IDPS 2025

FDPPI successfully completed the Chennai leg of IDPS 2025 today at MMA auditorium. Event was co-hosted by MMA and was well attended.

The event was inaugurated by Mr H Shankar, the MD of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd, followed by 5 panel discussions on different  topics surrounding DPDPA  and AI DPDPA and AI.

H Shankar, MD, Chennai Petroleum Corporation lights  the lamp in the presence f Naavi, Captain V Vijaykumar (MMA) and Mr D Lakshminarayana, MD, Sundaram Housing Finance Ltd and President MMA

During the occasion, FDPPI honoured R.Ramamurthy, (formerly of Gemini Communications Ltd) and H RMohan (Formerly of Hindu) for their long service to the IT and Data protection industry.

Naavi moderates the first Panel Discussions  with Eka Pillai(YesPanchi), Vasanthika (Arnav legal) and Krithi Shetty. (Privacy Pillar).

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The IDPS 2025, Bengaluru was successfully concluded yesterday, on September 17, 2025.

Some pictures of the event are found below.

Vice Chancellors of Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Mr Raina and  Ex Vice Chancellor of Bengaluru University Mr Venugopal, watering the plant as a symbolic gesture for inaugurating the program.

Book titled “Taming the twin challenges of DPDPA and AI with DGPSI-AI”, by Naavi being released by the august guests consisting of Retired Justice Sri Subhash Adi in the presence of Vice Chancellor of RUAS, Mr Raina, Ex-Vice Chancellor if Bengaluru University Mr  Venugopal, and Directors of FDPPI.

Members of Panel 1 in discussion

Members of Panel 2 in discussion (Moderated by Nagaraj BS)

Members of Panel 3 in discussion

Members of Panel 4 in discussion. (Moderated by Naavi)

(More pictures will be posted later)

On September 27, the Chennai leg of IDPS 2025 will be conducted at the MMA auditorium, in Thousands Lights, Chennai. Watch out for further information.

Data Protection Experts discuss the impact of DPDPA and Artificial Intelligence at Bengaluru

M S Ramiah Campus in Mathikere-Yashwantpura will be a witness to an interesting one day seminar on 17th September 2025 under the theme “Bracing the Impact of twin Challenges of DPDPA and AI”
The is event jointly organized with the Foundation of Data Protection Professionals in India (FDPPI) and MSR School of Law and supported by FICCI, Bengaluru. Several industry experts will congregate as speakers and delegates to discuss the impact of the impending notification of the new law namely Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (DPDPA 2023).
With Artificial Intelligence usage sweeping across the industry at the same time, compliance to DPDPA given the unprecedented penalties in the range of Rs 250 crores plus has become a huge challenge.
The event will be inaugurated by Retired Justice Sri Subhash B Adi. Former Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University namely Dr K R Venugopal will give a key note address. Dr Kuldeep Kumar Raina , Vice chancellor MSR University will preside. Dr V Vijayakumar, Advisor MSR School of law will provide an overview of the global environment in data protection.
The event will witness discussions on the current status of the Indian law on Data Protection, the global laws of Data Protection and AI regulation and Technical challenges posed by AI in compliance of DPDPA. The seminar will also discuss the Corporate Governance strategies for compliance, and sectoral challenges.
During the event, FDPPI will present a framework for compliance titled DGPSI-AI for “Taming the Twin challenges of DPDPA and AI”. A book of the same title authored by Naavi, the pioneer in the field will also be released.
The event will be held between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm. More details of the event will be available at www.idps2025.in.

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This year’s IDPS 2025 will have the umbrella theme “Bracing for Impact…The twin challenge”.  It was intended to be an year in which we will have discussions on Technology Solutions for DPDPA Compliance” for which we created the concept of “Special Associate Members” who will participate in the events.

In IDPS 2024 we had already addressed DGPSI as a framework for compliance and the “AI Chair of FDPPI” which is a recent development at FDPPI has taken up the task of creating a Guideline document DGPSI-AI to provide a more detailed instruction for DPDPA compliance using DGPSI framework. This will be discussed during the IDPS 2025. This will emerge as a solution to Data Fiduciaries to work on DPDPA compliance in the AI environment.

For “Data Fiduciaries”, the challenge in 2025-26 is not limited to DPDPA adoption but also to manage DPDPA Compliance in the AI environment.

The recent incidents involving Replit or Cursor AI highlight the risks to Data Fiduciaries when they use AI. When these risks manifest in the DPDPA era, the Data Fiduciaries will be simultaneously facing the combined effect of two major developments one in the law and another in the technology environment. This is the “Twin Challenge” that requires being addressed through IDPS 2025.

Hence the theme has been fine tuned to reflect that “Bracing for Impact” is against the twin challenges.

As for the AI developers, some guidelines are available now in the form of ISO 42001 and ISO 42005 but for AI deployers, DGPSI-AI will be the Go-To framework of compliance.  Hence this topic will also be covered during the event.

Additionally, we are seeing a new act “EU Data Use Act” becoming effective from 12th September 2025 which along with GDPR makes a splash in the EU/UK jurisdiction. IDPS 2025 will address this topic also.

FDPPI continues its focus on SME/MSMEs this year also and hence some sectoral impact issues related to SME/MSME sector  as well as vulnerable sectors like the Health, BFSI and Education will also be discussed during the IDPS 2025.

One of the objectives is to generate a “Sectoral Representative Action” in the form of setting up SIGs and Special reports for sharing with the DPB (when formed) will also be considered.

The tentative date for the first leg of the multi city IDPS 2025 is slated for September 17 at Bengaluru and will be Co-hosted by MSR Group of Institutions with the support of industry organizations.

Those who are interested to participate in the events for promoting their products or as speakers or delegates, may start contacting FDPPI now for early bird benefits.

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In the forthcoming IDPS 2025 at different sessions, FDPPI proposes to provide focus on the “Emerging Technology Solutions in India for DPDPA  Compliance.”

There will be a panel discussion on this topic in each of the locations where we will discuss specific solutions.

Interested product or service professionals may contact FDPPI at the earliest. The participation will be limited and hence early contact is essential.

The events will be held at Bengaluru, Chennai, Ahmedabad  and probably Mumbai in the period September to November. Other details are under finalization.

Some areas where solutions are being scouted are as follows:

a) Discovery and Classification of DPDPA protected data
b) Consent Management for Data Fiduciaries under DPDPA
c) Consent Management for “Prospective Consent Managers”
d) Data breach identification and notification under DPDPA
e) Age verification and Guardian Consent System under DPDPA
f) Nomination system under DPDPA
g) Grievance redressal system under DPDPA
h) “Pseudonymization and Tokenisation” for DPDPA compliance

The participation in the session would be restricted to “Special Business Associate Members of FDPPI” only.

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IDPS started in 2020 and initially it was held as a virtual conference  in 2020, 2021 and 2022. In 2023 and 2024, IDPS was conducted physically in Bengaluru.

In 2025, FDPPI intends to conduct IDPS event as a multi locational event in atleast three places namely Bengaluru, Chennai and Ahmedabad and a possible extension to Mumbai.

This will give an opportunity for people in different locations to participate in the event.

Multiple partners have come forward to co-host the event and accordingly, MSR School of Law will be the co-host in Bangalore. In Chennai, MMA-Chennai will be the Co-Host and in Ahmedabad, Dhirubhai Ambani School of Law is likely to Co-host.

We are in the process of identifying speakers and topics.

Naavi

DPDPA 2023 is about to land in India. It will disrupt many of the existing business practices which were presently sailing along comfortably by processing of Personal data.
Now  things are going to change.

DPDPA 2023 will ask you… Do you have the consent of the data principal to continue processing?

Do we have an answer?

Find out at IDPS 2025…

Naavi