Dr. Indranil Saha
Associate Professor & Coordinator – Centre for IPR Law and Research, MAHE
Dr. Indranil Saha is an Associate Professor of law at Manipal Law School, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Bengaluru and also Coordinator - Centre for IPR Law and Research, MAHE. He completed his M.Sc. in physics from Presidency College, Kolkata and Ph.D from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He is a TRIL Fellow of UNESCO and worked on cancer research in Italy, and is also NET qualified. He also holds a LLB degree with honours in Intellectual Property Rights from Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur and LLM in corporate and commercial law. Dr. Saha is also a Registered Indian patent agent and has 12 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals indexed in SCI and SCOPUS, and 02 granted patents as an inventor himself from the Indian Patent Office. He is also an alumnus of IIM-Visakhapatnam and received a silver medal for his capstone project in the course “Fintech, Blockchain and Financial Risk Management”. Dr. Indranil has a unique academic and professional track record of being a scientist turned legal professional, and he has a substantial combined experience of about 12 years in the field of science, technology and law. He is an inventor, educationist, IPR, corporate law and data privacy laws specialist, registered Indian Patent Agent, innovation and technology transfer enthusiast, fintech and artificial intelligence expert. He has been an invited speaker in various domains of law like intellectual property rights, technology transfer, licensing and contracts, data privacy and fintech in several universities and IITs in India, and he has worked in tier-1 law firms like Luthra & Luthra in the IPR team. He has also been associated with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) in relation to its academic matters. The expertise of Dr. Saha includes Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Innovation, Technology Transfer, Corporate Laws, Commercial Contracts, IPR Licensing, Cyber laws & Data Privacy, Fintech and Artificial Intelligence. In his current role as an Associate Professor with MLS, Dr. Indranil focuses on BBALLB (Hons.), 3-year LLB (Hons.) as well as LLM in Data Privacy and IT Laws where he is involved in teaching and guiding students in the subjects of contract law, company law, intellectual property rights (IPR), fintech and data privacy laws, technology and networking essentials and dissertation of LLM students. He is also involved in teaching the subject of Legal Aspects of Business to the BBA and MBA students of T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI),MAHE, Bengaluru.
Manipal Law School (MLS) Bengaluru
Qualification: B.Sc (C.U), M.Sc (Presidency College, C.U), LL.B (Hons. In IPR) (IIT-Kharagpur), LL.M (Corporate & Commercial Laws) (SRMU), Ph.D (IISc, Bengaluru), T.R.I.L Fellow (UNESCO, Italy), PG Certification -IIM Visakhapatnam, NET- Qualified, Registered Indian Patent Agent
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Prof. Indranil has a unique academic and professional track record of being a scientist turned legal professional and he has a substantial combined experience of more than 15 years in the field of science, technology and law. He is an inventor, educationist, IPR specialist, registered Indian Patent Agent, innovation and technology transfer enthusiast, data privacy practitioner, fintech and artificial intelligence expert.
After Master's (M.Sc) in Physics from Presidency College (C.U), he completed his Ph.D from Dept. of Physics at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. Thereafter, Prof. Indranil completed his Post-Doctoral studies under the prestigious T.R.I.L Post-Doctoral Fellowship of UNESCO at Italy. Following this, Prof. Indranil ranked All India 5th in the IIT-Kharagpur All India Law Entrance Examination, and completed his LL.B (Honours in IPR) from Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL), IIT-Kharagpur. He has completed his LL.M in Corporate and Commercial Laws. He has worked with Tier-1 law firms in India like Luthra & Luthra, New Delhi as well as various other organizations of international repute in the field of law and innovation like IISc-Bangalore, UNESCO- Italy, Techno India University, GLA University, etc.
Prof. Indranil is currently working as an Associate Professor with MLS where he focuses on the LLM programs specializing in IT, data privacy, cyber laws and fintech. As far as undergraduate programs in law are concerned, he is involved in teaching and guiding students in the field of intellectual property rights (IPR). He is also the Chairperson of the IPR Cell of MLS, MAHE, Bengaluru campus.
COURSES TAUGHT :
1. Intellectual property rights ( for BA LLB and BBA LLB )
2. Data privacy in fintech ( for LLM )
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Intellectual property rights, IPR licensing, technology transfer, start up’s, technology law and regulation, data security, artificial intelligence ethics and regulations, personal data protection and data privacy, fintech.
Area of Expertise
Intellectual property rights, IPR licensing, technology transfer, start up’s, technology law and regulation, data security, artificial intelligence ethics and regulations, personal data protection and data privacy, fintech.
Area of Research
Intellectual property rights, IPR licensing, technology transfer, start up’s, technology law and regulation, data security, artificial intelligence ethics and regulations, personal data protection and data privacy, fintech.
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
Registered Indian Patent Agent, Registered with Bar Council of India, Alumni of IISc-Bangalore, IIT-Kharagpur and IIM-Visakhapatnam.
PATENTS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER :
As a seasoned IPR and technology transfer professional, Prof. Indranil has been involved in 12 scientific projects which led to technology transfer with NRDC, Govt. of India in his professional career.
INVITED SPEAKER IN CONFERENCE/SEMINAR :
Prof. Saha has been invited speaker in several conferences and seminars including several IIT’S and NLU’s in the field of intellectual property rights, technology transfer, fintech and data privacy.
Publications :
Prof. Indranil has 12 original research article publications in peer-reviewed international journals.
PATENTS :
Prof. Indranil has 01 granted patent from Indian Patent Office as an inventor and 10 filed patent applications as an inventor at the Indian Patent Office.