Manager - Innovation and LifeScience Advisory, Sathguru Management Consultants
Rijuta Garapaty, PHD, RTTP, REGISTERED INDIAN PATENT AGENT
Dr. Rijuta Garapaty, is a manager in the Innovation advisory practice at Sathguru Management Consultants (SMC) and has been actively supporting the technology advisory at SMC in the domain of Agriculture, Healthcare and Food. She has worked on multiple engagements with SMC funded by BMGC, USAID, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the World Bank and other philanthropic/non-governmental and government bodies for activities focused on capacity building, technology management, IP Landscaping, IP auditing and analysis. Rijuta has been actively involved in analyzing business and technology strategies, conducting primary and secondary research, as well as managing IP strategies of agri-input companies. She is also actively involved in strategizing IP protection for enhancing commercialization potential for innovations developed at LVPEI, a leading translational research focused Institutions and many startups in the country. Prior to SMC, she worked as an Intellectual Property professional for more than 7 years and has gained significant amount of experience while working with DuPont for over 5 years.
Rijuta holds a PhD degree in molecular biology from University of Bremen, Germany and is a certified Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP) and a registered Indian Patent Agent. She has been actively volunteering at STEM for over 5 years and is the lead handling STEM Courses and STEM Summit.