PROF. ADV. GANESH HINGMIRE
[B. Sc., LL.M. (Cardiff University, UK), M.Phil. Economics]
Prof. Ganesh Hingmire is a renowned Intellectual Property (IP) Enthusiast and a winner of two Consecutive National Intellectual Property Awards in 2015 & 2016 given by Ministry of Commerce, Gov. of India. He is the head of Intellectual Property Right Council at Chamber India and also Mentor and IPR/GI advisor at Baramati Incubation Centre and NIT Jalandhar, Punjab. He is Board Member for research at Savitribai Phule Pune University nominated by Governor of Maharashtra. He also holds a position as a Council Member of the Deccan Education Society (DES), Pune.
Prof. Ganesh completed his LL.M. from UK after completing LL.B. from renowned ILS Law College, Pune after his Science degree in Chemistry. He has also completed M.Phil. (Economics) from University of Pune. He has completed several Professional Trainings viz. Japan Patent Office, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, IIT Kanpur and NISCAIR. He constantly supported various industries for their IPR registration and commercialization since 2002. He is a visiting faculty to most prestigious academic institutions in India and delivered more than 1200 sessions in different States including IITs and National Law Schools.
He is the founder of Great Mission Group Consultancy which is dedicated towards promotion and protection of IPR in the country. He is an ardent reader and passionate writer with more than 250 published articles and numerous news articles in all majorly circulated newspapers of Maharashtra and India. He has also authored five books including Students Guide to IPR, International Economic Law, Intellectual Property Rights, GI-Manankan in Marathi and English with its audio book, Out of five books, his two books were inaugurated by the Hon’ble Governor of Maharashtra at Raj Bhavan.
He has been interviewed by majority of the news channels in Maharashtra recognizing his work and he has most efficiently utilized the platform to reach out to farmers and aspirants and make them aware about Intellectual Property Rights. He has also started a YouTube channel to widen his reach to make common man aware of GI and IPRs!
IIT Kharagpur invited him to chair the session and inaugurate the Patents and Geographical Indications Drive program in 2016. His organization has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with many renowned institutions and Universities for academic promotion of IPRs.
He has attended seven Ministerial Conferences of World Trade Organization (WTO) at Cancun (2003), Hong Kong (2005), Geneva (2011), Indonesia (2013), Kenya (2015), Argentina (2017), Geneva (2022) and Abu Dhabi (2024) and his many position papers on GI issues and food securities have been published at WTO website. He chose to work in the area of community IP Rights i.e., Geographical Indications and make it as a tool for economic growth of India. He worked as an expert for international project called “A Tale of G.I. in India” supported by European Union and Government of India. He has worked for 100 G. I.’s out of which 63 are registered. His contribution in registering Agricultural G.I is almost 25% of total Agricultural G.I. registered in India. It is because of his genuine efforts and relentless hard work; Maharashtra is at the top in the list of Agricultural GIs in India. He continues his work with only one thing in mind “Miles to Go before I Sleep”. Adv. Prof. Ganesh Hingmire has incalculable understanding and experience in building a business out of an innovative concept as a trailblazer in the field of Intellectual Property, particularly in the area of community IP Rights.