The AIPPI members are advised that the membership will be from 1st January to 31st December every year. The Membership is conferred on individual basis and should be renewed every year. Please further note that in case the member does not renew the membership, the membership would be deactivated. However, if the member wishes to re-join on a later date, the member will have to pay the arrears before activation of his/her AIPPI Membership Account.
Membership Fee for Junior Member / Young Member / Corporate Member (In-House Counsel, etc.) (member who is 36 years of age or below): Rs. 12,500/- (Rupees Twelve Thousand Five Hundred only)
Membership Fee for Regular Member: Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty-Five Thousand only)
Members to pay membership fee latest by March 30 of each year, failing which the member’s name would be removed from the rolls of the AIPPI membership and additional 100% of the amount of the membership fee would be applicable for reinstatement of the same.
Any Member who wishes to reinstate the membership for attending the Annual AIPPI Congress should make the application along with complete fee payment latest by July 31. If this deadline is not met, consideration of reinstatement would be made only after conclusion of the Congress for that particular year.
Any New Member should make an application for membership at least 1 month in advance of the AIPPI Congress scheduled for that particular year, if the person wants to attend the Congress for that year. Else, the membership application will be processed only after conclusion of the Congress.
If there is any change in the contact/communication details of a member, the member is requested to inform such change to the President and the Treasurer at the earliest.
Shukadev Khuraijam
Shukadev Khuraijam is a Partner with the firm of Remfry & Sagar. He is a patent lawyer with over 15 years of professional experience in advising clients on contentious and non-contentious issues. With dual degrees in science and law from the University of Delhi, Shukadev is an expert in offering strategic advice on legal and techno legal aspects in complex patent cases; his particular areas of focus are pharmaceutical, biotech and chemical patents. He appears before many forums including various civil courts, the Indian Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) and is noted for his involvement in several cases that have shaped Indian patent jurisprudence.
Shukadev is a frequent commentator on the Indian patent milieu – he has penned several articles for renowned publications and also speaks often at global and domestic IP forums. He is an Executive Committee Member of the AIPPI Indian Group and a nominated AIPPI Standing Committee Member for Patents.