MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531129678 A) filed by Guru Nanak Institute Of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, on Dec. 20, 2025, for 'tourism connect - an ai-enabled offline-first progressive web application (pwa) for resilient, community-centred tourism services for msmes in remote coastal and hilly regions.'

Inventor(s) include Miss. Saptadipa Mazumder; Mr. Tridib Chakraborty; Dr. Soma Mukherjee; Mr. Arya Rakshit; Mr. Anirban Singha; Mr. Adrish Sarkar; Mr. Aritra Basu; and Mr. Anushil Maiti.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An AI-enabled, offline-first P...