Ashwin Madhavan

Ashwin Madhavan is Co-founder and Director of Enhelion Knowledge Ventures Pvt. Ltd., heading the Strategic Alliances and Operations team. He is also a lawyer at Scriboard—Advocates and Legal Consultant, where he advises clients on intellectual property, management, and information technology issues. He completed his law from Gujarat National Law University and an LLM in Technology Laws and Intellectual Property Laws from Dalhousie University, Canada. He is a founding member of Enhelion. His areas of expertise are domain names and cyber squatting, trademarks, copyrights, and information technology laws. He is a former member of the Canadian Bar Association. He has advised various Fortune 500 companies on various aspects of India’s technology and IP laws. He has written several articles for various journals, national, and international publications. He was a member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Legal Research, GNLU, and also a member of Law Wire’s Editorial Board.

Mr. Madhavan loves to read books related to history, business management, and foreign policy. He has travelled extensively to different parts of the globe. He has taken part in discussions pertaining to India’s foreign policy matters at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has conducted workshops on intellectual property and management in Indian law schools and universities. He recently was an instructor at a training program on “Intellectual Property and the Plant Varieties Act” organized by the Ministry of Agriculture—Government of India for scientists. Very recently he was invited to be a speaker at the U.S.–India Business Council summit on intellectual property held in Gujarat National Law University. During his spare time, he practices yoga and plays the piano. This is his first book. He can be contacted at madhavan.ashwin@gmail.com