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

IDPS 2026 Delegates Registration..Rush before October 25

The flagship program of FDPPI for 2026 namely the IDPS 2026 is scheduled for November 21 in Bangalore at Hotel Fairfield Marriott, Rajaji nagar, Bengaluru. The program will be a day long event from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm. The … Continue reading →

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Next Gen DPDPA Requirements: Creating an armyy of DPDPA Trainers

FDPPI has been the leader in the DPDPA domain and has been taking leadership in directing the community towards the requirements of a Post DPDPA eco system. FDPPI started with conducting Certification programs for professionals to build the capabilities for … Continue reading →

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MeitY Advisory on Meta: Internet Freedom Foundation raises objection

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has called for the withdrawal of MeitY’s advisory dated 10 October 2026 to Meta Platforms, which raises serious concerns about restrictions on protest-related reporting on Instagram and Facebook. Refer here The advisory reportedly asks Meta … Continue reading →

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Digital Society Day 2026

Today is 17th October. The day when  Information Technology Act 2000 was notified in the year 2000. It was the day from which electronic documents were first recognized under Indian law along with Digital Signature and Digital Contract. Naavi.org has … Continue reading →

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Review of the IDBI Bank acquisition vs CIBIL acquisition

An Audio overview  

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TransUnion-CIBIL share deal vs Fairfax-IDBI Bank share deal

Some commentators have been drawing loose parallels between the proposed Fairfax acquisition of IDBI Bank and the transfer of control of CIBIL to TransUnion between 2014 and 2017. This note is meant to set the record straight on why the … Continue reading →

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