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Ganesh S. Hingmire is a renowned Intellectual Property (IP) enthusiast and is the founder of GMGC. He is a visiting faculty to Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration YASHADA and many academic Institutions. He was awarded a National IP Award for his contributions in the field of Community’s IP rights.

=Early Life and Education= Ganesh was six years old when he lost his father. He worked as a Panwala with his uncle while continuing his education studying under street light. Ganesh studied at ILS (Indian Law Society) Law College, Pune where he obtained Bachelor’s degree in Law. He also holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry. He was awarded scholarship for pursuing LL.M. in Commercial Law in UK specializing in IPR in 2001. He has completed M.Phil. in economics from University of Pune.

=Work= At very young age Ganesh observed that the best way to serve his country is to work at grassroots level and thus he decided to encapsulate the potential of the agriculture sector. He decided to create opportunities for farmers by registering their fiercely guarded traditional products as Geographical Indications (GI) and improve their income. He worked in thirty three districts of Maharashtra to identify potential agricultural products for GI Registration. He contributed to World Bank funded Project Study of potential for development of Geographical Indications in Maharashtra. His proposal for GI registration of another thirteen products from Maharashtra state has been supported through Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana. Ganesh has registered almost one tenth of India's Geographical Indications. He has attended World Trade Organization’s five Ministerial Conferences held at Cancun, Hong Kong, Geneva, Bali and Nairobi. His two position papers concerning GI are accepted and published at WTOs Ministerial Conferences. His first position paper on Guaranteed Market for Indian GI in WTO member countries was one of the nine position papers accepted at ninth Ministerial Conference held at Bali.

=Awards & Recognitions= Ganesh received two National Awards for Best Facilitation of Registration of Geographical Indications and Promotion of Registered GI in India. Ganesh received of Maharashtra state Prestigious Acharya Atre Puraskar for his contribution in field of Intellectual Property Rights. Ganesh received Scholarship from Japan Patent Office for JPOJIIP program at Japan Patent Office for IP Trainers. Ganesh was appointed by Govt. of India as an IPR Trainer for the representatives of SAARC nations at Goa. He was awarded special fellowship by Government of Maharashtra Apex Management institute YASHADA for training at IIFT, an institute of Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Gov of India. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) invited him for Start Up India event inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi in New Delhi and displayed his recorded film. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade invited him at Varanasi for the conference on Unlocking the Potentials of Geographical Indication, where he has submitted suggestion paper on National Policy on GI along with presentation.

=Contribution to the Society= Ganesh has led the state of Maharashtra to the pinnacle position with regard to the community IP rights i.e. Agricultural Geographical Indications and endeavor to take them on the global platform. It is his efforts that farmers’ communities even from remote locations of Maharashtra have realized the importance of GIs. Many of the farmers and weavers families re-migrated to their places looking at better future prospects.

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