Dr. Rijuta Garapaty, is a senior manager in the Innovation and Lifescience advisory practice at Sathguru Management Consultants (SMC) and has been actively supporting technology advisory at SMC in the domains of Healthcare, Agriculture and Food. She has worked on multiple engagements with SMC funded by BMGC, USAID, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the World Bank and other philanthropic/non-governmental and government bodies for activities focused on capacity building, technology management, IP Landscaping and analysis, IP auditing, IP protection, and commercialization activities. Rijuta has been actively involved in analyzing business and technology strategies, conducting primary and secondary research, as well as managing IP strategies of healthcare and agriculture companies.

Prior to SMC, she worked as an Intellectual Property professional for more than 7 years and has gained significant amount of experience while working with DuPont for over 5 years. Rijuta holds a PhD degree in molecular biology from University of Bremen, Germany, is a Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP) and is a registered Indian patent agent. She has been actively volunteering at STEM for the past 6 years and is handling various activities at the STEM Secretariat.