Experts
About the Event
As India advances rapidly toward a data-driven economy anchored in public digital infrastructures, platforms, and AI-led innovation, the Draft DPDP Rules, 2025 mark a critical moment in shaping how personal data is governed, protected, and responsibly used. These rules are not merely a technical extension of the DPDP Act; they will determine how rights, responsibilities, and accountability are operationalised across citizens, businesses, and the state.
At the heart of this conversation lie several pressing questions: How clearly are rights and obligations defined for digital nagariks? Does the consent-centric framework reflect India’s social, economic, and digital realities? Are children’s data, gendered vulnerabilities, and marginalized communities adequately protected? And crucially, do these rules strike the right balance between safeguarding privacy, enabling innovation, and supporting India’s ambition to build scalable and inclusive digital public infrastructure?
Together, this panel helped us move beyond a surface-level reading of the Draft DPDP Rules to examine their practical impact, unintended consequences, and future-readiness—asking not only whether these rules protect data, but whether they truly empower citizens and strengthen India’s digital future.