Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi, India  (Jan 2013- Jan 2019)
MBA - Indraprastha Engineering College, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, India (July 2007-May 2009)
BBA - School of Management Sciences, V. B. S. Purvanchal University, India (July 2004- May 2007)

Dr Akriti Jain has joined as an Assistant Professor of Strategy and General Management at IMI New Delhi. She holds a doctorate in Economics of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – New Delhi, India, and is a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge – UK.

Dr Jain worked at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) – Bangalore during 2019-2022 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. At IISc, she researched how intellectual property rights (IPRs) can help global sustainability transitions. She has published and presented her research work in many national and international journals and conferences.
 
Before joining IISc, she worked as a Fellow and Consultant at the CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition (CIRC), New Delhi, to research promoting Innovation and competition for efficient use of Intellectual Property (IP) in India. 

Previously, she held several teaching and corporate communication positions in India's Science and Technology institutes and taught graduate and master-level courses (subjects) like Managerial Economics, Industrial Engineering, International Management, and Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STIP). She holds a Master's and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. 
  
Research Focus: Innovation and Intellectual Property (IP) Management, IP strategies for Green Technology and Sustainability, Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STIP), Academic Innovation & Technology Transfer.

PEER-REVEIWED PUBLICATIONS

1. Vimalnath, P., Tietze, F., Eppinger, E., Jain A., Gurtoo, A., Elsen, M. (2023). Responsible intellectual property strategy for transition towards sustainable development, World Patent Information, 73, 102195 (Cite Score: 2.7)
2. Jain, A., Sharma, R., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2023). To patent or not? Factors and motivation affecting Indian academic patenting, Economics and Political Weekly. 58 (6). 43-53. (Scopus Index – Q2 Cite Score: 0.37) [Link]
3. Vimalnath, P., Tietze, F., Jain A., Gurtoo, A., Eppinger, E., Elsen, M. (2022). IP Strategies for Green Innovations - An Analysis of European Inventor Awards, Journal of Cleaner Production, 377, 134325 (ABDC: A; SCI Indexed; Cite Score: 15.8) [Link]
4. Jain, A., & Gurtoo, A. 2021. Can the restrictive boundaries of intellectual property create a larger social impact? Current Science, 120(11), 1667 – 1669. (Scopus Index – Q2; SCI Indexed; CiteScore: 1.5; IF: 1.17), [Link]
5. Eppinger, E., Jain, A., Vimalnath, P., Gurtoo, A., Tietze, F., & Hernández-Chea, R. 2021. Sustainability Transitions in Manufacturing – The Role of Intellectual Property. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 49, 118-126. (Scopus Index – Q1; SCI Indexed; CiteScore: 11.7; IF: 6.984). [Link]
6. Hernández-Chea, R., Jain, A., Bocken, N., Gurtoo, A. 2021. The Business Model in Sustainability Transitions: A Conceptualization. Sustainability, 13(11), 5763. (Scopus Index– Q1; SCI Indexed; CiteScore: 3.9; IF: 3.251) [Link]
7. Jain, A., Sharma, R., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2020). Public funds and outputs in higher academic technical institutions: Insights from India, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 32(9), 1-13 (ABS rank: 2; ABDC category: B; Scopus Index – Q2; CiteScore: 4.8, IF: 2.874) [Link]
8. Jain, A., Sharma, R., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2020). Measuring Research Efficiency of Higher Academic Technical Institutions of India: A Malmquist Productivity Index Approach, International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, 10(1), 52-79 (ABDC category: C; IF: 2.36) [Link]
9. Jain, A., Gera, N., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2016). Whether social media use differs across different personality types? Insights for managing human resources, International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, 7(3), 241-256 (ABDC category: B; Scopus Index– Q4; CiteScore: 1.1, IF: 0.69) [Link]
10. Sharma, R., & Jain, A. (2014). Research and patenting in Indian universities and technical institutes: An exploratory study, World Patent Information, 38, 62-66 (Scopus Index – Q4; SCI Indexed; CiteScore: 1.123, IF: 2.6) [Link]

REPORTS/WORKING PAPERS/KNOWLEDGE BRIEFS/BLOGS

1. Jain, A., GST and Income Inequality in India, IMI-New Delhi, Insights, January 2023. [Blog]
2. Jain, A., Critical social science perspectives on transformations to sustainability – emerging framings and approaches, International Science Council, June 2021. [Blog].
3. Jain, A, and Gurtoo, A. 2019 "E-Waste and Sustainability: Impact Assessment Indicators." In International Conference on Transformational Strategies for Business Sustainability- 2019, Bangalore – India. Available at SSRN 3628670 (2019). [Working Paper].
4. Vimalnath, P., Tietze, F., Jain, A., & Prifti. V. (2020). IP Strategies for Green Innovations - An Analysis of European Inventor Awards [Working Paper], University of Cambridge, CTM Working Paper Series No. 2020/01
5. Sodhi, G., Singh, S., & Jain A. (2020). Technology Start-ups and IP Protection in India – Case Studies, CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition, New Delhi, India. [Report]
6. Sodhi, G., Jain A., Singh, R. (2019). Technology Start-ups and IP Protection in India, CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition, New Delhi, India [Report]
7. Jain A., & Gurtoo, A. (2019). Sustainability Impact Assessment ‘need-to-know’ for researching sustainability transitions, IPACST. [Knowledge Brief]
8. Jain A (2019) Patenting by universities: Weighing costs and benefits, Times of India [Blog].

CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS

1. Jain, A., Vimalnath, P., Gurtoo, A., Eppinger, E., Tietze, F., Intellectual Property Strategies for Sustainability Transitions, European Academy of Management (EURAM) conference, 2023, Trinity Business School, Dublin, Ireland, 14-16 June 2023
2. Jain, A., Gurtoo, A., Eppinger, E., Vimalnath, P., Tietze, F., Sustainability transition spectrum and intellectual property dynamics – Firm level exploration, European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP) conference, 2022, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 14-16 September 2022
3. Jain, A., Gurtoo, A., Eppinger, E., Vimalnath, P., Tietze, F., Intellectual Property Strategies for Social Sustainability: Evidence from Mission Driven Firms, R&D 2022 Management Conference, University of Trento, Italy, 9-13 July 2022
4. Jain, A., Gurtoo, A., Eppinger, E., Vimalnath, P., Tietze, F. IP Usage And Sharing Models For Sustainability Transitions - Firm-Level Case-Analysis. 7th Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management (INDAM), Indian Institute of Management – Rohtak, India. 7-9 January 2022
5. Vimalnath, P., Tietze, F., Eppinger, E., Jain, A., Gurtoo, A. Responsible Intellectual Property Strategies: Insights from Case Studies of Sustainable Companies. R&D Management Conference, 6-8 July, 2021
6. Vimalnath, P., Tietze, F., Jain, A., Gurtoo, A., Eppinger, E. An empirical investigation of intellectual property for sustainability and its relevance to IPR policy European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation (Eu-SPRI) Annual Conference. 9-11 June 2021, Oslo.
7. Eppinger, E., Vimalnath, P., Kushnir, E., Jain, A., Gurtoo, A., and Tietze, F. Sustainability Transition in Manufacturing: The Role of New Entrants and how they use IPR. European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation (Eu-SPRI) Annual Conference. 9-11 June 2021, Oslo.
8. Eppinger, E., Gurtoo, A., Vimalnath, P., Jain, A., Kushnir, E., and Tietze, F. IPACST – Intellectual Property Models for Accelerating Sustainability Transitions. Transformations 2021. 28 May 2021
9. Jain A., Vimalnath, P., Gurtoo, A., & Tietze, F. (2020). Intellectual Property and Sustainability Transitions: Co-Evolution and Continuous Innovation Perspectives. 21st International CINet Conference. Politecnico di Milano – Milan, Italy.
10. Patil, R., Jain, A., & Gurtoo, A. (2020). Sustainability Transition in Established Corporations: Role of Technological Innovation. 6th Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management (INDAM)–2020, IIM-Tiruchirappalli, India [Link]
11. Hernandez Chea, R., Jain, A., & Bocken, N. (2020). A Conceptualization of Firm Activities toward Sustainability Transitions. 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada. [Link]
12. Vimalnath, P., Tietze, F., Jain, A., & Prifti. V (2020). IP Strategies for Green Innovations – An Analysis of European Inventor Awards. 20th European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, Dublin
13. Jain, A., & Gurtoo, A. (2019). E-Waste and Sustainability: Impact Assessment Indicators, International Conference on Transformational Strategies for Business Sustainability- 2019, Christ University, Bangalore – India
14. Sodhi, G., Jain A., Singh, R. (2019). Technology Start-ups and IP Protection in India, 10th Annual Asia Pacific Innovation Conference (APIC), Peking University - Beijing, China
15. Jain, A., Sharma, R., & Ilavarasan, P. (2018, December). Factors and motivation of academic patenting behaviour: an empirical study of India. Paper presented at the proceedings of the 9th Annual Asia Pacific Innovation Conference (APIC) held at Delhi School of Economics. New Delhi, India.
16. Jain, A., Sharma, R., & Ilavarasan, P. (2016, July). Measuring Research Efficiency of Higher Academic Premier Technical Institutions of India: A Data Envelopment Analysis Based Malmquist Productivity Index Approach. Paper presented at the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Management of Intellectual Property Rights and Strategy (MIPS). National Institute of Industrial Engineering. Mumbai, India. (Best Paper Award)
17. Jain, A., Gera, N., & Ilavarasan, P. (2016, February). Whether personality type determines the nature of Social Media use? An Empirical Study among the Aspiring Managers. Paper presented at the proceedings of the International Conference on the role of social media on Organizational Sustainability (ICROSMOS). Jaipuria Institute of Management. Noida, India.
18. Jain, A., & Ilavarasan, P. (2015, December). Out-of-Cycle Review of India`s Intellectual Property Rights by US: A Review. Paper presented at the 4th Biennial Indian Academy of Management (IAM) Conference. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. Noida Campus, India.
19. Sharma, R., & Jain, A. (2015, November). TRIPS and Free Trade. Short paper presented at the National Conference on the Evolving Regime in Intellectual Property Protection. Jawaharlal Nehru University. Delhi, India.
20. Jain, A., Sharma, R., & Ilavarasan, P. (2015, October). Measuring Innovation by Universities & Higher Academic Technical Institutions in India: Interpretive Structural Modelling based Framework. Paper presented at the proceedings of the 15th Global Conference of Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management (GLOGIFT 15). Symbiosis International University. Pune, India.
21. Jain, A., Sharma, R. (2013, August). An Analysis of Current Research Profile of Indian Universities and Technical Institutions and Their IPRs Policies. Paper presented at the proceedings of the 6th Annual Conference for Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (AIE 2013). Oxford University, United Kingdom.

INVITED TALKS

1. Basics of sustainability, sustainable technologies & Sustainability Impact Assessment., British Council Going Global Partnership Project - Pilot course delivery on pilot module on “Intellectual Property for Sustainability” of organised by the Indian Institute of Science – Bangalore between 9 – 14 December 2022
2. The space between the relationship between theory, research, practice, and policy for transformation to sustainability, Sustainability Research Congress organised by International Science Council on 20 June 2022.
3. Intellectual Property Rights – Policy and practice Invited talk for PGDBM students organised by ABES Business School, Ghaziabad on 13 June 2022.
4. Text analysis - Qualitative content analysis, Workshop for Directorate of Urban Land Transport, Urban Development Department, Govt. of Karnataka organised by the Indian Institute of Science – Bangalore on 19 May 2022.
5. Critical social science perspectives on transformations to sustainability – emerging framings and approaches,
6. Sustainability Research Congress organised by International Science Council on 14 June 2021.
7. Intellectual Property Strategies and Sustainability Transition: Role of University-Industry technology transfer, International Webinar on Industry Academia Innovation, organised by Govt. Mahaveer college Petlawad Jhabua MP on 19 Jan 2021
8. Intellectual Property for Sustainability in the New Normal Era - A Case Study of Chemical Manufacturing Firm, First Japan-India Joint Seminar 2022, organised by Osaka University on 14 Jan 2022

TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS - CONDUCTED/COORDINATED/SESSONS HANDLED

 

Certificate course in “Strategic Management and Sustainable Development for Emerging Markets” under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC) organised by IMI – New Delhi from 9 Jan – 3 Feb 2023

o    Role: Resource person

o    Sessions handled: “Resources & Capabilities for Building Competitive Advantage” (2 sessions), IP strategy for sustainable innovations in the context of emerging markets (2 sessions)

o    Participants: 29

Workshop on “Diffusion of Sustainable Innovation – Intellectual Property Models for Increasing Technology Transfer” at Sustainability Research Congress organised by International Science Council on 21 June 2022.

o    Role: Coordinator & resource person

o    Session handled: Results from the IPACST project.

Training Workshop on “Data Analysis – I” at Indian Institute of Science – Bangalore for Directorate of Urban Land Transport, Urban Development Department, Govt. of Karnataka

o    Role: Coordinator & resource person

o    Session handled: Questionnaire development workshop.

o    Duration: 27-28 Aug 2021; 22 & 25 September 2021

o    Participants: 16

4th Winter school on “Economics of Competition Law” at CUTS Institute of Regulation & Competition for legal practitioners, representatives from law firms, representatives from corporates and students.

o    Role: Co-coordinator & Rapporteur

o    Duration: 12^th - 15th December 2018 

o    Participants: 20

PROJECTS

Name of project: Intellectual Property for Sustainability                                                           (Jan 2022 – Dec 2022)

Funding Body: British Council’s Going Global Partnerships – Collaboration Grant

Role: Research Associate (Contributed to grant application writing, Lead researcher from the Indian Team)

Co-Investigators: 4 (Indian Institute of Sciences – India, University of Cambridge – UK, Brooks University – UK, Birla Institute of Technology & Science – India)

 

Name of project: Intellectual Property Models for Accelerating Sustainability Transitions (IPACST)         (Jan 2019 - June 2022)

Funding Body: Belmont Forum and NORFACE joint programme on Transformations to Sustainability (T2S).

Role: Research Associate (Lead researcher from the Indian Team)

Co-Investigators: 4 (Indian Institute of Sciences – India, University of Cambridge – UK, HTW – Berlin, Lund University - Sweden)

 

Name of project: Promoting Innovation and Competition for Efficient Use of Intellectual Property         (Jan 2018 – Dec 2020)

Funding Body: Qualcomm Inc.

Role: Lead Researcher

Co-Investigators: 2 (CUTS India, CUTS Institute for Regulation & Competitors

 

Name of project: Empowerment perception of low income working and non-working women in India        (May 2012 - July 2012)

Funding Body: Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi

Role: Research Intern

Co-Investigators: 1