We had an open- for-all Book Review Symposium on "Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia: Law, Development and Practice (Bloomsbury, 2025)". Edited by Dr. Pratyush Nath Upreti, the book is one of the first solid cohesive attempt to look at IP narratives from South Asia.

This is Part 2 of the Book Review Symposium: Q&A session with discussions based on the review of the three parts of the book by our three panellists. (You can find the review in Part 1).

Questions from our audience members, including those who joined us live on LinkedIn, are also answered here. If you haven't watched Part 1 yet, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/eiwcOYiXWvE

You can also directly view the live session here: https://youtube.com/live/5HT4XRCgeVk?feature=share

The book was dedicated towards Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer. Swaraj Barooah is the Senior Expert at SpicyIP, and an IP Policy Consultant. He has a chapter in this book: "Intellectual Property and Social Justice: Remembering the Contributions of Prof Shamnad Basheer".

You can find the pre print version of this chapter here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6071187

Praharsh Gour, Editor and Researcher at SpicyIP, discusses the different parts of the book with the panellists Shama Mahajan, Akshat Agrawal, and Prof. Ishupal Singh Kang.

Shama Mahajan is an LLM candidate at NUS Singapore. She reviews Part 1 of the book "IP History and Development".

Akshat Agrawal: Founder and Counsel at AASA Chambers. He reviews Part 2 of the book "Developments in South Asia".

Ishupal Singh Kang: Associate Professor at Jindal Global Law School. He reviews Part 3 of the book "Institutions, Courts and Practices".

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00:00- Introduction

00:17- Q & A from audience on Linkedin

09:17- A shift in industrial policy from innovation centric to inclusive development

19:05- Areas and avenues of discussion the book opens up

26:06- Significance of funding

28:41- Assetisation in the context of "commodification v cultural expression"

31:43- Concluding remarks

Reading materials:

1. Ntina Tzouvala , On Tariffs and the Ends of International Economic Law, https://lpeproject.org/blog/on-tariffs-and-the-ends-of-international-economic-law/

2. Mario Biagioli , Weighing Intellectual Property: Can We Balance the Social Costs and Benefits of Patenting?, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3307623

3. Hyo Yoon Kang, Patents as Assets: Intellectual Property Rights as Market Subjects and Objects, in Assetization :Turning Things into Assets in Technoscientific Capitalism (Kean Birch and Fabian Muniesa) https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/4848/chapter/625225/Patents-as-Assets-Intellectual-Property-Rights-as

4. Kean Birch and Fabian Muniesa, Assetization :Turning Things into Assets in Technoscientific Capitalism, https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/4848/AssetizationTurning-Things-into-Assets-in

5. Lilly Irani, Chasing Innovation: Making Entrepreneurial Citizens in Modern India, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3239b1qv

6. Elizabeth Rosenblatt, Theory of IP’s Negative Space, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1662661

7. Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman,The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=878401

8. William W. Fisher, Promises to Keep: Technology, Law, and the Future of Entertainment

Credits:

Swaraj Paul Barooah: Producer, Director, Editor, Host

Praharsh Gour: Host, Researcher

Sonisha Srinivasan: Setup, Editor

Anjali Tripathi: Thumbnail Art

That time of the year is coming up again! Get ready for SpicyIP Summer School 2026, tentatively scheduled for the end of June in Bangalore.

SpicyIP conducted its first edition of the annual SpicyIP Summer School from June 21st to June 29th, 2025 at the lush green campus of Ecumenical Christian Centre, Whitefield, Bangalore, as an 8-day residential program for law students and professionals. The 2025 edition saw “Pharma Stack” and “Creativity, Culture and Contracts” as the two thematic focus areas.

Listen to what some of our alumini had to say about their experience of the first edition of Summer School!

Anandi Katiyar

Joshua Joseph

Ananya Srivastava

Ayush Shetty

Aathira Latha Jayan

Ashutosh Jha

Avani Girish Marudwar

Saraswathy Vaidyanathan

Here is a detailed event report of the summer school: https://spicyip.com/2025/07/event-report-of-the-inaugural-spicyip-summer-school.html

More details about the 2026 edition will be out in the coming days!

Credits: Swaraj Paul Barooah, Sonisha Srinivasan

We had an open- for-all Book Review Symposium on "Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia: Law, Development and Practice (Bloomsbury, 2025)". Edited by Dr. Pratyush Nath Upreti, the book is one of the first solid cohesive attempt to look at IP narratives from South Asia.

The book was dedicated towards Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer. Swaraj Barooah is the Senior Expert at SpicyIP, and an IP Policy Consultant. He has a chapter in this book: "Intellectual Property and Social Justice: Remembering the Contributions of Prof Shamnad Basheer". You can find the pre print version of this chapter here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...

Praharsh Gour, Editor and Researcher at SpicyIP, discusses the different parts of the book with the panellists Shama Mahajan, Akshat Agrawal, and Prof. Ishupal Singh Kang.

This is Part 1 of the symposium where the three panellists review the three parts of the book. The QnA and discussion will be uploaded separately as Part 2. You can also directly view the live session here: https://youtube.com/live/5HT4XRCgeVk?...Shama Mahajan is an LLM candidate at NUS Singapore. She reviews Part 1 of the book "IP History and Development".

Akshat Agrawal: Founder and Counsel at AASA Chambers. He reviews Part 2 of the book "Developments in South Asia".

Ishupal Singh Kang: Associate Professor at Jindal Global Law School. He reviews Part 3 of the book "Institutions, Courts and Practices".

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00:00- Introduction

02:42- A Dedication to Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer

13:07- Introduction to the speakers

14:20 - Title of the book

17:53 - Review of Part 1: "IP History and Development"

35:03 - Review of Part 2 : "Developments in South Asia"

52:35 - Review of Part 3: "Institutions, Courts and Practice"

Reading materials:

1. Shamnad Basheer,India's Tryst with Trips: The Patents (Amendment) Act 2005, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...

2. Kung Chung Liu, IP Laws and Major Asian Economies

3. The Geographical Indication Hurdles That We Need to Talk About: ft Niharika Salar, Niharika Salar, SpicyIP TV, Let's IPsa Loquitur (Youtube),    • The Geographical Indication Hurdles That W...  

4. Lateef Mtima & Steven D. Jamar, A Social Justice Perspective on Intellectual Property, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...

5. Kean Birch and Fabian Muniesa, Assetization: Turning Things into Assets in Technoscientific Capitalism, https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edite...

6.Victor Roy, Capitalizing a Cure: How Finance Controls the Price and Value of Medicines, https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.5...

7. Shamnad Basheer, Obsessing on Newness: The Death of Patents?https://spicyip.com/2018/01/obsessing...

8. Ntina Tzouvala , On Tariffs and the Ends of International Economic Law, https://lpeproject.org/blog/on-tariff...

9. Amaka Vanni , Patent Games in the Global South:Pharmaceutical Patent Law-Making in Brazil, India and Nigeria

10. Rosana Pinheiro-Machado, Counterfeit Itineraries in the Global South: The human consequences of piracy in China and Brazil

11. Jessica M. Silbey, Against Progress: Intellectual Property and Fundamental Values in the Internet Age

12. Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Is IP Good for Our Planet?

13. Ruth L. Okediji , The International Relations of Intellectual Property”, https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/jil...

Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Ms. Niharika Salar about some of the practical challenges to the artisan communities like the gap between geographical indication registrations and actual empowerment, role of GI on livelihoods and revival of cultures, and quality control. The episode also covers the law (text) and some conceptual underpinnings in the context of India with real stories and thought-provoking insights.

About Ms. Niharika Salar:Ms. Niharika Salar, is a PhD scholar at Queen’s University, Belfast, UK. She has done extensive fieldwork with GI artisan communities. She is currently exploring the research frontiers of Intellectual Property Law, community rights and traditional weaving techniques. Prior to her doctoral pursuits, she served as an Assistant Professor at NALSAR University of Law (India), teaching courses to BA LLB & LLM students and supervising LLM thesis. An alumnus of National University of Singapore and National University of Study & Research in Law, India, her areas of research interest include Intellectual Property Law , socio-legal approaches to studying law and legal education. During her postgraduate studies at NUS Singapore, she was awarded the ‘Young Asian IP Scholar Award’ at the 5th Asian IP Works-In-Progress Conference Program, Hong Kong (2020).

All views expressed here by the speakers are in their personal capacity, and in general are to be considered as curious engagement with the subject at hand. If you want the formal language, then: This podcast is intended solely for informational and academic discussion purposes and does not constitute legal advice or create any attorney-client relationship

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Credits:

Swaraj Paul Barooah: Producer, Director, Editor

Sonisha Srinivasan: Host, Researcher, Editor

Anjali Tripathi: Graphics, Media and Thumbnail Art

Tanishka Goswami: Graphics and Subtitles

Media Credits:

The images appearing at 05:56, 20:19, 23:08, 38:28, 45:58, and 43:16 are photographs clicked by Ms. Niharika Salar during her field work.

The maps appearing in this video are used for illustrative purpose only and have been sourced from https://surveyofindia.gov.in/pages/outline-maps-of-india

Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Dr. Zakir Thomas about the intersection of Generative AI with Copyright law and Policy, Technology Sovereignty, Open Access to information and the broader regulatory challenges shaping the future of AI.

About Dr. Zakir Thomas:Dr. Zakir Thomas has 35 years of experience of working in the Government of India as an officer of Indian Revenue Service had been instrumental in some of the major policy initiatives in field of intellectual property as a former Registrar of Copyrights and the Project Director of Open Source Drug Discovery Project. He holds an MSc (Physics), LLB (Delhi University) and Master of Intellectual Property, Commerce and Technology from Franklin Pierce Law Centre, University of New Hampshire, United States. He earned his PhD from the School of Social Sciences IGNOU, Delhi. He has authored several book chapters and articles in peer reviewed journals on Intellectual Property law and its interplay with open source innovation, pharmaceutical industry and copyright law. He was an invited faculty in WIPO seminars on Intellectual Property, delivered talks in the European Union Parliament, American Chemical Society and several other international fora. He was a faculty for a two credit course in NALSAR, Hyderabad. He has given talks in leading national institutions on copyright law, patent law and innovation. He has been the Indian delegate at WIPO and at the OECD tax forum. Dr Thomas is recipient of the Finance Ministers Award (2017), the highest honour conferred by the Income Tax department. Prior to retirement, he was Director General (Systems) of the Income Tax department, leading one of the largest e-governance projects in the country.All views expressed here by the speakers are in their personal capacity, and in general are to be considered as curious engagement with the subject at hand. If you want the formal language, then: This podcast is intended solely for informational and academic discussion purposes and does not constitute legal advice or create any attorney-client relationship.

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List of Additional Readings:-

Akshat Agrawal, ANI Media v. Open AI : The Opt-Out Strategy https://spicyip.com/2024/11/ani-media-v-open-ai-the-opt-out-strategy.html

Akshat Agrawal and Sneha Jain, Indian Copyright Law and Generative AI https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5028835

Goutham Rajeev and Vedant Bharadwaj Singh, Training GenAI: Infringement or Fair Use? https://spicyip.com/2024/04/training-genai-infringement-or-fair-use.html

Varsha Jhawar, An IP-Centric Approach towards AI Regulation in India- Part II https://spicyip.com/2023/05/an-ip-centric-approach-towards-ai-regulation-in-india-part-ii.html

US President Trump’s Executive Order, Removing Barriers To American Leadership In Artificial Intelligence https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/removing-barriers-to-american-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence/

Aman Gupta, Apple faces copyright lawsuit over training Apple Intelligence AI on pirated books: What we know so far https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/apple-faces-copyright-lawsuit-over-training-apple-intelligence-ai-on-pirated-books-what-we-know-so-far-11757251724012.html

Jean Gil Barroca and Alfons Buxo, Cloud sovereignty: Three imperatives for the European public sector https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/technology-management/cloud-sovereignty-three-imperatives-for-the-european-public-sector.html

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Swaraj Paul Barooah: Producer, Director, Editor

Sonisha Srinivasan: Host, Researcher, Editor

Anjali Tripathi: Thumbnail Art

Our blogger Tanishka Goswami hosts the 1st episode in our Let's IPsa Loquitur series, bringing in Adyasha Samal and Akshat Agrawal, to discuss some on-going developments that surely everyone in the IP world has taken note of - the surge of "Personality Rights" cases. While this is no doubt good for lawyers, what does it mean for law, policy or society? In this 45 min episode, they touch upon various angles and facets of this question, as well as how it intersects with cultural meaning making, deep-fakes, free speech and other related issues.

About our Speakers:

Adyasha is a researcher at the Institute for European Tort Law in Vienna, Austria. Previously, she worked at AZB and partners in the areas of IP and data protection law. Adyasha has been associated with SpicyIP for several years now and was a student fellow in 2020-21.

Akshat is the founder and counsel at AASA Law Chambers. He possesses comprehensive experience in IP laws, having worked as a senior associate at Sai Krishna and Associates, as a Wikimedia Race and Knowledge Equity Fellow, as a counsel at the Chambers of Senior Advocate Jayant Mehta and as a judicial law clerk to Justice Prathiba Singh. He holds a BA LLB honours from Jindal Global Law School and an LL.M. in IP Law from the University of California, Berkeley.

All views expressed here by the speakers are in their personal capacity, and in general are to be considered as curious engagement with the subject at hand. In more formal language: This podcast is intended solely for informational and academic discussion purposes and does not constitute legal advice or create any attorney-client relationship.

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List of Referenced Blogposts and Related Readings from the Episode: (The hyperlinks work even though they look broken!)

1. https://spicyip.com/2017/08/the-supreme-courts-privacy-judgment-elevates-personality-rights-to-the-constitutional-plane.html

2. https://spicyip.com/2025/06/delhi-hcs-orders-in-sadhguru-ankur-warikoo-cases-what-indian-courts-are-getting-wrong-about-personality-rights.html

3. https://spicyip.com/2025/10/unpacking-meitys-proposed-it-rules-amendments-between-regulation-and-practicality.html

4. https://www.meity.gov.in/documents/act-and-policies/amendments-to-the-information-technologyintermediary-guidelines-and-digital-media-ethics-code-rules-2021-it-rules-2021-IjN4QjMtQWa?pageTitle=Amendments-to-the-Information-Technology-(Intermediary-Guidelines-andDigital-Media-Ethics-Code)-Rules,-2021-(IT-Rules,-2021)

5. https://spicyip.com/2023/05/world-of-possibilities-single-judge-bench-of-delhi-high-court-allows-use-of-celebrity-information-available-in-public-domain.html

6. https://spicyip.com/2024/05/after-anil-kapoor-jackie-shroff-follows-suit-taking-a-look-at-the-recent-dhc-order-from-the-perspective-of-personality-rights-right-to-livelihood.html

7. https://spicyip.com/2013/09/cold-news-for-cricket-score-monopolies.html

8. https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2959&context=faculty_scholarship

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Sonisha Srinivasan: Researcher, Editor

Tanishka Goswami: Host, Researcher

Anjali Tripathi: Thumbnail Art

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews!

In this episode (11), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Mr. Ashwani Balayan, Partner at ALG India Law Offices LLP (full bio below) about his journey from engineering to law, the importance of technical knowledge in patent prosecution, some guidance for students who wish to pursue IP litigation and prosecution, as well as ALG India’s Knowledge sharing initiatives.

00:00- Introduction

00:45- His Journey

04:13- Background in Science/Engineering in Patent Prosecution

06:11- Career guidance in IP Litigation and Prosecution

08:50- Knowledge sharing initiatives at ALG

11:00- Concluding remarks

About Ashwani Balayan: Ashwani Balayan, a Partner at ALG for over 15 years, leads the firm’s Patents, Designs, and IP Litigation practice, with a focus on advisory, prosecution, enforcement, and litigation relating to patents, trademarks, and designs in India. He holds a B.Tech (Biotechnology) and LL.M. (IPR) from G.G.S.Indraprastha University, New Delhi, and an LL.B. (IPR Hons.) from RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur. He is a qualified Patent Agent and Advocate enrolled with Bar Council of Delhi. His core expertise lies in drafting and enforcing patent claims – particularly in the pharmaceutical, biomedical, and bioinformatics sectors – handling pre-grant and post-grant oppositions, revocation proceedings, and infringement actions. He regularly advises on patentability, validity, and freedom-to- operate issues. Ashwani also has substantial experience in litigation, mediation, dispute resolution, including appeals, cancellation actions, and revocation proceedings before High Courts, the IP Offices, and arbitral and mediation panels. His practice further extends to strategic advisory on the protection and enforcement of industrial designs and trade secrets. Ashwani is actively involved in global IP discourse and holds leadership positions in several international IP organizations. He currently serves as Chair of the Designs Advocacy Subcommittee of INTA and Vice Chair of the Asia Pacific Committee of the IPO. He has authored publications for AIPPI, the INTA Bulletin, and IPO journals on topics including anti-suit injunctions and design law and has been invited to speak at various national and international conferences. He is recognized as a leading practitioner by IAM Patent 1000 as well as WTR 1000.

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Credits: Sonisha Srinivasan: Host, Researcher, Editor

Swaraj Paul Barooah: Producer, Researcher, Editor

Praharsh Gour, Md Sabeeh Ahmad: Camera, Mic, Set

Tanishka Goswami, Anjali Tripathi, Athreya Bhat: Graphics & Media

Praharsh Gour, Yogesh Byadwal, Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan: Research, Checks & General Setup

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews!

In this episode (10), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Ms. Sheja Ehtesham about ALG India’s Knowledge sharing initiatives, importance of Networking as well as other skills outside of law schools for students to develop, her thoughts on Leadership, and approaches to building a meaningful professional journey rather than mechanical CV building.

00:00- Introduction

00:52- ALG's Knowledge sharing initiative

05:03- Networking in career development

08:38- Other skills outside of law school

15:33- Confusion over CV building

18:54- A meaningful professional journey

22:34- Concluding remarks

About Sheja Ehtesham: Sheja Ehtesham is the Managing Partner at ALG India Law Offices LLP and a leading expert in intellectual property. Sheja advises a global clientele on portfolio management, enforcement, oppositions, domain name disputes, and transactional matters such as brand licensing and franchising.Recognized consistently among the world’s top trademark professionals (WTR1000, 2021–2025), she is highly regarded for her strategic counsel and leadership. In 2023, she also received INTA’s Advancement of Association Objectives Award for her leadership in driving the association’s goals and shaping the dialogue on emerging areas of IP, particularly for her work on IP in Space. Under her leadership, her firm ALG boasts a remarkably diverse team—around 60 members, over 50% of whom are women at all levels, and collectively speaking more than 15 languages—reflecting her long‐standing commitment to inclusion.

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Credits:

Sonisha Srinivasan: Host, Researcher, Editor

Swaraj Paul Barooah: Producer, Researcher, Editor

Praharsh Gour, Md Sabeeh Ahmad: Camera, Mic, Set

Tanishka Goswami, Anjali Tripathi, Athreya Bhat: Graphics & Media

Praharsh Gour, Yogesh Byadwal, Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan: Research, Checks & General Setup

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews!

In this episode (09), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Dr. Kailash Nadh (bio below), CTO at Zerodha and a self-described ‘hobbyist’ software developer. A major FOSS supporter, he discusses his thoughts on re-imagining Copyright in the world of Artificial Intelligence(AI), the true meaning of technology sovereignty and methods to achieve it, as well as role of lawyers in the open source movement. He also shares his take on software patents and the relationship between patents and innovation. About Dr. Kailash Nadh: Dr. Kailash Nadh has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence & Computational Linguistics from Middlesex University. He has been the CTO at Zerodha since 2013, where he co-founded its tech arm. Zerodha is now the largest stockbroker, and one of the largest fintech companies, in India. He has been a hobbyist software developer for close to two decades and writes code every day, building technology at Zerodha, and building and contributing to open source projects. He has co-founded FOSS United Foundation (2020), promoting open-source software in India; Rainmatter Foundation (2020), supporting ecological preservation and climate change initiatives; Indic Digital Archive Foundation (2022), focusing on Indic language computing and cultural artifact preservation; and Samagata Foundation (2023), backing projects in science, culture, art, technology, and education to create public commons and community spaces.

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Credits:

Sonisha Srinivasan: Host, Researcher, Editor

Swaraj Paul Barooah: Producer, Researcher, Editor

Praharsh Gour, Md Sabeeh Ahmad: Camera, Mic, Set

Tanishka Goswami, Anjali Tripathi, Athreya Bhat: Graphics & Media

Praharsh Gour, Yogesh Byadwal, Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan, Md Thahir Sulaiman: Research, Checks & General Setup

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews!

In this episode (08), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Mr. Nikhil Narendran (bio below), a Partner at Trilegal (Bengaluru office) specializing in the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) practice about a career in the TMT practice. He discusses how adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) enhances efficiency at work, but also cautions that one must understand the strengths, weaknesses and risks of each model to effectively and responsibly use them. He also shares his experience of how working in the movie industry has shaped his role as a lawyer.

00:00 - Introduction

00:39 - Career guidance for TMT practice

03:47 - Importance of being a "Generalist"

05:39 - Maximising use of AI

07:14 - His Creative Journey

09:35- Concluding remarks

About Nikhil Narendran: Nikhil Narendran is a Partner at Trilegal’s Bengaluru office, specializing in the Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) practice. He holds a BA LLB (Hons.) from the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi, and is admitted to the Kerala Bar Council. His experience includes advising e-commerce, fintech, and technology companies on regulatory issues, data protection, telecom (mobile, enterprise, Satcom), and media (OTT, triple play). He has negotiated ICT agreements in South-East Asia, Europe, and America and advised on technology policy in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. He has won the ITechLaw Travelling Fellowship Award 2011, working with six European technology law firms, and is recognized as ALB India Top TMT/Fintech Lawyer (2021), IBLJ India’s Future Legal Leaders (2020), ALB 40-under-40 (2020), and by Chambers & Partners and Who’s Who Legal TMT.

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Sonisha Srinivasan: Host, Researcher, Editor

Swaraj Paul Barooah: Producer, Researcher, Editor

Praharsh Gour, Md Sabeeh Ahmad: Camera, Mic, Set

Tanishka Goswami, Anjali Tripathi, Athreya Bhat: Graphics & Media

Praharsh Gour, Yogesh Byadwal, Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan: Research & General Setup