Thank You, Amitabh Kant

 

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 )

 

Adieu , Dear Amitabh ,

 

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