Prabhu Ram at the KCA Conference

Prabhu Ram, Manager-Technology Management Advisory Group at Sathguru Management Consultants, was an invited speaker at the Knowledge Commercialization Australasia (KCA) annual conference held at Hilton on the Park, Melbourne from November 23-25, 2009. KCA is the peak body representing organizations and individuals associated with knowledge transfer from the public sector in Australia. This year’s conference focused on “Excellence in Knowledge Transfer” and drew participation of over 100 delegates from the academic and private technology transfer community in Australia, USA and Europe.

Prabhu Ram was a key speaker in a session on International technology transfer roundup, alongside speakers from US and UK. While the US and UK speakers focused on technology transfer in their respective countries, Prabhu spoke about the vibrant technology transfer scenario in Asia, with emphasis on India. He dwelt at length on the potential collaborative opportunities for Australian enterprises in India. He highlighted the strides taken by India in developing a good IP policy framework, in incentivizing public research, in developing world class research infrastructure, and in capacity building for enabling rapid technology transfer from the public sector. Over the past decade, India is moving up the value chain, and emerging as a global hub for high end translational R&D research, and for global partnerships in new life sciences, health and agribio.

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