Chair Professor / Coordinator ? Brief profile & contact details

                        Feroz Ali Khader is a practicing advocate and the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) Chair on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.

                        Feroz is the author of two books on Patent Law. His first book, The Law of Patents-With a Special Focus on Pharmaceuticals in India (LexisNexis Butterworths, Hardback, 2007; Paperback 2009) is a legal treatise on the law of patents. His second book, The Touchstone Effect: The Impact of Pre-grant Opposition on Patents (LexisNexis Butterworths, 2009) is business book which helps knowledge-based companies to develop a strategy on opposition of patents.

                        Feroz was matriculated as an SJD candidate at the Duke Law School. Feroz is an alumnus of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, National Law School of India University and Government Law College, University of Calicut.He is a visiting faculty at National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

The Annual Report of the MHRD IPR Chair for the year 2013-2014 can be downloaded from here.