Dipanjan Nag, Ohio State University, gives his seven reasons as to why you should choose a career in technology transfer.

Intellectual property has come to the centre of attention in every economy around the world. Universities are the heart of creating new inventions from the ground-breaking research that they perform every day. Technology transfer plays a critical role in transferring those inventions to the market in order to create products that touch our lives every day.

The profession of technology transfer has evolved over the years and is one of the most coveted professional tracks for scientists, engineers, lawyers and…