Intellectual Property Rights and the Protection of Traditional Knowledge

Nisha Dhanraj Dewani has done her LL.B and LLM (corporate law) from Jamia Millia Islamia (India) and submitted her thesis on a subject of patent. She has practiced as a lawyer in Delhi High Court for 3 years. Besides she worked with reputed law firm and senior partners handling IPR matters for 2 years. In addition, she holds more than 9 years’ experience in academics. She qualified the U.G.C. NET and JRF in 2010. Her major area of academic interest includes Intellectual Property rights, International Commercial Law and Public International Law. She has many research papers in various national and international reputed law journals. She has received number of letters of appreciation not only from the academic institutions but from different law journals for her contributions. She has presented many research papers in various seminars and conferences. She has worked with UNICEF and many reputed NGOs. Also she has judged many National and International Moot Court Competition. Presently she is working with Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies (School of Law). Amulya Gurtu is the Chair-Business Administration and an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Cofrin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI, USA. He obtained his Ph.D. from Ryerson University, Canada, an M.B.A. from Ivey Business School, Western University, Canada. His research interests are in global manufacturing and supply chains, and its impact on the environment and society. His research has been published in Transportation Journal, the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Services Marketing Quarterly, the International Journal of Inventory Research, the International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, the Journal of Cleaner Production, Management Research Review, the Journal of Environment & Development, Sustainable Production and Consumption, and Applied Mathematical Modelling. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility (IJSECSR) and an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics published by Taylor & Francis. He can be reached at http://www.uwgb.edu/gurtua .