India’s Data Protection Regime with Supratim Chakraborty and Punit Bhatia in FIT4Privacy Podcast E083 S4

GDPR. Will India have a similar law? Well, India’s Data Protection Bill has been under consideration since 2018. When can we expect it? Supratim shares his inputs and experience about India’s data protection regime and how similar (or different) would it be from EU GDPR.


KEY CONVERSATION POINTS

The Data Protection Regime Bill in India
What is society’s perspective on the new bill?
Are Indian Companies Ready for the Big Shift?
How Much Time For Implementation?
Will the EU Provide Adequacy Decision to India?
How about Skills and Manpower for compliance?
What can you do as a business already?

ABOUT THE GUEST

Supratim leads the Privacy and Data Protection practice of Khaitan & Co and is considered a thought leader in this space in India. He has advised eminent clients in relation to information technology laws in India, including data privacy, cyber security, and internet intermediaries-related issues.
Supratim is very active in the technology-related policy space. He was amongst the select few individuals in the country from whom the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had specifically sought additional comments on aspects pertaining to the erstwhile draft Personal Data Protection Bill. Supratim also spearheaded key stakeholder consultation/ feedback sessions organized by prominent industry associations in relation to the same. Supratim’s views had also been sought by the National Commission for Women (Government of India) regarding cybercrime against women and changes in laws required to address the issues. Further, he has advised a prominent industry association on submission relating to the Expert Committee Report on Non-Personal Data Governance Framework.
Supratim actively collaborates with industry associations such as the US India Business Council and the Digital Lending Association of India on submitting representations and feedback on key legislative and policy initiatives of the Indian Government. Aside from national-level policy initiatives, due to his thought leadership in the data privacy space, Supratim was also invited to Bangladesh by ‘Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services’ (BASIS) to provide inputs to lawmakers there for preparing their data protection law. He is also regularly invited to eminent forums to speak on the subject and is quoted frequently in leading national dailies.
As one of India’s leading data privacy lawyers, he is ranked as a “Leading Individual” for 3 consecutive years for data protection by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021, 2022 and 2023. Under his leadership, the firm has been awarded “Data Protection Law Firm of the Year” by ALB India Law Awards for two consecutive years, 2021 and 2022. Supratim is also the recipient and exclusive winner of Lexology's “Client Choice Award” 2022 for Data Protection.
Supratim is a member of ASSOCHAM’s National Council for FinTech, Digital Assets, and Blockchain Technology. Supratim holds a GDPR FAS Certification and DPO Certification.

ABOUT THE HOST
Punit Bhatia is one of the leading privacy experts who works independently and has worked with professionals in over 30 countries. Punit works with business and privacy leaders to create an organizational culture with high privacy awareness and compliance as a business priority. Selectively, Punit is open to mentoring and coaching privacy professionals.

Punit is the author of books “Be Ready for GDPR” which was rated as the best GDPR Book, “AI & Privacy – How to Find Balance”, “Intro To GDPR”, and “Be an Effective DPO”. Punit is a global speaker who has spoken at over 30 global events. Punit is the creator and host of the FIT4PRIVACY Podcast. This podcast has been featured among the top GDPR and privacy podcasts.