FORM-A
(For the undertaking to be given by Principal Investigator)*
*(To be executed on a Non-Judicial Stamp Paper of the value of approximately Rs.10/-)
CSIR Sanction letter No......................dated............Title of the scheme......................................
In consideration of financial and other assistance and facilities received or to be received by me, from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (hereinafter called the Council),
I,................. son/daughter of Shri ........ .......................residing at ............ . .................................................................... . as one of the terms on which I received or am about to receive such financial and other assistance and facilities agree and declare as follows:-
1. I shall from time to time disclose fully to the Council or as the Council may direct, the progress of any investigations undertaken by me while in receipt of such assistance as aforesaid (hereinafter referred to as the said Investigation).
2. And if at any time during the course of such assistance or within a period of three years after the termination of receipt of such assistance as aforesaid, I shall make any invention arising out of or in connection with the said Investigation, I shall hold the same in trust on behalf of the Council and I shall forthwith disclose to the said Council or as the Council may direct a full and complete description of the nature of the said invention and the mode of performing the same.
3. The said investigation and all improvements thereon discovered or invented by me during the course of receipt of such assistance or within a period of three years after the termination of such assistance as aforesaid shall subject to such reservations (if any) in respect of the said invention of the proceeds thereof for my benefit as the Council may in absolute discretion permit.
4. I shall if and whenever required by the Council at its expense join the Council and render all assistance and do other necessary acts for taking patents in India and other countries for said invention or any such improvement thereon. The patent or other intellectual property rights and its exploitation shall rest exclusively with the Council. Profit arising out of the exploitation may be suitably shared between the council and the concerned institution/ universities.
5. And I shall on request by and at the cost of the Council, execute and do all such instruments and things necessary to vest the said inventions and improvements and any later patents that may be obtained in respect thereof in the Council or any person appointed by the Council in that behalf.
6. I hereby undertake to abide by the current Terms and Conditions for CSIR Research Fellowships and Schemes.
Date :............ .
Signature of the Principal Investigator
CSIR Sanction Reference ..........................