Welcome to the website of Manisha Gupta, an ‘IPR Activist’, a term self coined to aptly describe my work. Here you will find an interesting and unique blend of diverse areas such as painting, traditional arts & crafts, IPR (Intellectual Property Rights), traditional knowledge, cultural industries and intangible heritage.

Here you find an artist who also works in the area of knowledge & development. An IPR Researcher & Consultant who happens to be an artist as well, working towards protection of traditional knowledge in crafts clusters, IPRs in knowledge based SMEs, IP rights of all creative people and strategizing for sustainable livelihoods & development of grassroots communities !......