Chitra has a combined experience of about 20 years in law firms and as an in-house Counsel in various multinational companies in Europe, and India in leadership positions.

In her current role, at Philips, Chitra is responsible for developing and growing Licensing practices in India. (Formerly was head of IP for Dupont India and Philips India).

Domain expertise/experience includes medicinal chemistry (NCE & generics), herbal medicine, Biotech, material chemistry, and some software and related aspects.

 Her IP expertise areas include IP litigation, licensing, and transactional matters, contracts negotiation, IP Portfolio management, and trade secret risk management.

She has handled several challenging IP matters in Europe, India, ASEAN, and ANZ including the first full trial SEP litigation in India in 2018, some of the highest interim awards in case of SEP matters in India to date, and the highest damages in Trademark and copyright matters in India (2019).

Chitra actively participates in policy-level discussions & decisions (IP Advocacy) matters in India, contributing to several important IP developments in India over the years. She is a regular invited speaker at both national and international conferences.

Chitra worked for about 10 years as a Scientist at Multinational pharmaceutical companies before moving to a career in IP Law.