Dr. Tara R Prasad is a cluster lead for Intellectual Property & Engineering Connect group at Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(TCS). She is responsible for connecting with the TCS business, research and innovation units and driving IP & Product Engineering compliance,  mining of inventions, IP Creation, IP usage, IP risk management, IP valuation, FTO, landscape and portfolio analysis. She holds a doctorate degree in theoretical physics. She has been with TCS for over 20 years in various leadership roles.