DSCI Privacy Leadership Forum

Technology evolves at a pace that regulatory systems inevitably struggle to keep up with. It is imperative for privacy leaders to come together to learn, collaborate, and sustain dialogue, enabling the industry to anticipate change and execute it in meaningful and responsible ways. DSCI is committed to serving as the leading voice on privacy protection in India.

To advance this objective, DSCI has convened the Privacy Leadership Forum as a common platform for privacy leaders to collectively strengthen the industry’s privacy preparedness.

The Forum will meet periodically to deliberate on issues of material significance to the industry’s privacy landscape. Its members will contribute through focused sub-committees and special interest groups, enabling structured engagement across diverse thematic areas and emerging priorities.

Objectives of the Forum

1

Collectively deliberate on the latest privacy policy, regulatory, and technological developments across the globe

2

Have meaningful exchanges on the core set of challenges organisations might be facing in privacy implementation and ways to surmount them

3

Drive readiness of organisations and sectors from the standpoint of the Digital Personal Data Protection framework in India

4

Promote best practices and measures for making privacy a key differentiator

5

Get across the larger industry concerns to the authorities

6

Work towards the development of an industry code of practice

Special Interest Groups

Core Privacy, Data Governance & Compliance

Privacy Engineering, PETs & Cybersecurity

AI, ML & Emerging Technologies

Sectoral Privacy & Regulatory Engagement

Publications

Nov 08, 2024

The ‘Privacy Due Diligence: A Practical Guide for Data Protection Impact Assessments’ guide provides a comprehensive framework for conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) to manage privacy risks associ...

Sept 17, 2024

Privacy Across Borders: Guidance on Cross-Border Data Transfers for Indian Organisations" offers practical steps for safeguarding data and maintaining compliance when dealing with inbound and outbound data transfers...

Mar 19, 2024

The document on ‘privacy at the Workplace’ is intended to shed light on the emerging trends and concerns with regard to ‘Right to Privacy’ in the context of employment or within a workplace. References to ‘employees...

Feb 29, 2024

Privacy-by-design provides a framework for a holistic approach that can be adopted by an organization in protecting the privacy of their stakeholders across the spectrum, including their customers and employees amon...

Forum Members

Abha Tiwari

Abha Tiwari

Aarthy Venkat

Aarthy Venkat

Akanksha Garg

Akanksha Garg

Anand Kumar Kasturi

Anand Kumar Kasturi

Arunima Chadha

Arunima Chadha

Dr Bharat Saraf

Dr Bharat Saraf

Bhavna Longani

Bhavna Longani

Dileep R

Dileep R

Dr Raghuveer Kaur

Dr Raghuveer Kaur

Jagannath

Jagannath PV

Mohit Srivastava

Mohit Srivastava

Namita Nawani

Namita Nawani

Nikhil Bansal

Nikhil Bansal

Prathamesh Churi

Prathamesh Churi

Priya Gora

Priya Gora

Priyanka Sharma

Priyanka Sharma

Srinivas Poosarla

Srinivas Poosarla

Sundip Athwal

Sundip Athwal

Tanin Chakraborty

Tanin Chakraborty

Vasudha Gupta

Vasudha Gupta

Vinod Kumar Gupta

Vinod Kumar Gupta