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The award will be given by the union minister of commerce and industry Nirmala Sitharaman at a function jointly organised by the Indian Intellectual Property Office and Confederation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CII) in New Delhi on April 27, a day after the World Intellectual Property Day (April 26). The Indian Intellectual Property Office confers National IP Awards on outstanding innovators, organisations and companies in the fields of patents, designs, trademarks and geographical indications on the occasion of World IP Day every year. VARANASI: A city based NGO Human Welfare Association (HWA) has been selected as a winner of National Intellectual Property (IP) Award for the year 2017 in the category of "top individual/organisation for best facilitation of registration of GI and promotion of registered GI in India." "It is a great honour to our organization and our efforts for the promotion of GI goods. Organization is working for promotion of India Handloom Brand, Handloom mark, gender issues, and communal harmony..