Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

About Vijayashankar Na

Naavi is a veteran Cyber Law specialist in India and is presently working from Bangalore as an Information Assurance Consultant. Pioneered concepts such as ITA 2008 compliance, Naavi is also the founder of Cyber Law College, a virtual Cyber Law Education institution. He now has been focusing on the projects such as Secure Digital India and Cyber Insurance

AI Governance Guidelines from GOI

On November 5, a report containing AI Governance guidelines were released by MeitY with the declared objective of developing  a foundational reference for policymakers, researchers, and industry to foster greater national and international cooperation for safe, responsible, and inclusive AI … Continue reading

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FDPPI to set up an SIG to follow up on DPDPA Rules

When the DPDPA Rules are notified, it is expected that different industry segments will have different concerns. Some of these concerns will be in interpretations of the  Rules. Some may indicate conflicts with sectoral regulations and some may even require … Continue reading

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Albania creates “AI Babies” of “AI Minister” and brings them into the Parliament

“The AI can be good, bad, ugly and Bizarre” says the anchor. What  more you can say for the Albanian  Prime Minister who first created an “AI Minister” named Diella and now is creating 83 babies who are AI Assistants, … Continue reading

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LexiGuard an AI Assistant to help you with queries on Data Protection

A passionate tech innovator from Bengaluru has just published a smart and powerful AI-driven tool called “LexiGuard”  to be your valuable assistant for Governance, Risk and Compliance. The tool developed by Sri Vinod Sreedharan  functions as an expert GRC Co-pilot … Continue reading

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Tracking the Rules on DPDPA

While we are awaiting the release of DPDPA Rules, Ministry is busy in releasing rules under PROGA 2025, Amendment to Intermediary Guidelines for Synthetic Content and the Telecom Regulations Act 2023.  All these three have impact on DPDPA and will … Continue reading

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Telecom Rules Amended…Impact on ITA 2000 and DPDPA

Following the publication of the draft rules under Section 56 of the Telecommunications Act 2023, on 25th June 2025 and after obtaining public comments, the Ministry of telecommunications has issued the final rule on 22nd October 2025 called ” Telecommunications … Continue reading

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