Brief profile:

Prof. Unnat P. Pandit M.Sc., Ph.D., BCJP, LLB, PGDPL, Exec. GMP (IIM-Lucknow)
Professor of IP, Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
Dean of Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management & Entrepreneurship,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Formerly, Program Director, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Government of India
Email : unnat.pandit@gmail.com
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram : @unnatpandit (M)
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LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/unnatpandit/
Prof. Unnat P Pandit is visionary IP Professional and ‘Innovation Guru’ who has done pioneering work
among students to be Entrepreneur. He moved from the bureaucratic role at NITI Aayog to Academics
whiling dealing, managing, consulting, advising complexity of IP, Innovation Deployment, and bringing
novel products and services through cutting edge research & development, technology advancement
offering innovative solutions from concept to commercial success.
Prof Pandit is engaged in mentoring startups & tech developers. Prof. Pandit is an ingenious professional
carrying 20 Yrs of experience in dealing with techno-commercial activities, protecting intellectual
property (IP), Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship Management. He served in various
development fields starting from research, academics, pharmaceuticals linked to IP-Innovation, Skill,
and Entrepreneurship.
He is currently leading a B-School as Dean of Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management and
Entrepreneurship at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
Academic Background:
 M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry and Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from Maharaja
Krishnakumar Bhavnagar University under University & Industry Collaborative Research Project
with Alembic Limited.
 The area of doctoral research was ‘Medicinally Important Heterocycles’ wherein designed and screened
the novel Heteroycles having Norfloxacin nuclei.
 Three patents are granted by The Indian Patent office to protect IP of novel 154 compounds on this
doctoral research.
 Awarded LLB in general law from Gujarat University and a specialized PG Diploma in
patents law from NALSAR University of Law.
 An Executive General Management Program (EGMP) from Indian Institute of
Management, Lucknow.
 Bachelor’s in Communication, Journalism and Public Relations (BCJP) from Gujarat
University.
Professional Training/Courses:
 On invitation from Japan Patent Office, Japan Institute of Invention & Innovation and Asia
Pacific Industrial
 Property Centre visited Tokyo in July 2010 to acquire “IP Management” training for advanced IP
practitioners.
 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Academy: DL-301 on “Patents” -12 Mar ‘09 to 24
May ‘09.
 WIPO academy course: DL-320 on “Basics of Patent Drafting” - 10 March 2009 to 24 May 2009.
 WIPO academy course: DL-204 on “Biotechnology and Intellectual property” -01 Oct 2006 to 24
Dec 2006.
Current Profile:
 Serving as Professor of IP, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Intellectual Property Management
Cell, JNU
 Dean of Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management and Entrepreneurship (ABVSME) at JNU.
 Exploring the work on Unnat Development Deployment and Assessment Node (UDDAN) –
to develop a triangulation matrix for project monitoring, investment, funding management in
technology or product commercialization.
Government Association,
 Board Member of National Biodiversity Authority, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate
Change, Govt of India
 Member of Innovation Committee Constituted for CSIR Re-orientation by DSIR, Ministry of Science &
Technology, GoI
 Member of Research Advisory Board, National Council of Science Museums, Ministry of Culture,
Govt of India
Member of a Task Group on Skill & Education to design a road map for, "COVID-19 Impact:
Perspective Plan for Haryana", formed by Govt of Haryana

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 Member of a National Level Committee constituted for setting up of Innovation Hubs under SPoCS
Scheme by National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) under Ministry of Culture, Govt of India
 Member of Expert Committee on National Center of Excellence Animation Visual Effect, Gaming and
Comics, Information & Broadcasting Ministry, Govt of India
 Member of State Apex Committee for IPFC, Education Department, Government of Gujarat
 Member of Drafting Committee of New Innovative Startup Policy, Delhi Dialogue Commission
(DDC), GNCT of Delhi
 Trustee, Research for Resurgence Foundation enabling intellectual property driven Bharatiya
research
 Distinguish Fellow of Sanrachna - A research-driven policy think tank of India
Academic Association,
 Chairperson, IPM Cell Committee, Jawaharlal Nehru University
 Member of Governing Council, BMS Institute of Technology and Management, Bangalore, Karnataka
 Member of Governing Council, C V Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
 Member, Academic Council and Member, Research Council, Gujarat Technological University,
Ahmedabad
 Member of Advisory Board, American Academy of Yoga and Meditation (AAYM), USA
 Member of Advisory Board, Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, Gujarat National Law University
 Global Innovation and Diplomacy Director at SGTU - UMKC India Center for Socio-Legal Research
 Honorary Visiting Professor of IP and Innovation at SGT University, Gurugram, NCR Delhi
 Former Member, Academic Council, National Resource Centre (NRC) of UGC-HRDC-SGB Amravati
University

Professional Background:
 Formerly, Program Director of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), engaged in planning,
implementation and monitoring of various central government initiatives on Innovation,
Entrepreneurship, Startups, Incubation and Intellectual Property Management, Public Policy and
various initiatives/programs taken up at NITI Aayog – A policy think tank of Government of
India
 On the front end, engaged in various initiatives, multidimensional planning and expansion of AIM
Programs including Atal Tinkering Labs, Atal Incubation Program, Atal Community Innovation
Centre and Atal New India Challenges, like to build the creativity and innovation ecosystem via
nurturing the startups, innovation design to serve society with tech-driven solutions, Incubation
and Entrepreneurship.
 Managed Innovation Exhibitions organized in partnership with Israel, Singapore and Russia
partners. Engaged in planning execution of Three Champions of Change events, Global
Entrepreneurship Summit organized in India.
 Served as Officer on Special Duty to then Commerce & Industry Minister, Smt. Nirmala
Sitharaman at Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt.
of India.
 Former Member of IPR Think Tank constituted by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
(DIPP), Government of India to draft National IPR Policy of India.
 Head of IP at Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Dy Manager (IP Management) at Dr. Reddy’s Lab
 Lecturer at U B Bhagat Science Mahila College, Amreli, Gujarat, JRF at B V Patel PERD Centre and
Research Fellow at Dept of Chemistry MK Bhavnagar University.

CORE COMPETENCY:
 Strategic development & Public policy
research
 Strategic assessment of technologies
and their IP utilization in the benefit of
society
 Business Alignment of IP Strategy
 Mentoring to promote STEM
initiatives
 Take leadership in executing
initiatives for planning, growth and
profitability drives
 Handling of IP portfolio in R&D
development and commercialization
 Intellectual Property (IP) management
 Developing of strategy for IP Auditing
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 Startup Mentoring & Incubation Management
 Nurturing Innovative Talent, Organizing and
management their skills in developing them
towards ecosystem
 IP decisions on commercialization strategies and
exploring dossier development for APIs and
formulations
 Deployment of Technology and Innovative
Solutions
 Innovation management and commercialization
 New Product Identification, Development to
Deployment - Project Management
 Business promotion & development of new
technologies for commercialization
Publications:
 has published ~16 research paper/scientific review articles in journals of international and
national repute among which 08 are patent applications filed with patent office on different
scientific inventions wherein Three patents are granted.
 has written three books on Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam with the focus of readership among school and
graduate-level students. The books were released by Former Defense Minister Shri Manohar
Parrikar and Former MHRD Shri Prakash Javadekar in 2016. The book was also presented to
Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi.
 These books are dedicated to students and youth of India in memory of Dr. Kalam,
 Do You Know: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam? by Grapewine Publications, New Delhi.

 Prerana Ki Udaan in Hindi by Prabhat Prakashan, Delhi

 Prerana nu Zarnu: Dr Abdul Kalam in Gujarati by Rashtra Aaradhan, Ahmedabad

 The book is also under translation in different regional languages i.e. Assamese, Marathi, Telugu,
Malayalam and Tamil

 To make the book available for visibility challenged people, the instant publication will also be typed in
Braille which may be the first book of Dr. Kalam available in Braille.

Dr. Pandit is professionally engaged with various startups, institutions in advising, consulting on
development and deployment of various innovative technologies, Intellectual Property, Innovation and
Incubation Management, Business Strategy, Startup Mentoring, Technology Licensing & IP due
diligence, commercialization, Govt Grants Management and Corporate social responsibility linked to
community initiatives & societal needs.

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