Shri Anurag Jain, Secretary, DPIIT, launched the National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM) as a part of the government's initiative "Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav "on December 8, 2021. The ambitious pan-India project aims toeducate 1 million pupils on intellectual property and its rights. Its aim is to inculcate in college/university students a spirit of innovation and creativity so that they can develop and preserve their creations.