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

“Arnab Vs AI” an interesting conversation

Yesterday there was an interesting TV program where Mr Arnab Goswami, of the Republic TV had a long live conversation with the “Blue Machine” an enterprise AI developed in India. It was an exploration of how the AI would respond  … Continue reading

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Tax Professionals in the Age of Personal Data Protection: Operational and Legal Impacts of DPDP Act

Article Contributed by: Mr. M. G. Kodandaram Introduction The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023[i] (DPDP Act), read with the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025[ii](DPDP Rules), marks a structural shift in India’s regulatory approach to personal data in digital form. … Continue reading

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Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA)

We refer to the DGPSI-AI framework which is an extension of DGPSI framework for DPDPA compliance. DGPSI-AI covers the requirements of a AI deployer who is a data fiduciary and has obligations  under the DPDPA. This framework which is a … Continue reading

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Business Model Maturity Index Method of Data Valuation

In continuing our discussion on Data Valuation methods, we have come across an interesting discussion called “Business Model Maturity Index method”. This method tries to assess the organization’s Capability focussing on data and analytics by progressing through defined levels such … Continue reading

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Data Valuation Methods-3

Continued We have discussed the different data valuation methods which were discussed by the Australian economists Moody and Walsh in our previous post. The first step in data valuation in an organization starts with creation of the Data Inventory. Then … Continue reading

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Data Valuation Methods…2

Continued In developing a DGPSI-Data Valuation framework in support of DGPSI-Full version, let us now explore some globally prevailing thoughts on Data Valuation. In 1999, two Australian researchers Daniel L Moody and Peter Walsh published a paper  “Measuring the value … Continue reading

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