Munish heads IP function of Tata Steel and is also responsible for managing IP ownership, Licensing, confidentiality, funding and contractual aspects of Research and Technology collaborations. He has led Tata Steel to win a number of coveted and prestigious awards – Thomson Reuters Innovation Award 2015, CII National Intellectual Property Award and Tata Innovista Award in 2015, 2016 and 2018. He is licensed to practice as a Patent Agent before the Indian Patent office and is also a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP). He is a graduate in Business Management from XLRI Jamshedpur and holds masters in Chemistry from IIT Roorkee..