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

Consent Management under NDHM

(This is in continuation of the earlier article on NDHM) “Informed Consent” is the backbone of most Data Protection laws including the Indian Personal Data Protection Act (proposed). The NDHM’s Health Management Policy adopts all the provisions of the PDPB … Continue reading

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NDHM is a trend setter… Get Started early on the Privacy Protection Journey

(This is in continuation of the earlier article on NDHM) The National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) is an ambitious project of the Government of India for providing a nation wide health care system and makes comprehensive use of technology. Since … Continue reading

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National Digital health Mission shows the way.. Be Ready before PDPA becomes effective

India is entering the global order of Privacy Protection with the enactment of “Personal Data Protection Act” some time in 2021 when the Bill (PDPB 2019) will be presented to the Parliament. Even while a section of the industry is … Continue reading

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Making Corruption Easy

For any financial crime to prosper, there has to be a means of benefitting from the crime. This means that the proceeds of the crime should be converted into legit wealth of the criminal. This is precisely what we call … Continue reading

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Software and Business Method Patent in India is possible

Software companies in India have been trying to get the Indian Patent law changed to allow patents for Computer Software and Business Methods. Such patents are available in USA but were so far considered not patentable in India because Indian … Continue reading

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Bitcoin is Fascinating but Dangerous

It is unfortunate that there is a need to fight and continue fighting on the Bitcoin which is an obvious evil to the country, because there is such an overwhelming support to the system which is a wonderful tool of … Continue reading

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