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

An Unprecedented Technical Revolution in Health Sector is in the offing in India…

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The Ayushman Bharat scheme also referred to as the Modi Care program is an ambitious welfare scheme which Mr Modi is implementing. Under this scheme it is expected that 1.5 lakh health and wellness centers offering  preventive and primary care … Continue reading →

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Offline verification of Aadhaar data.. Is it feasible?

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

According to the Caravan report about the proposed new Data Protection Act /Privacy Protection Act which the Srikrishna Panel has tabled, a suggestion has been made for amendment of the Aadhaar Act to introduce what is called “Offline Authentication”. A … Continue reading →

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Another leak of the Srikrishna Committee Report on Data Protection

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Even while the Srikrishna Panel has expressed dissatisfaction at TRAI coming up with its own Privacy Protection regulation and a consequential need for revision by the Panel of its draft, Caravan has released a report about a draft copy of … Continue reading →

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Ethical E- Expression Consortium

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The media has been reporting many incidences of lynchings in India apparently caused by spread of rumours through the WhatsApp messaging system. Some of these may be “Fake” news and some may even be “Genuine” information which has evoked violent … Continue reading →

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Will TDSAT hold its hearings through Video conferencing?

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Telecom Disputes and Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) is a body created initially for settling the disputes in the Telecom sector. However the Finance Bill  2017 has changed the character of TDSAT by merging the Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CyAT) which was … Continue reading →

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Will TDSAT render justice to Cyber Crime Victims?… I seek some answers

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Cyber Crime victims in India have been waiting for a long time for the re-activation of Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CYAT) which became dysfunctional on 30th June 2011 during the UPA II regime and never came back to life even after … Continue reading →

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