Department of Food Processing Technology in association with Institution’s Innovation Council organized a workshop on “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPRs) AND IP MANAGEMENT FOR STARTUP” which was held on 23rd February 2021 @ 10:30 am on Google Meet platform . Sri. Safikh S, Technical officer in Kerala State Council for science ,Technology and Environment was the chief resource person .He discussed on Intellectual Property Rights and its vital role in enhancing the socio-economic prosperity of the country .The workshop is intended to cover various aspects of IPRs like patents,  copyrights ,trademark etc.. From the workshop the participants had the opportunity of establishing a basic level of IP awareness and importance and scope of IPR in academic researches .The programme was coordinated by Ms. Sherin Mary Simon (Assistant professor FPT Dept)