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

Temporary glitch in naavi.org access

Inadvertently there was a delay in the renewal of domain name naavi.org and for a few hours the website was not accessible. I suppose it is now back in action. Kindly refresh your browser and try if you are still … Continue reading

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Bracing for Impact…The Twin Challenge

This year’s IDPS 2025 will have the umbrella theme “Bracing for Impact…The twin challenge”.  It was intended to be an year in which we will have discussions on Technology Solutions for DPDPA Compliance” for which we created the concept of … Continue reading

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Digital Nexus 2025 held at Bengaluru

On 25th July 2025, The Mainstream (formerly known as CIO News) presented an event titled “Digital Native Nexus 2025” with an interesting theme “Tech Born, AI-Fueled, Human Led”. Naavi presented a key note address in the event on the topic … Continue reading

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A “May Day” situation in AI

Ever since the “Replit Vibe Coding Disaster” was reported, the world of AI is facing a situation similar to what Boeing is facing after the AI 171 crash in Ahmedabad. What the AI-Replit disaster indicates is a continuation of the … Continue reading

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DGPSI expands to AI Risk Management

The accelerated adaptation of AI in the industry raises a natural question about what happens when DPDPA is implemented in India. The concern of an organization is whether DPDPA implementation is synchronized with the new risks that may arise due … Continue reading

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DPDPA Eco-System as we see it

Yesterday, my article about DPDPA products being evaluated by FDPPI raised a valid concern with some of my friends. The concern is whether a “Certification” of software stifle competition. I fully accept the concern but would like to clarify why … Continue reading

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