Our Published Op-eds

  • January 11, 2023
  • The New Indian Express

An opportunity to redesign draft data protection law

A modern privacy regulation must be a harm-based one. It must shift responsibility of privacy harms to data fiduciaries and processors.

  • February 11, 2023
  • The Financial Express

Too simplified for comfort

The new draft of the Data Protection Bill, while considerably abridged, leaves out a lot of much-needed specifics required for effective preservation of citizens' privacy.

  • February 28, 2023
  • The Financial Express

How to regulate digital assets?

Lawmakers and regulators could avoid prescriptive, micro-managerial mandates and enforce principles-based rules to balance prudence and innovation.

  • March 30, 2023
  • The New Indian Express

No federal override in India's data protection law

It is important to recognise that the protection of citizens’ right to personal data privacy now forms a part of the Constitution as a fundamental right.

  • June 07, 2023
  • The Hindu

A global order as technology’s much needed pole star

Given the borderless nature of technology and the anonymity of the actors involved, India, as the G-20 chair, can take the lead in shaping this.

  • June 28, 2023
  • The New Indian Express

Focus on reducing poverty instead of boosting GDP

The Economic Survey 2022–23 says the cost of healthcare in India is a major driver of poverty. Out-of-pocket health expenditures account for 48.2% of total health expenditures.