M Balasubramaniam is an insightful speaker and Founder of Mangalam Associates – a boutique Intellectual Property Law Firm based out of Chennai.

He has 38 years of rich professional experience in different roles starting from Indian Air Force as an officer in the rank of Flight Lieutenant in Aeronautical Engineering – Electronics Branch, a Corporate Manager at Electronics Division of Murugappa Group, Chennai and is an inventor as well. He holds two Patents to his credit which were assigned to Tata Group in 2008. He is an entrepreneur since 1995 and has promoted Future Techniks India Private Limited, a pioneer in India in the field of self-service automation who are manufacturers and exporters of automatic self-service vending machines and touch screen-based transaction kiosks.  Presently he is a practicing Intellectual Property Attorney and an Advocate. He is a registered Indian Patent Agent who practices Patent Prosecution before the Controller of Patents.

His academic achievements include a degree of B.Tech. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, from JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad (1985), Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGDBA) from Annamalai University, M.Sc., (Psychology) from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai M.A. (Criminology) from TNOU, Chennai , LL.B. from Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati, and Master of Law (LL.M.) with specialization in Intellectual Property Laws from University of Madras. He is a life member of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (MIETE).  He is passionate about Intellectual Property Law and is supporting many start-up companies in India related to IP Rights Creation, IP Prosecution, IP Protection, IP Audit, IP Valuation, IP Contracts drafting and IP Litigation for Copyright, Trade Mark, Patent and Designs.  His rich Technical Experience in managing innovative technologies along with his business management skills and legal practice provides enables him to offer his client the best strategy and solutions for protection of their Intellectual Property.   On the Technical front he is interested in Artificial Engineering and Machine Learning Technologies.