“We’re NABH accredited, so we’re covered.” MYTH #1 9 common DPDP misconceptions in healthcare, and what to do instead

A veteran of the Indian Army Medical Corps who went on to lead hospitals as Medical Director, COO, CEO and Group CEO, driving hospital development, operational excellence and quality improvement.

He wrote the Government of India’s Medical Purchase and Procurement Manual and redesigned the medical staffing norms of AIIMS. More recently he has worked on healthcare mergers, acquisitions and funding.

He speaks regularly at healthcare leadership forums, has written concept notes on AI-enabled hospitals, digital health and preventive care, and serves as a Non-Executive Director and board advisor to several healthcare organisations.

One of India’s leading legal experts in data privacy, AI governance and technology law, with more than a decade at the meeting point of law, technology and business. She began her career at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, advising India’s largest technology platforms.

She designed the Certified Data Protection Officer curriculum at the Future Crime Research Foundation and co-authored The AI-Enabled Boardroom. NDTV, DW News and LawMic regularly quote her on technology law.

LLB (Hons), NLU Jodhpur (Batch Topper); LLM in Technology Law, UC Berkeley (Dean’s List).

He founded Rule Expert to turn DPDP compliance from a manual, paperwork-heavy exercise into something built into the systems a business already runs, so privacy becomes part of everyday operations.

He writes widely on consent journeys, cross-border data transfers for SaaS businesses, HR data protection and the cost of non-compliance. His message: in India’s digital economy, trust is a business advantage.