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

Blue Whale Challenge… Will “Verified Facebook account” be one of the solutions?

The Government of India has issued instructions to social media sites such as Google, Facebook etc to block links to the Blue Whale game. It is stated that some have implemented it and some have not. Today social media accounts … Continue reading

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The Blue Whale Challenge.. Where is the Effective Action Point for Control?

The “Blue Whale Challenge” game has been in discussion over the last fortnight in India. People have been alarmed at the deadly consequences of the Game which can take away the lives of their loved ones. There is a scramble … Continue reading

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Flipkart Flash Sale Fraud… How to respond?

Today, I got a WhatsApp message about some attractive offers titled “Flipkart Big Freedom Sale Offers”. The order placement URL was given as http://flipkart.flash-sale-offer.com. To complete the sale the requirement was that the message had to be shared with atleast … Continue reading

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Amendments to ACA 2015 suggested by Srikrishna Panel on Arbitration

(P.S: This is In continuation of the Earlier Article/s) on the subject One of the laudable achievements of the Modi Government is the amendment to Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 as amended by the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act 2015 (ACA 2015). … Continue reading

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Srikrishna Panel: Donot make Arbitration the exclusive preserve of Lawyers and Judges

(P.S: This is In continuation of the Earlier Article/s on the subject) The High Level Committee which gave its recommendations on Arbitration was named as a “Committee to review Institutionalization of Arbitration Mechanism in India”. I am not sure if … Continue reading

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Two Major Failures of the SriKrishna Committee on Arbitration

(P.S: This is In continuation of the Earlier Article/s on the subject) If ADR (Alternate Dispute Resolution) in India has failed to take off even after the Amended Arbitration and Conciliation Act (ACA 2015), the root cause has been that … Continue reading

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