Sunita Sreedharan

Ms Sunita K Sreedharan is an advocate and a patent agent licensed to practice in India. In her 22 years’ law practice, she developed expertise in Intellectual Property Law more notably in Patent Law and Biodiversity laws of India. Ms Sreedharan represents clients before the Intellectual Property Offices, the High Courts, the National Biodiversity Authority. She successfully argued on the seminal business method case before the Indian Patent Office, Madras High Court and the IPAB.

Ms Sreedharan is the founder of SKS Law Associates a Delhi based IP law practice which has earned international reputation for handling intellectual property especially patents in highly specialized areas of technology.

Ms Sreedharan earned LL.B. (awarded Gold Medal) from The School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, LL.M. from The George Washington University Law School, Washington DC, USA, M.Sc. in Cytogenetics, an MBA in Human Resources Management and Diploma in Computer Science on Systems Analysis and Design.

A Temporary Advisor to the WHO, Ms Sreedharan has worked on the effective implementation of the IHR.

Ms Sreedharan has had the distinction of being nominated for the “IP Woman of the Year 2008” Award by the organizers of IP Summit held in Brussels on December 4, 2008. She has been recently inducted in the rosters of the International Who’s Who of Professionals. She is a member of LES, APAA, AIPPI and INTA, and has been empaneled as legal counsel for the Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers’ Rights (PPV & FR) Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and later as legal advisor on the Central Technology Management Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). She has been involved in the drafting of various parliamentary bills requiring protection of various intellectual properties including the access and benefit sharing of traditional knowledge.

Ms Sreedharan is a prolific author and has received several national and international awards in recognition of her work. 

Ms Sreedharan served on the Review Committee regarding amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005).