KAPILA Campaign

KAPILA Campaign- Relevance for UPSC Exam

GS Paper 2: Governance, Administration and Challenges- Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
GS Paper 3: Science and Technology- Awareness and issues relating to intellectual property rights.

The Union Government launched a campaign KAPILA Campaign for Intellectual Property Literacy and creating patent awareness in 2020.
- KAPILA Full Form: Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness Campaign.
According to the recent data provided by the Ministry of State for Education, more than 46,000 users have registered for KAPILA awareness programs.

About: KAPILA campaign is an IP literacy program that seeks to increase awareness regarding the protection and exploitation of Intellectual Property (IP).
- KAPILA Kalam Program was launched on the 89th birth anniversary of former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
Key Objectives: KAPILA Awareness Program aims-
- To provide funding support in order to promote the filing of Intellectual Property (IP) in Higher Education Institutions. KAPILA Portal has been launched for the same.
- To create awareness regarding Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs),
- To enable IP protection of inventions originating from faculty and students of HEIs,
- Development of Credit Course on IPR,
- Training program on IPR for faculty and students of HEIs and
- Sensitization and development of vibrant IP filing system.
Key initiatives under KAPILA Campaign: Under the KAPILA initiative, the following noteworthy activities have been conducted-
- Intellectual Property (IP) Clinic,
- Case Studies/ Articles regarding Innovation and Intellectual Property and
- Online awareness programs and
- National Intellectual Property Literacy Week (NIPLW) KAPILA Campaign.