Speaker Profiles :

Dr. Kalyan C Kankanala


specializes in helping companies extract and derive optimal value from their intellectual assets. During his illustrious career as an IP professional, Dr. Kalyan has worked closely with technology driven companies on IP Protection, Strategic IP Analysis, IP Audits, Management of IP, Alliances and Licensing. 
Since the inception of Brain League, Dr. Kalyan has played a pivotal role in defining new standards for IP services in India. Challenging the established perceptions and norms and redefining the way IP is practiced, Dr. Kalyan has developed novel processes and robust mechanisms for excavating IP, performing IP Audits, building and managing IP portfolios, IP licensing and commercialization and many other IP activities to specifically suit the Indian market. In addition to working with established companies, Dr. Kalyan also devotes his time and energy to help start ups, educational institutes and incubators leverage returns from IP. 
Dr. Kalyan firmly believes that quality research and education plays a key role in providing services with high standards. In furtherance of his belief, he performs extensive research on various aspects of IP and organizes educational programs on a regular basis. Dr. Kalyan has many national and international publications to his credit, which have been cited in research papers across the globe. His books entitled, Genetic Patent Law and Strategy, Asian Patent Law' and Indian Patent Law and Practice have received international acclaim and recognition from professionals in the field. He has recently co-authored an international work on IP Client Strategies in the Asia-Pacific Region, which has been published by Aspatore, Thomson Group, United States of America. 
Dr. Kalyan is extremely passionate about teaching and offers courses on Intellectual Property as a visiting faculty at National Law School of India University, Bangalore and guest faculty at IIM, Bangalore. Apart from these he also spearheads some full-fledged IP initiatives such as Intellecture, the leading IP Training group for corporates, Open online IP Courses, IP convergence, the first online IP newsletter in India and SiNApSE blog, a leading IP resource. These initiatives have received overwhelming response from corporate professionals and students and are playing an important role in spreading IP knowledge and awareness in India. 
Dr. Kalyan is an alumnus of Franklin Pierce Law Center, NH, USA and National Law School of India University, Bangalore. He is also a registered patent and trade mark agent.

Mr. Nishant Kewalramani


heads the IP Consulting and Strategy Division at Brain League. He holds a Masters degree in Intellectual Property Rights, Commerce & Technology from Franklin Pierce, USA. He is a B.Sc. LLB (Honors) graduate from National Law University, Jodhpur. He is a registered patent and trademark agent.
During his career he has worked on a variety of Intellectual Property issues ranging from filings to strategic management of Intellectual Property. He has immense experience in Intellectual Property Portfolio Management and therefore has dealt with IP filing in various countries including the likes of USA, India and European Union.
As the head of the Consulting and Strategy Division at Brain League he has been a part of various corporate training programs. He also holds advanced certifications in Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property from World Intellectual Property Organization.

Ms. Supriya Ramacha


is the head of Chemistry and Pharma patent division. She works with a team of patent experts having doctorate degrees in chemistry, biotech and pharma fields for delivering a variety of patent projects to clients. Supriya works closely with pharma companies on patent search, drafting, filing and prosecution projects.  Her speciality is freedom to operate reports and patent expiry advise.
Prior to her career in the field of Intellectual Property, Supriya was working with a pharmaceutical company.  She started her career as an Analytical R&D analyst and has gained experience in and has knowledge of pharmaceutical procedures. During her work in the pharma sector she was involved in the analysis and method optimization of various drug formulations (orals, topicals and injectables), where she was required to work closely with the formulation development team.  Her expertise was in Multivitamin formulations. During her work in the lab she was involved in method development and method optimization of multivitamin injectables and oral suspensions.
Supriya has a Masters in Biochemistry and has completed courses on IP from leading institutes. She is also a registered patent agent.