FDPPI’s Certification program for developing DPOs and Data Auditors in India offers an online examination for professionals to validate their knowledge and skills to be a good DPO in the Indian scenario.
While trainings are conducted by the training partners of FDPPI from time to time (Eg: Virtual Program on December 20-21 conducted by Cyber Law College), the coveted certification of C.DPO.DA. is available for anybody who registers for the online examination and pass through the cut-off marks required.
Whether you are a CIPP certified or DSCI certified or ISO certified or PECB certified or EXIN Certified or ISACA Certified you can appear for this online examination by making payment of the prescribed fees and take the examination.
As a special year end offer, the examination for which the fee is normally Rs 25000/- is being offered at Rs 10000/- till 31st December 2025.
The material for the exam is available in the following three books
The Certification training conducted by Cyber Law College consists of 12 hours of online discussions that cover
- Legal nuances of DPDPA and the DPDPA Rules
- DPDPA Risk Assessment and Case Study
- The Roles of DPO and Data Auditor in the DPDPA era
- Classification of DPDPA protected Data (DPD) and ROPA as a strategic tool of Compliance
- DPDPA Compliance by Default: Technical challenges and Designing Controls
- Use of DGPSI as a Compliance Management framework
- DGPSI Full, DGPSI-Lite and DGPSI-AI
- DGPSI-GDPR,DGPSI HR, DGPSI Data Processor
- Comparison of DGPSI with ISO 27701
- Discussions
Besides training themselves to be DPOs in an organization, some of our trainees may emerge as independent trainers in different parts of the country under a franchise scheme of FDPPI.
FDPPI is also introducing an upgrade over C.DPO.DA. for those who want to be “Independent Data Auditors” which is a position that is likely to open up in 2027 after the Act becomes fully effective. A separate upgradation training for CIDA (Certified Independent Auditor) is being planned to be conducted in 2026 for this purpose.
For the time being it is an opportunity for interested professionals to take the C.DPO.DA. examination at the special year end price of Rs 12000/-. (Inclusive of GST) You can register directly on the CDPODA page of fdppi.in and making a payment of Rs 12000/-. (Indicate in the description that the registration is for examination only)
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