Abhijit Bhand

Abhijit is a Co-founder of Kanadlab Institute of Intellectual Property & Research and a practicing IP Consultant. His responsibilities primarily include providing IP protection, maintenance, and enforcement services, as well as offering consulting, research, and technology support to startups, innovators, researchers and academia. 

Abhijit holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Pune University, a Master's in Intellectual Property and Technology Law from Jagiellonian University, Poland, and another Master's in Intellectual Property Economics from the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, South Korea, where he was also a Scholar of the World Intellectual Property Organization (a specialised agency of the United Nations).

He is a TEDx speaker and has been an invited speaker on IP at several prestigious institutions, including FICCI, IITs, ICAR, and IEI. Drawing on over nine years of experience in IP consulting, he strives to make a positive impact through his work.