BITS Pilani wins dual recognition at CII Global Innovation & IP Summit 2025

BITS Pilani received dual recognition at the CII Global Innovation & IP Summit 2025, winning the Best Patent Portfolio (Second Runner-Up) and the CII Women in STEM Award. The accolades highlight its contributions to IP, technology commercialisation, and gender diversity in STEM.

Hyderabad: BITS Pilani, an institution of eminence, announced its dual recognition at the CII Global Innovation & IP Summit 2025, held concurrently with the CII Global Summit on Technology, R&D & IP in New Delhi. The institution was lauded for its contributions to intellectual property (IP) creation, management, and technology commercialisation.

The institution also received the CII Women in STEM Award for efforts in advancing women’s participation, leadership, and influence across Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), a press release said.

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BITS Pilani secured the Best Patent Portfolio (2020–2025) – Second Runner-Up in the category of Academic Institutions – Private Universities, placing it among the nation’s top 30 IP-driven organisations, it said.

Further, the Best Patent Portfolio award was received on behalf of BITS Pilani by Prof Sudhirkumar Barai, Director, BITS Pilani, along with Prof Deepak Chitkara, Coordinator, IPEC, Prof Swati Alok, Associate Dean – Research & Innovation, and Mr Rajneesh Kumar, Head, Technology Transfer Office, it added.