Cyber Law Skill Development In India By PTLB

In this guest column, Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) has shared the details about its cyber law skill development initiatives. Cyber law skill development in India has still to pick pace. Cyber law skill development is also necessary these days due to growing regulatory demands for cyber due diligence. The cyber law skill development initiatives of PTLB can help all the stakeholders to meet various regulatory compliances and due diligence requirements. Read for further details and procedure to enroll for the same.

Cyber Law of India is incorporated in the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act 2000). It has been amended through the Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008 (IT Act, 2008). With this amendment, Cyber Law of India has become more onerous and complicated.

Stakeholders like Police, Lawyers, Judges, Corporate Executives, etc must be well aware of the Cyber Law of India. They require good and qualitative Cyber law Training and Skill Development in India. At Perry4Law and PTLB we ensure world class Techno Legal Trainings and Cyber Law Skill Development. Besides, Skill Development for other Technology Laws is also taken care of by Perry4Law and PTLB.

Perry4Law and PTLB are also in the process of writing the first and exclusive techno legal Cyber Crime Investigation Manual of India. The manual is in the final phase of preparation and it may be available to Governmental Departments and General Public after few months. The Manual is a “Must Have Guide” for Law Enforcement Agencies, Intelligence Agencies, Government Departments, Home Ministry of India, etc. In short, it would greatly help in enhancing the Cyber Crime Investigation Capabilities in India.

Cyber Due Diligence in India also requires good knowledge of Cyber Law of India. There are many Due Diligence Requirements under the Cyber Law of India that various stakeholders have to comply. Another area that requires Cyber Law Skill Development is the requirement for Cyber Due Diligence for Banks in India. In fact, to ensure proper cyber security of banking transactions and to comply with the IT Act 2000 cyber due diligence requirements, all banks now would have to create a position of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) as well as Steering Committees on Information Security at the board level at the earliest.

This is the recent direction of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that all banks must comply with. At PTLB we provided Cyber Law Trainings to prospective CIOs and Steering Committee Members. The best part is that PTLB is the exclusive Techno Legal Online Skill Development Initiative of India and world wide. In short, the Cyber Law Skill Development in India is a major career area that must be taken seriously.

Application form for the enrollment to various Skill Development Courses, Internships and Trainings of PTLB can be downloaded from here and more details about the courses of PTLB can be found here. For all those who wish to have partnership or collaboration with PTLB, they can contact us with their detailed proposals covering the terms and conditions in details.

Online Skill Development In India By PTLB

In this guest column, Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) is explaining about the online techno legal skill development initiative managed by it. This is the exclusive techno legal online skill development initiative of India.

Skill development in India is a major policy decision these days. India has realised the importance of a skilled and well trained workforce and this has inspired it to shift its stand from mere academic education to vocational and professional education in India. Now more emphasis has been given to technical education and skill development in India.

India is also facing a challenge of keeping the maximum population within the reach of its skill development programmes. This cannot be achieved until online education and e-learning is used in India. However, there are very few qualitative online skill development institutions in India.

We at Perry4Law and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) are providing exclusive Online Techno Legal Skill Development in India in fields like Cyber Law, Cyber Security, Cyber Forensics, Digital Evidencing, E-Discovery, Techno Legal LPO and KPO, E-Courts, E-Governance, Electronic Services Delivery, National E-Governance Plan (NEGP), Lawyers and Judges Training, ODR, etc.

Through world class online tutorials and trainings, good and qualitative techno legal skill development education is provided to every corner of India and world wide. These skill development courses, trainings and education are available to police officers, lawyers, judges, corporate executives, professionals, etc. There is no need to even leave the premises where the individual is working or residing. Everything can be done in an online environment.

Application form for the enrollment to various courses, internships and trainings of PTLB can be downloaded from here and more details about the courses of PTLB can be found here.

For all those who wish to have partnership or collaboration with PTLB, they can contact us with their detailed proposals covering the terms and conditions in details.

E-Discovery And Litigation Services In India

Electronic discovery plays a major role in pre litigation and litigation phases. For pre litigation phase e-discovery helps in ascertaining the sources and causes of various irregularities and frauds. Once these irregularities and frauds have been detected, the management of an organisation can decide to pursue the same through litigation.

E-discovery and litigation services are also becoming an essential part of legal process outsourcing (LPO) and knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) these days. However, it requires good quality of Techno Legal Expertise to perform E-Discovery in a Legally Sustainable Manner, says Praveen Dalal, managing partner of New Delhi based law firm Perry4Law and leading techno legal expert of India. The LPO and KPO Providers of India must be Innovative in order to get maximum benefits out of this upcoming field, says Dalal.

E-discovery is essentially techno legal in nature. The person doing e-discovery must be aware of both technical and legal aspects of e-discovery. This is necessary so that electronic evidence can be acquired in a forensically sound manner. If E-Discovery is not done in a proper manner, it would be “Inadmissible” in a Court of Law, informs Dalal.

E-discovery in India has yet to take a shape. For instance, Perry4Law and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) are managing the exclusive techno legal Digital Evidencing and E-Discovery Centre of India. The centre is managing issues like innovative digital evidence LPO and KPO and other techno legal digital evidencing and e-discovery related issues. Perry4Law and PTLB are also the exclusive citizens to government (C2G) LPO and KPO providers in India.

We have to train police officers, lawyer, judges etc with suitable techno legal trainings so that e-discovery and digital evidencing can grow in India. Organisations like Perry4Law and PTLB can play a decisive role in this regard.

Knowledge Process Outsourcing In India

Till now the terms legal process outsourcing in India (LPO in India) and knowledge process outsourcing in India (KPO in India) are very clear for Indian legal, para legal and allied service providers. LPO and KPO services of India are used by both national and international companies, firms and organisations to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

LPO and KPO in India are witnessing a tremendous growth. Indian LPO and KPO service providers are extending their services to foreign law firms in multi billion dollars cases. Even high profile cases are often referred to India for preliminary research and case briefing.

While these areas are well known there are many areas that are still unexplored by Indian LPO and KPO services providers. This is more so regarding KPO services as they require domain specific and highly specialised acumen. One such are pertains to techno legal and technology related KPO.

The leading LPO and KPO service provider in India Perry4Law has taken LPO and KPO to the next level of outsourcing revolution. Perry4Law is the best Techno-Legal LPO and KPO Service Provider of the World. It has domain specific and highly specialised techno-legal LPO and KPO expertise that others are struggling even to understand. Till now only global leaders like Perry4Law alone is providing techno-legal LPO/KPO services in India. This may be so because techno-legal LPO and KPO requires domain specific and highly specialised knowledge about both technology and law that very few can possess.

For instance, if an assignment pertaining to cyber forensics or cyber security is forwarded to India, there are very few firms like Perry4Law that can manage the same. Similarly, issues like e-discovery in India are also managed by law firms like Perry4Law alone.

These techno legal KPO services of Perry4Law are provided by world renowned techno legal segment of Perry4Law known as Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB). The existing LPO and KPO firms and organisation must upgrade their work structure and manpower to meet this future requirement. To consolidate the LPO and KPO related information of Perry4Law and PTLB, a Blog has been created by them.

Another point that must be kept in mind by the LPO and KPO providers in India is that they may also face stiff competition from other Asian countries. In order to remain the World leader and first place for LPO and KPO business, Indian LPO and KPO providers must also enhance their research skills.

KPO is a very different game and the same must not be considered as mere extension of LPO. KPO requires domain specific and highly specialised services that cannot be managed in the absence of adequate talent and expertise. Realising this fact PTLB has started techno-legal training for law graduates, lawyers, etc. Similarly, Perry4Law Techno-Legal ICT Training Centre (PTLITC) would provide higher level techno-legal training to all stakeholders.

LPO and KPO services in India are going to stay but how long and up to what extent depends upon the LPO/KPO service providers of India. Further, with the use of information and communication technology, newer frontiers of LPO and KPO may be seen in future. LPO and KPO providers of India must be well prepared to not only meet the future challenges but also to encash future opportunities. KPO has a lot to offer to India only if the KPO providers of India are able to grasp the same.

E-Voting Machines And System Of India

Electronic voting using electronic voting machines (EVMs) have never been a smooth exercise in India. Cyber security concerns of the e-voting machines of India have been frequently raised by many experts of India. Thus, e-voting in India never found a clean and clear acceptance despite the reluctance of the election commission of India.

Although EVMs have many advantages over the traditional paper based voting system yet these advantages are useless if EVMs can be abused and the election results can be manipulated.

According to Praveen Dalal, managing partner of New Delhi based law firm Perry4Law and the leading techno-legal expert of India, E-Voting in India must be accompanied by proper plan and adequate Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure. At the same time special emphasis must be given to the Cyber Security aspect of E-Voting Mechanism in India. There is no doubt that E-Voting Machines in India can be “Manipulated” to adversely affect the end results, says Dalal.

While the use of E-Voting may help expanding the voting community yet there must be a suitable Policy and Regulation to prevent and remedy “Misuses” arising out of such E-Voting System, says Dalal. The crucial question is what if E-Voting is proved to be tainted subsequently after Cyber Forensics appraisal and a Government has been formed on the basis of that voting? Will the Election Commission declare such elections null and void? Will the President of India declare a re-election? Will the Supreme Court of India take cognisance of this fact, asks Praveen Dalal.

However, election commission of India is not very impressed by the claims of manipulations of EVMs in India. In a surprising and welcome move, the state election commission of Mumbai has decided to take the proper recourse. The state election commission is planning to use e-voting in the upcoming civic elections in Mumbai next year. The commission has decided to offer Rs 10 lakh to anyone who can hack their e-voting system.

Accordingly, once the software is created, ethical hackers will be invited to test it. The money would have to be paid by the consultant who would develop software for the commission. In case someone succeeds in hacking the e-voting machine, the consultant will have to bear the cost and the software will have to be reworked.

This sort of action was expected from the election commission of India that has not been very active in this regard. Let this incidence be an example for all concerned.

Online Courts In India

Information and communication technology (ICT) has changed the way legal and judicial systems are operating world wide. Even law firms are adopting technology for better and efficient legal functions. Legal management system in India is developing along with use of ICT for judicial purposes in India.

Online courts in India are part and parcel of the e-courts project of India. E-courts project of India is again a part of the national e-governance plan (NEGP) of India. Under the NEGP scheme, courts of India are required to be upgraded and made compatible with the use of ICT.

So what is the status of online courts in India? According to Praveen Dalal, managing partner of New Delhi base techno legal ICT law firm Perry4Law and leading techno legal expert of India, Online Courts in India have still to see the light of the day. India is still at the first stage of Computerisation of some of the aspects of Courts. Full fledged E-Filling, Submission of Plaints and Documents Online, Online Evidence Producing, etc are still missing, informs Dalal.

Online courts in India could not be established as there is lack of planning and foresight. The present e-court infrastructure of India is not in good shape and it urgently requires rejuvenation. Another factor going against the establishment of online courts in India is the fact that we do not have a legal enablement of ICT systems in India. Till a legal framework conducive for techno legal development of Indian judiciary is not established, legal and judicial systems of India have little incentives to adopt technology.

Further, online courts in India cannot be established till we have techno legal expertise to establish, maintain and upgrade court’s infrastructure. We have a single and exclusive techno legal online courts training and consultancy centre of India. The centre provides techno legal assistance for establishment, maintenance and upgradation of e-courts infrastructure all over the world.

The essential parameters for the establishment of online courts in India have not yet been met. The moment e-filing, presentation, contest and adjudication of the cases in an online environment would start, India would surely be capable of establishing online courts. In the absence of these capabilities, we have to wait for few more years to get speedier justice in India.

Skill Development In India Is Urgently Needed

Skill development is a very crucial area that has recently received attention of Indian government. Along with industry players, Indian government has been trying to inculcate skill among professionals graduating from vocational, professional and academic streams.

Many experts have already mentioned that technical education and skill development in India cannot be segregated. Many experts have even suggested that the future of professionals would lie in duality and multi disciplinary approach rather than a single field.

For instance, legal professionals are now increasingly looking upon computer related knowledge as areas like cyber law, cyber forensics, e-commerce, e-governance, etc have been associated with legal policies and issues. Essentially, it means legal professionals must have techno legal skills in order to compete in this competitive environment.

A landmark development in this regard occurred when India got techno legal education boost. Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) launched many online techno legal education and training courses for police officers, judges, lawyers, computer science professionals, management professionals, corporate executives, etc.

The major focus of these techno legal educational and training courses of PTLB is to ensure cyber skills development in India. Presently, India is not paying enough attention towards techno legal skill development.

Similarly, the legal and judicial fraternity of India needs scientific knowledge in order to perform their functions more appropriately. The fields like cyber law are posing trouble to judges and lawyer alike. Even law enforcement agencies of India find it really difficult to deal with cyber crimes. Law Minister Veerappa Moily must urgently work in this direction as without adequate skill development, legal and judicial reforms cannot be achieved in India.