Shweta Shailesh Vichare is a Masters in Analytical Chemistry and a PG Diploma in Patents Law and a Certified Patent Researcher from NPTEL-IIT Khargpur. She is serving in the field of IPRs for the last nearly 17 years, mainly in Patent Prior Art, State of the Art Search and Analysis, Patent Non Infringement Status (PNIS) and Freedom to Market (FTO) Opinion, Infringement Analysis. She is also actively involved in business development.