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While a practicing Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Dr. Pavan Duggal has made an immense impact with an international reputation as an Expert and Authority on Cyber Law, Cyber Security Law, Artificial Intelligence Law & E-commerce law.

Dr.  Duggal has been acknowledged as one of the top 4 Cyber Lawyers around the world.

WDD [World Domain Day] recognizes him as one of the top 10 Cyber Lawyers around the world.

Dr. Pavan Duggal, is the Founder & Chairman of International Commission on Cyber Security Law. He is also the President of Cyberlaws.Net and has been working in the pioneering area of Cyber Law, Cyber Security Law & Mobile Law.

Pavan is also heading the Artificial Intelligence Law Hub and Blockchain Law Epicentre.  He is the Founder-cum-Honorary Chancellor of Cyberlaw University.                   

Dr. Pavan Duggal is also the Conference Director of the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity, being world's only authoritative Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity.    In addition, Dr. Duggal has also conducted various Round Tables on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity over the last couple of years. He has also organized various Thematic Workshops at the previously held ITU WSIS Forums.   

His empanelment as a consultant to UNCTAD and UNESCAP on Cyber Law and Cyber Crime respectively, membership of the AFACT Legal Working Group of the UN / CEFAT, consulting as an expert with the Council Of Europe on Cyber Crime, inclusion in the Board of Experts of European Commission’s Dr. E-commerce and his work as an expert authority on a Cyber Law primer for E-ASEAN Task Force and as a reviewer for Asian Development Bank speaks volumes of his worldwide acceptance as an authority. Pavan is the President of Cyberlaw Asia, Asia’s pioneering organization committed to the passing of dynamic cyber laws in the Asian continent. Dr Duggal is also a member of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Panel of Neutrals.

Dr. Pavan Duggal, in association with International Telecommunications Union, conducted two Training cum Sensitization Programmes for the elected Judges and Officers of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, Netherlands on 23rd May, 2019.

As an internationally renowned Cyber law and Cyber security subject expert, at the world stage during the High-Level Policy Statement delivered by him at the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) organized by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), UNESCO, UNCTAD & UNDP in Geneva, Switzerland from 25th May – 29th May, 2015. Pavan Duggal has recommended the need for coming up with an International Convention on Cyberlaw &Cyber Security.

He has been associated with UNESCO on various legal and policy issues concerning cyberspace.

As a thought leader, Dr. Duggal has suggested that India requires a new legislation that is wholly dedicated to cyber security.

Pavan, as an international expert and authority, conducts 44 different online courses at Cyberlaw University, which have been subscribed by more than 25,500 students from 172 countries, speaking 52 national languages with excellent ratings.

Pavan is a member of the Board of Globethics.net, global network of persons and institutions interested in various fields of applied ethics.

Dr Duggal has been the Member of the Public Interest Registry’s.Org Advisory Council. He is a member of ICT policy and governance working group of the UNICT taskforce. He is the legal and policy Consultant to Internet Mark 2 Project, which is examining the next level of internet. He has been invited to be an Associated Fellow of the Centre for Asia Pacific Technology Law and Policy (CAPTEL) at Singapore. He is a Member of Panel of Arbitrators of the Regional Centre for Arbitration, Kuala Lumpur and Asian Domain Names Dispute Resolution Centre at Hong Kong. He is a Panel Member Of Permanent Monitoring Panel For Information Security-World Federation Of Scientists.

He has been associated with the Ministry Of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India on Cyber Law and Electronic Governance legal issues and is a member of Advisory Committee on e-governance in Karnataka constituted by the Government of Karnataka. As also a member of Information Forensic Working Group on E-Information Systems, Security and Audit Association.

Dr. Duggal is a member of Multi – Stakeholder Steering Group of the Asia Pacific Region Internet Governance Forum (APRIGF).

He heads his niche law firm Pavan Duggal Associates, which has practice areas, amongst others, in Cyber Law, Business Process Outsourcing Law, Intellectual Property Rights and Information Technology Law, Information Security Law, Defence, Biotech and Corporate Law.

While he has been a member of the Nominating Committee, Membership Advisory Committee and Membership Implementation Task Force of ICANN, Pavan is  the founder of the Cyber Law Association and is also the Founder-President, Cyberlaw India.

Some outstanding pioneering work in the field of BPO legal issues has resulted in his being a member of the BPO Steering Committee of ASSOCHAM. Today, he advises a number of BPO concerns on different legal issues relating to outsourcing. Pavan is the Co-Chairman of the Cyber Security Committee  of ASSOCHAM, was the Chairman of the Cyber Law Committee of ASSOCHAM and works closely with CII and FICCI.

Dr. Duggal is a regular on the lecture circuit. He has spoken at over 2000 Conferences, Seminars and Workshops in the last two decades, and has lectured extensively in select Law Colleges. As a Writer, he has made his mark with 148 Books on various aspects of the law in the last 20 years. Dr. Pavan Duggal’s books have been conferred various awards by Book Authority in various categories over a couple of years.   In addition, he has been conferred with various awards including “Ordre du Merite de Budapest”, Council of Europe Economic Crime Division, November 2011, Strasbourg. He had contributed a continuing weekly column on diverse aspects of the law, titled ‘Brief Cases’ to the Economic Times, for almost a decade.

More about Dr. Pavan Duggal is available at http://www.pavanduggal.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavanduggal.

He is responsible for coordinating activities across multiple sectors in order to ensure the functioning of a secure and resilient cyber space in the country. He is leading cyber security strategy for India and is a well-known authority on the subject. Lt General (Dr) Rajesh Pant is a globally acclaimed infosec expert, who is currently holding the prestigious post of the National Cyber Security Coordinator at the National Security Council Secretariat of India.

The National Cyber Coordination Centre is a classified project of the Government of India, which functions as a cyber security as well as e-surveillance agency in India. The centre coordinates various sources and strands of cyber security intelligence and is instrumental in mitigating online threats. It is therefore an integral part of national security.

Academically also, Pant is an accomplished expert. He holds a doctoral (PhD) degree for his research in the domain of information security metrics. He also possesses an MPhil from Madras University, a Master of Management Studies degree from Osmania University, and an MTech from IIT Kharagpur.

Prior to his being appointed to the post of National Cyber Security Coordinator, Pant was the head of the Army’s cyber training for about three years. He has served in the Army Signals Corps for 41 years where he was thrice awarded by the President of India for distinguished service of the highest order. After his retirement, he was the chairman of a listed electronics company, a peer review member of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC, established in 1994 as an autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission), and a Governing Council member of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE, India).

Pant brings to the table an exciting mix of academic excellence, armed forces operations, corporate governance as well as cyber security knowledge. He is a much sought-after speaker at infosec and cybersecurity forums and loves to share his knowledge and insights.

Alfredo M. Ronchi, is the General Secretary of the EC MEDICI Framework (1995,-), member of the representative of OCCAM NGO at UN Headquarters in Geneva, active member of WSIS and UNESCO IFAP since 2003.Founder and Chair of the JRC S2D2 (Safety, Security, Defense, Disaster Recovery and Management).Mr Ronchi is member of the following Boards of Directors: Global Forum, World Summit Award,European Youth Award,European Education New Society Association (ENSA).Member of the Scientific Committee c/o Infopoverty, Fondazione Italiana Nuove Comunicazioni, Global Forum, Sacred World Foundation, member of the Keio University Network of Excellence.

Consultant: IBM (Lugano CH) 1982-83, Team Informaticas.a. (Lugano CH) 1981-83, Thorn/Sylvania/GE Lighting, 1989-94, GE Medical Systems, 1990-93, BolognaFiere 1994-1995, Austrian Ministry of Culture 1999, MinisteriumfürWissenschaft, Weiterbildung, Forschung und Kultur des LandesRheinland-Pfalz, Norwegian Ministry of culture – Riksantikvaren, Municipality of Christiansand, Italian Association of Banks (ABI).

Member of: the WSA Grand Jury, President of the eContentAward;Programme Chair of the Cultural Track of the IX International World Wide Web Conference, May 2000 Amsterdam (NL), Chair of panels “On culture in a world-wide information society” WWW Conferences 2001-2004, Co-Chair of Infopoverty Conferences 2001-08.

He is coordinator / manager of several different international projects. He had active roles in events promoted by The World Bank, Council of Europe, European Commission, UNESCO IFAP, IEEE.

Author of books, papers and articles to profljours: eCulture, eGovernment, eHealth, eLearning.

A.M. Ronchi is a professor at Politecnico di Milano (Engineering Faculty).

Harsh as he is fondly known, will be responsible for augmenting latest solutions, broaden geographies, enhancing technological capabilities covering Consulting & Services and exploring inorganic growth opportunities for iValue. Prior to iValue, Harsh was working with Checkpoint Software Technologies where he spent two years as Country Manager managing all aspects of their Enterprise Business.

Harsh holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering with specialization in Electronics. Harsh brings with him more than 25 years of diverse and rich experience from large Indian corporations, Start-ups and Leading Global Multinationals. Prior to Checkpoint, Harsh was the Country Head, India at Verizon Enterprise Solutions for over 4 years. Harsh also held leadership roles in BT Global Services and Cisco Systems. In BT, he was the Country Head - Sales & Business Development for India & SAARC and in Cisco, he was Vice President for Government & Defense vertical, responsible for business in India & SAARC.

Harsh is a passionate business & technology driven leader with core strengths in sales & business development, solution & commercial Innovation, P&L management, team building & leadership development, incubating start-ups, building high performance team. Harsh spent his initial years as a core technologist and worked extensively in Telecommunication, Networks and Information Technology. At a young age of 27, Harsh became an Entrepreneur and co-promoted a Network and IT Integration outfit.

Prof. Dr Christoph Stückelberger, Globethics.net Founder and President, is also the professor of Ethics at the University of Basel, Switzerland and has a Ph.D. in theological ethics (peace ethics) and habilitation in environmental ethics. He was the founder (1995) and first president of Transparency International Switzerland and for 15 years he was the director of the development organization “Bread for all.” He has published hundreds of articles and dozens of books on ethics, among others on corruption such as “Corruption-free Churches are possible” (2010).

Mrs. Kusum Duggal is the Vice Chancellor of Cyberlaw University, an internationally known Online University which is specifically dedicated to the study of Cyberlaw and related legal issues.

Mrs. Duggal is currently working hard to establish the University with a wider perspective. The honour of establishing University has been entrusted to her because of her passion to work endlessly and take the University to greater heights. She has compelling leadership qualities and has the knack of taking faculty alongwith her to put in their best. She has indeed an aura about herself that she touches hearts and inspires minds.

A distinguished academician and administrator, Mrs. Duggal started her career as a teacher in Delhi Public School of DPS Society, one of the prestigious societies in India in 1960. She has had a successful tenure of nearly five decades and since then, she has been regularly contributing to the evolving standards of excellence in education.  Her strong willpower, calibre, conviction, dedication and leadership qualities contributed in modernizing the revitalizing the school education system to the extent that she was selected to represent India in the United States under the Government of India Exchange Programme for Teachers in 1976.

She also made her remarkable contribution in her visit to the United States of America and not only strengthened Indo-US relations on education but further introduced new strategies and methodologies of education and teaching during her stint at the United States of America.

Mrs. Duggal has always endeavoured to bring new educational approaches and methodologies to uplift the cause of school education and capacity building. She is of the view that in the present scenario, there is a need for the teachers to be regularly updated and trained and motivated.  Mrs. Duggal believes that in today’s world, education has to be an ongoing phenomenon.  She is a strong believer of the thought process that the existing traditional education is good and will continue.  However, with the changing wings of today’s time and with transient new developments taking place, it is absolutely imperative for any person to keep on updating his knowledge and skills set up by constant education and professional developments. She has been contributing to the cause of uplifting the school education in India. Her thrust has been into generating responsible, confident and self-reliant students for a better world.

Mrs. Kusum Duggal is convent educated. She did her graduation from University of Delhi and Bachelors of Education (B.Ed) from Punjabi University topping in her college and was awarded “All Round Best Student Award” by the gracious hands of the then Governor of Punjab.  She further completed her Masters in History from Punjab University. She did Diploma in “Skills for Effective Teaching” and also “Administration and Supervision of Schools” from Maryland University, USA.

She served Delhi Public Schools Society in various capacities.  She was the President of the Thrift & Credit Society which gave loans to the various staff members.  She was member of the Delhi Public School Managing Committee for a number of years. She was Incharge of the Activities in managing various functions viz. International Dance Extravaganza with all the Embassy students participating. She served as a Principal in five schools. She was the Founder Principal of various schools – Delhi Public School, Ranipur and Delhi Public School, Navi Mumbai and Indraprastha International School, Dwarka, Delhi. She has also been the Principal of MDH International School, Janak Puri,  Delhi. She retired as the Director of JM International School, Dwarka, Delhi.

Mrs. Duggal is the celebrated author of books for children. She has written 18 books for school children on different subjects and she has her own publication house viz. Saakshar Publications.

As a speaker and with specialization in History, she has been invited by various educational institutions for lectures and discussions and talked about number of cutting-edge issues on education. She has participated in several international and national conferences, seminars and workshops on issues related to education. She has been associated with the Managing Committees of several schools in India. She was responsible for starting Student Exchange Programme with France and UK.

Her impeccable and proven track record as an able and visionary administrator has enabled her to excel in her leadership role. A fact acknowledged by many prestigious awards that she has been conferred with. Mrs. Duggal has been extensively decorated with various awards, honors and distinctions in her educational career spanning nearly five decades. She is the recipient of the awards, “All Round Best Student of the Year” in training college in 1959. She was awarded by the Maryland University for topping in two Diplomas entitled “Skills for Effective Teaching” in 1976 and also “Administration and Supervision of Schools” in 1977. She received the Government of India State Award in 1992. She was further awarded with Bharat Nirman Award in 1993. She received Rotarians of India Excellence in Education Award in 1994, besides eleven other prestigious awards.

Her contribution in Delhi Public School ecosystem has been well documented. An educationist who has distinguished reputation in starting new schools, Mrs. Duggal as an educationist, has relevant skill-sets to start new ventures. That is why her passion for education finds a new avenue in the form of Cyberlaw University. Cyberlaw University is honoured and privileged to have an eminent educationist as its Vice Chancellor.

Saakshar Duggal is the Youth Coordinator of Center Against Cyber Bullying (CACB).  Saakshar has been working on cutting-edge areas pertaining to cyber bullying in particular and cybercrime in general and their prevalence amongst youth and teenagers.  He has addressed various students and children of different aspects of cyber bullying and connected legalities.

He addressed a session on cybercrime at the Asia Pacific Region Internet Governance Forum held from 3rd – 6th August, 2014 at Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Saakshar was a distinguished speaker at  the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity 2014 held at New Delhi on 20th November, 2014, and spoke on  the subject of Cybercrime amongst youth.

Saakshar Duggal was a speaker the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity 2015 which took place on 19th November, 2015 at New Delhi. He addressed the said Conference on the subject  Social Media, Children, Cyber Bullying  & New Challenges.

In addition, he also participated in the Round Table on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity, held on 27th May, 2016 at New Delhi.

Saakshar Duggal was an eminent youth speaker on the subject Cyber Bullying at the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity 2016 which took place on 17th & 18th November, 2016 at New Delhi.

Saakshar Duggal was a distinguished speaker at the Thematic Workshop entitled “Cyberlaw, Cyber Security Law, Internet of Things and Emerging Global Trends” held on 12th June, 2017 during the ITU WSIS Forum 2017 at Geneva, Switzerland, hosted by International Telecommunications Union, UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UNICEF. He spoke on the emerging challenges concerning cyber security and cybercrime being faced by the youth of the world in general and India in particular.The said Thematic Workshop was organized by Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates.

Saakshar was also a Speaker at the Session entitled “Protecting Children from Online Sexual Abuse and Related Perspectives”, Session entitled “Artificial Intelligence & Blockchain” and also Session entitled “Wearable Technologies & Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Cyberspace” at the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity 2017 which took place from 16th & 17th November, 2017 at New Delhi.

Saakshar Duggal was also a Speaker at 2018 & 2019 versions of the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity held at New Delhi.

Saakshar also spoke at the Virtual International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity 2020.

Saakshar Duggal addressed the members of the Malaysian judiciary at the session on ground position of cybercrimes in India at the special one-day training on Special Cyber Court held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in July, 2016.

Saakshar has given numerous talks in various schools in India on how children and teenagers can protect themselves from the ill-effect of cyber bullying. Saakshar also features in various TV programs on cyber bullying in different Indian TV channels.

Saakshar Duggal is a fourth year Student of Law and Intern at Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates, Supreme Court of India.

He has done his school studies from Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi.

Dr L S Spedding LL.B. (Hons), LL.M., Ph.D.Solicitor (England &Wales), Attorney (USA) and Advocate (India)
Key Qualifications: Over 27 years of experience and legal practice in national, European and international law. Author of international guides and handbooks; www.lindaspedding.org  www.womeninlawinternational.com
Dr Linda Spedding is one of the few lawyers qualified in three jurisdictions: England and Wales (1975), USA (1985) and India (1989). See www.lindaspedding.co.uk.

Dr Spedding’s experience encompasses constitutional law, European law, copyright law, corporate advice, due diligence and corporate governance, joint ventures, Reputation Risk management, project finance, drafting contracts and agreements, consultancy agreements and technology transfer.
Based in London, she specialises as an independent legal adviser in international law.  She has advised on sustainability, including environmental and energy policies, CSR and corporate responsibility over many years to enable organisations to integrate these concepts to improve performance within the organisations and achieve a sound reputation.  This has included drafting policies on preventing economic crime and other risk management priorities in today’s technology driven world. Dr. Spedding has extensive experience in and knowledge of international and comparative developed and developing regulatory regimes. She has assisted with particular regulatory drafting needs, as well as implementation and enforcement aspects in various jurisdictions.

For many years Dr Spedding has been concerned with key aspects of gender empowerment and fairness and founded women in law and women in law international with this in mind and to offer a platform for this debate, as well as to make positive change internationally.  Her participation in this debate has enabled a unique understanding of the issues and concerns in differing jurisdictions and she is passionate about enabling individuals to realise their potential as far as possible through positive action and collaboration.
Having qualified as one of the youngest female English solicitors she has always considered it to be a privilege to serve as a member of the legal profession and to contribute to the development of the law and the way in which lawyers practice. In particular legal practice, the exchange of information in different jurisdictions and the comparison of professional issues have been of interest to her.

After many years of practice as a member of the Legal Profession and an international lawyer, at the beginning of the new Millenium Dr Spedding considered it to be timely to integrate the key aspects of her skills and career and to contribute in a specific manner to the way in which lawyers practice. The Women in Law project was conceived in 2002 – and launched in 2003 – having regard to the:
​advances made in technology (IT) over this period;
global service provided by the legal profession;
importance of interaction and proper communication between colleagues;
value of equal opportunity in today’s world; and
need for life work balance in the practice of the law.

Bearing in mind the trend in favour of increasing numbers of female entrants into the profession and vast scope of legal and related services globally this initiative is very important. Dr Spedding has been concerned with developments in the law and the legal profession since she qualified in 1975 (becoming a member of the Law Society in 1976). Her doctorate (1984) was entitled “Freedom of Movement of the Legal Profession” and addresses the rights to practice as a lawyer on a temporary (services) or permanent (establishment) basis in different jurisdictions in the European Community (EEC). Her interest in this area continued through her practical experience of working in the Legal Service of the European Commission in Brussels, as well as with  – or consultant to – law firms in the UK, USA, India and many other jurisdictions. She remains an adviser to both public and private sector organisations, including law firms, and has extensive international experience in the not for profit sector.
Her first book, “Transnational Legal Practice in the EEC and the USA” published in 1987, has become a primary reference source on the subject of transnational legal practice. Following her qualification in India in 1989 she produced a loose leaf practice service “International Professional Practice” that assessed and compared the rights of practice in multiple jurisdictions throughout the world. Dr Spedding has always been concerned with equal opportunity for members of the legal profession regardless of origin, race, belief, age or gender. Her core belief or value is that the individual should be allowed every opportunity to realise their potential as far as possible.