Dr. Narendran Thiruthy is an Assistant Professor at the Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Before moving to academia, he was heading the IP Division of the National Biodiversity Authority, Government of India. He has both theoretical expertise and administrative experience in the field of IPR and Biodiversity governance. He has delivered many lectures on Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity Law in various forums including LSE, UN CBD events etc. He has also represented the government in many bilateral and multilateral meetings. At IIT Kharagpur, he teaches Advanced Theories of Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Global Information Age. His research areas include IP Philosophy, Protection of Cultural Property, IP procedure, IP Business models, Theories of Creativity and Biodiversity Governance. Presently he is a member of various governmental committees including CSIR-TKDL Task Force; Committee for Developing State Level Guidelines for Selection, Notification and Management of Biodiversity Heritage Sites; KSBB-Internal ABS Committee, Government of Kerala; Drafting Committee of Kerala State IPR policy, KSCSTE, Government of Kerala etc.

All Publications

Operationalizing ABS checkpoints in India through IP and regulatory information linkage by Nandan A., Thiruthy N. Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 21 1-12 (2026)
R&D crisis in drug discovery for neglected diseases: scope for an open source approach to pharmaceutical research by Thiruthy N. Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (Oxford University Press) 11 599-611 (2016)
Transforming biodiversity governance through patent information linkage by Thiruthy N., Nandan A. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 16 77-98 (2026)
CONSENT MECHANISM IN ABS GOVERNANCE: CHALLENGES IN ENSURING FAIRNESS AND EQUITY by Thiruthy N., Nandan A.B. Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law 15 151-191 (2025)
Governance framework for access and benefit sharing in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region by James N., Thiruthy N. Journal of World Intellectual Property - (2025)
Liability Regime for Genetic Contamination The evolution of an International Framework by Thiruthy N. Cochin University Law Review 370-388 (2012)
Perception analysis of TCE holders about ownership, possession, use, misuse and misappropriation in India by Thiruthy N., Thaninayagam K. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 19 821-833 (2024)
Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Associated Traditional Knowledge by Gopalakrishnan N., Ragavan S. , Thiruthy N. Environmental Law Reporter (Environmental Law Institute, Washington DC) 54 10829-10836 (2024)
Open source Is it an alternative to intellectual property? by Thiruthy N. The Journal of World Intellectual Property (Wiley) 20 68-86 (2017)

Completed Projects

Principal Investigator

Operationalizing ABS under India Biodiversity Law : A Study of Implementation Gaps and Governance Innovations SRIC, IIT KHARAGPUR

Co-Principal Investigator

Development of conservation plan for plant resources of Nayagram and its adjacent areas in Jhargram for livelihood sustenance of the Lodha communities under the institutional mechanism of Biological Diversity Act, 2002 West Bengal Biodiversity Board (Department of Environment Govt. of West Bengal)

Alumni members