Thank You, Amitabh Kant
It is not often that one gets to acknowledge the achievements of a retiring Government officer and say :
“ Good luck to you – and continue to contribute to nation’s well being “
Amitabh Kant , who retires ( 30 June ) as CEO of NITI Aayog is one such officer
I had an opportunity to meet him in person just once ( 05 Sept 2015 )
This was in connection with my suggestions re modification of the “ Make In India “ portal to enable Foreign Buyers of Indian goods / services, to be able to search “ suitable “ Indian Manufacturers / exporters and send them inquiries ( - a feature to enable a two-way dialogue )
But , today , I got reminded of him when I read the following news report :
Ø PM-EAC for patent system rejig to fast track grants / ET / 25 June 2022
Extract :
It is quite possible that PM EAC do not know that Shri Kant realized this need ( to speed up examination and grant of patents ), some 7 years ago !
And took specific action as evident from following e-mail exchange :
From: Amitabh Kant [mailto:amitabhk87@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 10:49 PM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Re: INNOVATIONS AND PATENTS
Dear Hemen,
Thanks. I am working on it. Recruiting 1000 additional examiners on war footing .
Will bring pendency to 6 months in 18 months time.
Ak
This made me send following e-mail to Shri Kant :
INNOVATIONS AND PATENTS
Amitabh Kant amitabhk87@gmail.com
Dear Amitabh ,
This is indeed heartening !
As per Patent Office Annual Report ( 2013-14 ), 196 patent examiners managed to " dispose off " ( grant + refusal ), some 11,411 applications ( 58.2 / examiner / year )
If this number goes up 6 times ( 200 + 1000 ), may be they could dispose off 36,000 applications in 6 months - as against 42,951 applications filed during 2013-14
I wish you all luck with such a massive recruitment drive
But with just ONE employer in the entire country, it would be extremely difficult to find so many suitable / experienced examiners
I suppose, Patent Office will, simultaneously launch an equally massive " Training " program
It may be worth considering outsourcing of preliminary internet-based search of existing " Prior Knowledge ", without revealing to the " Subcontracted Party ", any finer details of the applications
with regards,
hemen
( source : Thank You, Shri Amitabh Kantji / 15 Jan 2022 )
May God grant you good health so that you may continue to serve the country
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 27 June 2022
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