Dr. Vinita Jindal is working as Chief Manager IP & Technology Management at Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), A Government of India Enterprise. She holds a doctorate in Plant Sciences. She was awarded DST Women Scientist Fellowship in the area of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). She is a registered Patent Attorney at Indian Patent Office (IPO) and Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP) and has over 14 years of experience in Intellectual Property & Technology Management. At BIRAC, she is involved in carrying out the Patent searches, analysis, mentors the start-ups on IP & technology transfer and commercialization. She was also selected for Technology Transfer Course-2013 offered under Khorana Program which is sponsored by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India at University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW). Prior to working in BIRAC, she has had experience in different law firms like Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan and Jafa & Javali.