Goals and Objectives
- Promoting Cyber Law & Cyber Security related Awareness and cooperating with other organisations.
- Helping The members with intellectual know how with regards to Cyber Law, Electronic Evidence, Cyber Frauds
- Conducting Conferences, Workshops, Seminars for Members and Judiciary
- Advising Government , Government bodies and corporate on Cyber Law & Cyber Security Issues
- Releasing White Papers in matters related to Cyber Frontiers
- Contributing Articles to INBA Website on Technology Law and Security issues
Current Activity
Cyber Law and Security Section of INBA is on invitation only. Please send your interest to join the Section to at Indian National Bar Association, who can be contacted at mz@indianbarassociation.org We will attend to your request shortly.
Mr. Amber Gupta, Chair, Cyber Law & Security Section
Amber is presently working as Head – Legal & Company Secretary – Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited (ABSLI) and has been associated with Aditya Birla Capital since 2008. Amber has a rich experience of 17 years in the field of legal, compliance, regulatory and secretarial functions encompassing Corporate laws, Securities & Capital markets, Insurance, Banking & NBFC regulations, IPR & IT Laws and Litigation & Contract management specialising in financial services. In his present role, Amber is managing litigation management, contract management, IPR matters, Corporate and Company law matters, statutory and regulatory issues, Board, shareholders and Governance matters. Amber has been instrumental in revamping the working and structure of legal department in ABSLI both in the area of litigation, contract management, IPR, digitization, process enhancements and embracing technology as tool, implementing best practices resulting in legal risk mitigation. Amber also provides critical legal support at the Group level working extensively with Group CRO in various projects and initiatives concerning Governance, Brand & IPR, and Technology. Amber was recently awarded as General Counsel of the Year – Insurance Sector 2018 by Indian National Bar Association (INBA). Amber was adjudged General Counsel of the Year – Runner up at IDEX Legal Awads, 2018. Amber’s contribution and work at Group Level was also rewarded as he won the Power of One Champion Award at Aditya Birla Capital Inspiration Awards 2018. Amber also adjudged Best In-House Counsel of the Year 2017 (litigation management) by Indian National Bar Association. Amber was also a Winner Rising Star Awards in the IN -HOUSE Category Forty under Forty at the Legal Era GENNEXT CONGRESS & AWARDS 2016. He was also declared as a Winner – Young Innovative Leader at Aditya Birla Financial Services (ABFS) Inspiration Awards 2011 and was a nominee for Chairman’s Individual Award under “distinguished achiever” category at Aditya Birla Group Annual Awards 2012. Under his leadership, the ABSLI legal team has received many accolades and recognitions in the industry forums – Winner Best in-house legal team 2018 (change management) at the prestigious Asia-Mena In-House Community Counsels of the Year Awards 2018, HongKong, Winner Best Project & Process Excellence for Agreement and Contract Execution Aditya Birla Capital Inspiration Awards 2018, Best Insurance In- House Legal Team at the 6th Annual Indian Legal Awards 2017, Winner Functional Excellence Team – at Aditya Birla Financial Services Inspiration Awards 2016, Winner – “Litigation Analytics” – Excellence in Industry Application – Financial Services at Big Data & Analytics Award 2016, Runner Up – Legal Department of the Year – Small at IDEX Legal Awards 2016. Amber holds a Bachelor degree in Law and is a member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He also holds Diploma in Business Finance from ICFAI and Diploma in Cyber Laws from NALSAR Pro (All India 2nd Rank). Amber is also holds certification course in International Arbitration from Chartered Institute of Arbitrator (CIArb), UK. Amber is also a member of International Bar Association. He also actively participates at various forums on issues concerning industry and areas of legal jurisprudence and has been a regular speaker in various conferences and seminars in the area of Legal, Compliance and Governance
Adv. Prashant Mali, Executive Committee Member, Cyber Law & Security Section
Adv. Prashant Mali only distinguished Cyber Security & Cyber Law Expert and A High Court Lawyer in the country to have Masters in Computer Science and Masters in Law with Certification in Computer Forensics & Information Systems Security Auditing with prior working experience in the field of Software,Networking & IT Security.He currently handles Landmark court cases in the History of The IT Act, 2000 and is a coveted Legal counsel for Electronic evidence, IT Act, 2000, IPR, Data Privacy, Frauds or Economic offenses related arguments. He has more than 20 Yrs. of all round IT &Law(Litigation &Consulting). He is the president of law firm called Cyber Law Consulting based out of Mumbai.
He has been Litigating, Advising and consulting various corporate and government agencies which include Aditya Birla Group, Deloitte, NSE, NSDL, UTI, Balaji Telefilms, Hiranandani, SBI, Bajaj Allianz, Mastek, Siemens to name a few.
He has been a sought after speaker on National and Internal forums to speak on Cyber Law, Cyber Warfare, Cyber Security, Banking Frauds, Electronic Evidence, Privacy, IPR,Social Networking abuse etc
He is interviewed by BBC World,Bloomberg,Zee News, NDTV, Zee 24Taas, TV9, Jai Maharashtra, News Nation, Doordarshan,biztech2.com…read more
Adv. Dipak Parmar, Executive Committee Member, Cyber Law & Security Section
Dipak is a Trade Mark Attorney, a trained Mediator, a Visiting Faculty, a Certified Digital Evidence Analyst and a Techno-Legal Consultant. He is a published writer with international articles to his credit. He has experience of more than 14 years in the legal field and has worked for several top-notch organizations: like, Hindustan Unilever Limited, National Stock Exchange IT Limited, Hutchison 3 Global Private Limited, Singhania & Co. LLP, International Legal Consultants etc. He has hands-on experience in Intellectual Property Management, Cyber Law and Information Security, Contract Management and Dispute Resolution.
He is the founder of M/s Cyber-IPR; a law firm specialized in Cyber Law and Information Security, Intellectual Property Management, Contract Management, Dispute Resolution, including Litigation and Corporate matters. It is based in Mumbai and having its associates/representatives and affiliates in major cities of India and abroad.
He is a former visiting faculty for Information Technology Law at Mumbai University and for Cyber law and Intellectual Property Law at Asian School of Cyber Laws…read more
Mr. Kislay Chaudhary, Executive Commitee Member, Cyber Law & Security Section
Kislay Chaudhary is CEO of Indian Cyber Army, Chapter Leader of OWASP, Noida and an Investigation Advisor and Analyst to Cyber Crime Investigation Unit of Uttar Pradesh Police.
He provides expert guidance in solving different Cyber Crime Cases to Various Law firms, detective agencies and Legal Enforcement agencies. He has established India’s first Cyber Crime Research Center under Indian Cyber Army.
Mr. Chaudhary regularly conducts Training Programs on Cyber Crime Investigation for Police Departments across the nation. He is a Chief Resource Advisor and Speaker for “CYBER SURAKSIT CAMPAIGN” conducting workshops and seminars on ‘Threats in Digital World’ for students, teachers and parents to sensitize them about the types of Cyber Crimes, Preventive Measures to be taken while surfing the Internet, Information Technology Act and the Remedial Measures that can be taken if one is victimized by the cyber criminals Conducted by OWASP and Indian Cyber Army.
Till date he has successfully completed more than 5000 workshops for more than 5.35 lac students, parents and teachers for various schools and colleges in 54 cities and 13 states nationwide. He also addresses to the problems of the students who seek further guidance on the same issues through ‘www.icalab.com’ Official site of Indian Cyber Army.
He has also conducted more than 200 different training sessions on various topics related to cyber security to an audience comprising corporate executives, law n enforcement personnel, entrepreneurs and technical specialists. He possesses an in-depth knowledge and insight into today’s security risks and tomorrow’s potential threats.
He has been interviewed by several print and online media where he has shared his experiences relating to latest happenings in Cyber War and Cyber Crimes.