Kapila Siksha Abhiyan and its aim

A program launched by Central education minister Ramesh Pokhariyal on the 89th birth anniversary of former president Dr. APJ Abdul Kalaam. KAPILA stands for Kalaam Program for Literacy and Awareness. It is an intellectual property literacy and awareness program.

The main aim of this program is to make India self dependent in the patents of invention and discoveries. 

To educate students about  the patent systems.

Make people aware of the patents .

Students studying in the higher education will be able to patent their inventions easily using this program.

This program is launched on the national innovation day occurs every year on 15th of October. And it is also decided to celebrate 15th to 23rd October as intellectual property literacy week every year.

Note - India ranks 48th on the world innovation index 2020.