OUR TEAM

Our Team

Directors

Mohan K

Managing Director

Sathia Sathivel

Director of Trademarks

Christine Ng

Director of IP Valuation

Suriyia Sadanathan

Director of Patents

Prithipal Singh

Director Adastra IP Singapore

Sangeeta Singh

Director Adastra IP India

Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Syed Jalaludin bin Syed Salim

Advisor

Country Heads

Mohan K

Managing Director

Prithipal Singh

Director Adastra IP Singapore

Sangeeta Singh

Director Adastra IP India

Shilpa Shrivastava

Trademark and Design Specialist, India

N.HIEU

Vietnam Country Head

K. Kyaw

Myanmar Country Head

M. Sijabat

Indonesia Country Head

P. Techapaitoon

Thailand Country Head

Md Abdur Rahim

Bangladesh Country Head

Peter Dojlida

Consultant, Australia & New Zealand

Trademark Team

Gurpreet Kaur

Senior Trademark Specialist

Jayavaruman S.

Senior Trademark Specialist

Susan Christy

Design Specialist

Nurwalfa Izin Abdul Aziz

Trademark Specialist

Patent Team

Dr. Eric Lee

Senior Patent Specialist

Piyush Kumar

Senior Patent Specialist

Dr. Sugania Malar

Patent Specialist

Dr. Suraya Ashikin Rosli

Patent Specialist

Valuation

Dato' Dr Anuar Md Nor

Valuation Expert

Hilario Escoro

Valuation Specialist

Asher Anand

Valuation Associate

Martin Brassell

IP Finance Consultant

Adzli Shamsudin

Certified IP Valuer by MyIPO

Business Development

Edrea Poh

Head of Chinese Desk

Vijay Kumar Thiagarajan

Business Development Executive

Mohamad Syamil Safri

Business Development Executive

Commercialization Team

Nor Aisah Hatta

Commercialization Manager

Finance & Admin and HR Team

Alan Nathaniel

Finance Manager

Rachel N. Sivapragasam

HR Manager

Mohan K

Managing Director
B.Eng (Hons)
Registered Trademark, Patent, Industrial Design and
Plant Variety Agent, Malaysia Registered Trademark and Industrial Design Agent
Domain Specialization: ICT, Electrical & Electronics
Patent, Trademark and Industrial Design Agent

Mohan K. has accumulated more than 28 years of solid experience in the Intellectual Property field and has gained extensive experience in the preparation and prosecution of trademark and patent applications as well as in providing advisory and consulting expertise in a wide range of Strategic Intellectual Property related matters including IP monetization, commercialization, innovation, and technology transfer.

Upon graduating from Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom in 1996, Mohan started his career with Shearn Delamore, a reputed legal firm. He went on to head the patent department in yet another leading organization, Ella Cheong Mirandah & Spruson (M) Sdn. Bhd.

In 2004 together with a team of legal and technical professionals he started an IP firm Adastra Intellectual Property Sdn. Bhd which continues to serve clients both in Malaysia as well as regionally. Adastra has been expanding its reach and operations to other countries and have offices in India, and ASEAN countries. Mohan is a registered patent, trademark, industrial design agent and has won the best patent agent award by the Malaysian Intellectual Property Corporation in 2013. He is listed as a Global Top 1000 IP expert by IAM, an international IP journal publication and acknowledged by ASIA IP as one of the Top 50 IP experts for Malaysia.

Mohan K continues to have a key involvement in the development of Intellectual Property locally and worldwide and has actively been a speaker at various talks and seminars organized by the government and commercial organizations in Malaysia and been a judge for several invention competitions held here. He also sits on a few industries advisory panels including the SME Corp Panel for Entrepreneurship and the Scientific and Economic Council for Malaysia Rubber Board. He has also been invited as an expert speaker for one of the annual National Budget Consultation sessions by the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

He is also the Vice President of the Malaysian Association for Creativity and Innovation (MACRI), Council Member of the ASEAN India Business Council (AIBC), Council member with the ASEAN Retail and Franchise Federation (ARFF), Pioneer Mentor under the ASEAN Entrepreneurship Mentor Programme and nominated as one of the award winners for the PERDANA YOUNG INDIAN ENTREPRENEUR AWARD (YIEA) 2017.

Suriyia Sadanathan

Director of Patents

BEng (Hons) Com. and Communication Systems, UPM
BJurisprudence (Hons) Law, UM
Registered Patent Agent (MY)
Registered Industrial Design Agent (MY)
Member of Malaysian Intellectual Property Association (MIPA)

Domain Specialization: ICT, Electrical & Electronics,
Nanotechnology

Suriyia has currently served the Intellectual Property (IP) industry for fifteen years. Prior to embarking a career in IP, Suriyia was attached to the Research and Development Department of Motorola Technology (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. as an Electronics Engineer for four years gaining substantial experience in the field of information and communications technology.

Suriyia began her IP career with a reputable IP firm in Malaysia in which she heads and leads the Patent Department with her practice area extending across all realms of patent and design prosecution.

At Adastra IP, as the Director of Patents, Suriyia provides the necessary provisions and supervision for the department to excel and progress by maintaining an efficient workflow and high productivity across the board while keeping abreast of changes in Patent laws and regulations, both local (Malaysia) and International, and ensure compliance with the relevant laws and guidelines. Coupled with both an engineering and legal qualification, Suriyia devises the most suitable Patent strategy with the best interest for protection of clients’ invention across multiple ASEAN jurisdictions and across other international jurisdictions.

Suriyia has extensive experience in patent drafting and preparing patentability opinions in a variety of diverse technical fields including telecommunication, mechanical, electronics, computer systems, nanotechnology and drone technology related inventions. She also has extensive experience in providing freedom-to-operate opinions, validity opinions and infringement opinions for clients along with providing
patent litigation support for patent disputes in a variety of technical fields. She has also been actively engaging in providing IP talks to promote IP awareness. Over the years of her experience, Suriyia has develop a good relationship with the Malaysian Patent Office with regards to patent prosecution.

Suriyia has been recognized as “Highly recommended ‐ Individuals: patent prosecution” for the year 2023; she falls under “Gold Tier – Individuals: patent prosecution” for the year 2024 by IAM Patent 1000; and recognized IAM Global Leaders 2025 – individuals for patent prosecution.

Sangeeta Singh

Director – Adastra India
Indian Patent Agent & Attorney
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry
M.Sc. Organic Chemistry
LL.B. (Intellectual Property & Cyber Law)
LL.M. (Intellectual Property & Commercial Law)
Certificate Course on Regulatory Affairs
Certificate Course on Architectural Heritage & Conservation
Member: FICPI (International Patent Matters Committee), INTA, APAA
Patent, Trademark and Industrial Design Agent

Domain Specialization: Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Chemistry, Biotechnology, AI-driven Drug Discovery, Digital Therapeutics, Next-generation Biologics, HealthTech, MedTech, and other Emerging Technologies

Sangeeta Singh has more than a decade of experience in intellectual property and patent practice. She has previously worked with senior IP litigators and large IP prosecution and litigation firms, and has managed patent departments, overseeing full patent lifecycle operations. She has also established in-house IP counsel functions and IP teams for clients, providing strategic guidance and operational leadership.

She advises Indian and international clients across a broad range of matters, including supporting Southeast countries’ patent strategies, covering the entire patent lifecycle, including drafting and filing patent applications, prosecution, oppositions, appeals, revocation and invalidation proceedings, enforcement planning, licensing, freedom-to-operate, and strategic portfolio management. Sangeeta has represented clients in complex patent hearings, opposition matters, and strategic enforcement proceedings, delivering high-quality advice aligned with both technical and business objectives.

At Adastra India, Sangeeta established and leads the India office, building high-performing teams, implementing robust workflows, and ensuring that clients receive technically sound and commercially aligned patent advice.

As a member of the International Patent Matters Committee of FICPI, she participates in discussions on global patent law developments, harmonization, and best practices. She also attends international IP conferences and forums, sharing knowledge and engaging with peers on emerging trends in patent strategy. She is additionally a member of INTA and APAA, reinforcing her engagement with the global IP community.

In her free time, Sangeeta is dedicated to animal welfare and enjoys spiritual reading, reflecting her personal commitment to compassion and lifelong learning.