra Mukherjee, KPMG

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

Session 4

  

 

 

13:00 – 13:45

 Frameworks  to         enhance          Engagement   with Standards development fora

  • Policy Framework for encouraging Standardization and Innovation in Telecom
  • Engaging with International Organizations like ITU – participation in Standardization activities
  • IP Management using AI tools
  • Strengthening          India’s Position       in International Standardization Bodies
  • Need  of       dedicated       Standardization teams in organizations
  

Mr. A Robert Ravi, DDG(SRI)

&

Mr. Suresh Kumar,  Director (SRI)

 

Mr. Jishnu Aravindakshan,

M/s Tejas Networks
Lunch Break (13:45 – 14:30)
 

 

 

Session 5

  

14:30 – 15:30

 Case Studies on SEPs/ Standardization
  • Case Study – 5Gi
 Prof. R. Ganti, IIT,Madras
  • oneM2M contributions by C-DOT
 Mr    Aurindam Bhattacharya, C-DOT
  • India’s Contribution to 6G Vision           development
 Mr  Jishnu Aravindakshan, Tejas Networks
Tea Break (15:30 – 16:00)
 

 

 

Session 6

  

 

 

16:00 – 16:30

  

 

  • Panel Discussion on the “Journey from IP   to Standardization”
  • Q n A

 

 Moderator: Ms. Pamela Kumar, Chief   Strategy Advisor, FSID-IISc

 

Panelists: Speakers from Session #5 & Startup Representative

(Lekha Wireless)
 

Closing Session

  

16:30 – 16:40

 Closing Remarks

 

  • About session 2 workshop
 Mr. A Robert Ravi, DDG SRI, DoT

&

Mr. Suresh Chitturi  , Senior Director, Standards Research Group  Samsung R&D Institute India – Bangalore

Networking Tea (16:40-17:00)

 

Details

  • Date: May 8, 2024
  • Time:
    10:00 am - 4:30 pm