About Us
Prof Simon Hawkins, B.SC., PH.D., HDR. Plant cell wall dynamics group, Assistant Director Structural & Functional Glycobiology Laboratory, UMR 8576 CNRS UGSF, University of Lille, France
An eminent scientist in cell membrane evolution for the actual structure of the fibre.
Principal Investigator : Dr. S.R. Joshi
Professor Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
North-Eastern Hill University
Permanent Campus, Umshing,
Shillong-793022, Meghalaya (India)
An eminent scientist and researcher who has previously undertaken steps towards research for an organic post-harvest treatment of the Ramie plant.
Mr Swarup Kumar – A senior partner & patent Lawyer at Remfry & Sagar specialising in Bio-Chemistry
Swarup is a Partner at Remfry & Sagar (a leading IP Firm in India) with nearly two decades of professional experience in IPR. Swarup advises a wide range of clients on IP portfolio creation, development and management.
His principal area of practice is patent law with substantive experience in contentious and non-contentious matters. His practice includes rendering patentability opinions, drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications, handling searches, FTOs, oppositions and annuities as well as advising on the transfer of rights and licences. Swarup argues appeals before the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) and appears in patent litigation matters before the High court. Besides patents, Swarup is experienced in handling design as well as trademark matters.
Swarup holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry, a Master’s degree in Law, and a Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights from the premier Indian Law Institute (ILI), Delhi.
Swarup is a founder member and elected Secretary of The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI), India. He is also the Chair of the Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution group – CET 7 at FICPI. In this capacity, he has represented FICPI before the Indian Patent Office (IPO), USPTO, EPO, JPO and DPIIT in many instances. Earlier, he was an elected Executive Committee member of FICPI-India for two consecutive terms.
Swarup speaks regularly on Indian IP law as well as Management of IP Practice at various national and international forums such as FICPI-International, LES, BRICS-IP Forum, FICPI-China, FICPI-India etc. He has contributed several research papers, articles and pieces in renowned IP journals and publications such as IPM, LSIPR, IP Watch, SCRIPTED etc. He has also proposed an advisory to the DIPP on the feasibility of the “Utility Model” in India.
Hemant Sagar was born in New Delhi to an Indian father and a German mother, where he spent his childhood.
A student of design and dress making, he started his career as an apprentice in Germany in the 70s followed by Paris where he joined the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de Couture Parisienne.
The co-founder of Lecoanet Hemant, an Indo French fashion house in the early 80s Hemant Sagar is responsible for the parent brand along with its other labels; Genes, a contemporary fashion brand for urban style seekers and Ayurganic which is based entirely on sustainable practices
Annex: First sequence of Ramie planting was undertaken by Bench Bio in Maharashtra, India. This repeated planting of the seeds from the preceding generation is referred to as ‘Tilling’. We are currently searching for partner companies for this step.
