VENKAT RAMA RAO ADHIKARI
Bangalore, India
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CAREER SNAPSHOT
• Director – IP – Innovations offering 17+ years of experience with main emphasis on spearheading the Intellectual Property and Investments team across the organization deliverables
• Adept in developing, communicating, monitoring and reporting on IP strategies
• Proficient in providing guidance and specialist insight to Science & Technology groups on IP, identifying a commercial pathway for all IP in collaboration with appropriate staff
• Robust experience in negotiating/implementing contracts with stakeholders and maintaining an awareness of current issues and trends in case law and IP legislation
• Spearheading team focused on IP and internal investment deliverables with efficient relationship management with internal stakeholders
• Excellent team leader, training, guiding and motivating teams of professionals towards maximum productivity with exceptional consensus building and interpersonal skills CORE COMPETENCIES
• Management of Strategic IP Portfolio
• IP Strategy, IP Licensing & IT Valuation
• Stakeholder Management
• Investment Deliverables
• Intellectual Property & Investments
NOTEWORTHY CREDITS
• Stellar role contribution in IP monetization and business development
• In-depth of licensing, patents, and complex transactions in diversified industries viz. IT, Media, Communications, Consumer Electronics, Cybersecurity and IoT
• Significant experience spearheading the negotiation of complex IP based transactions in excess of $10M
• Robust experience with patent acquisition transactions and M&A
• Demonstrated industry contacts with large/multi-national organisations which are potential customers/partners such as - MSO’s, Media/Content, Consumer Electronics & Communications, Cybersecurity and IoT companies worldwide
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Organization Designation Duration
Techolution Director – IP - Innovations March 2020 – Till Date
Indian Institute of Science Technology
Manager (Intellectual Property & Technology
Licensing)
Feb 2019 – Feb
2020
National Research Development Corporation Manager (Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer)
Aug 2017 – April
2018
Indian Institute Of Technology Madras Principal Oct 2015 – July 2017
National Innovation Foundation National Coordinator & Senior Fellow IPR April 2014 – April 2015
Adhikari Intellectual Property Consultants Chief IP Strategist Feb 2008 – March 2014
NCR Corporation Patient Manager Jan 2007 – Jan
2008
Infosys Technologies Senior Technical Specialist – Patents Oct 2005 – Dec 2006
Controller General Of Patents, Trademarks &
Designs
Examiner Of Patents & Designs Oct 2003 –
March 2005
EDUCATION
• Master of Technology in Information Technology from Indian Institute Of Technology Roorkee, India, 2003
• Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering from Kumara Guru College Of Technology, India, 2001
• Honors Diploma in Computer Technology from Sree Narayana Guru Polytechnic College, India, 1997