Modi praises Bengaluru based E Parisara and IIS in ‘Mann Ki Baat’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science for filing 145 patents in 2022, terming it a rare feat. In his Mann ki Baat broadcast, Modi also singled out Bengaluru-based E-Parisaraa engaged in recycling e-waste. “It has developed indigenous technology for extracting precious metals from printed circuit boards, the PM said.

In his first Mann ki Baat of 2023, 97th since 2014, the PM said it was an amazing record that the IIS had 145 patents, two patents every five days, in 2022. “Today, India’s ranking is seventh in patent filing and fifth in trademarks,” he said. The PM said there had been an increase of about 50 per cent in patent filings in the last five years.