India formally enforced the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA) on November 14, 2025. The Act applies horizontally to all entities operating in India across both B2B and B2C contexts where personal data is processed, irrespective of the scale of such processing.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
S Chandrasekhar
S Chandrasekhar is the MD & CEO of K&S Digiprotect. He has over 32 years of experience. He is a Lead Auditor and Implementor- ISO-27001 (2022) and is qualified as a Lead Privacy Auditor (DSCI) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) by the International Institute of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
- chandrasekhar@knsdigiprotect.com
Aman Verma
Aman Verma is the Manager – Legal & Regulatory Affairs at K&S Digiprotect. His area of work spans across helping data fiduciaries with data privacy compliances to handling regulatory affairs under telecom, media, and technology law areas.
- aman@knsdigiprotect.com
Sudeshna Banerjee
Sudeshna Banerjee is a Partner at K&S Partners and has over 20 years of experience in the domains of copyright, trademark, geographical indication and digital law.
- sudeshna@knspartners.com