GMGC - Key Persons
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 also council member of Deccan education society
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 with a record of 91% grade point. He has completed several Professional Trainings viz. Japan Patent Office, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Indian Institute of Technology, 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 1100 sessions in different States including IIT's 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 also the founder and director of GMGC IPR Services Pvt. Ltd., a Start Up recognized by Government of India under the Start Up India Scheme launched in 2016.
He is an ardent reader and passionate writer with more than 200 published articles and numerous news articles in all majorly circulated newspapers of Maharashtra and India. He has also authored three books on Economics, Intellectual Property Rights, GI- Manankan in Marathi with its audio book which was 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 IPRs!Indian Institute of Technology, 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 colleges, institutions and Universities in Maharashtra 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) and Geneva (2022) and his three position papers on GI issues 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 89 G.I's out of which 50 are Accept and other are under examination stages. His contribution in registering Agricultural G.I is more than 25% of total Agricultural G.I. registered in India. It is because of his genuine efforts and relentless hard work; Maharashtra is 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.
Rohit has completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune. He is a registered Indian Patent Agent. He secured all India rank (AIR-18) in IPR Olympiad 2019 in Professional Category.
He has handled several projects of drafting and searching in the field of mechanical engineering, automotive engineering related patents and Industrial Designs. He is a person with a keen interest in science, technology, and Intellectual properties.
Rohit has also assisted other IP related work. He is highly skilled in identifying the patentability mainly in mechanical field related inventions and in other engineering domains.