PROFILE -T. C. James
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Government of India
Mr. T C James is Director in Intellectual Property Rights Division, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India. His current charge includes law and policy relating to Patents, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications of Goods, and matters connected with World Intellectual Organisation (WIPO) besides general policy and strategies in the area of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). Prior to this, he had worked in the Copyright Division of the Ministry of Human Resource Development from 1996 to 2001. He was closely associated with the amendments to the Copyright Act, 1999.
Mr. James has presented papers on IPR issues in a number of seminars and workshops in India and abroad. He has published many articles on IPRs in journals and magazines and is co-author of A Handbook of Copyright Law published by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, India.
Mr. James had his formal education in the University of Kerala.
