C.DPO.DA.

C.DPO.DA. or Certified Data Protection Officer and Data Auditor is the flagship program of FDPPI.

It covers the Legal, Technical and Governance aspects related to DPDPA Compliance.

From time to time such programs are conducted as offline program.

An online program would also be available with the recordings of the most recent program and would be supplemented with mentor sessions.

The training program is associated with the Certification examination which is optional.

Watch out for details to be announced  from time to time.


Next C.DPO.DA. program in Mumbai

In anticipation of the release of the rules within this weekend as hinted by the secretary of MeitY a two day physical training program is being contemplated in Mumbai on November 1 and 2. The program will be from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm and held in a hotel in Andheri. (Proposed Venue: Treebo Amber International, Sakinaka, Andheri)

The coverage would be

  1. Legal nuances of DPDPA and the DPDPA  Rules
  2. Classification of DPDPA protected Data (DPD)
  3. ROPA as a strategic tool of Compliance
  4. Governance  Structuring for meeting the obligations under DPDPA by a Data Fiduciary
  5. Technical challenges of Management of Legal Basis for processing and Rights of Data  Principal
  6. AI and its challenges in meeting the obligations
  7. The Roles of DPO and Data Auditor in the DPDPA era
  8. Use of DGPSI as a Compliance Management framework
  9. Discussions and case studies

The training would be priced at Rs 15000/- plus GST. (Total Rs 17700/-)Participants would be provided with participation certificates and 12 hours of CPE.

Registration for examination for Certification would be optional.  The fees for examination would be Rs 10000/- plus GST (Total R 11800/-)

The total fees for those who register together would be Rs 25000/-. plus GST. (Total Rs 29500/-)

An early bird discount is provided for registration upto 15th October 2025

  1. Early bird discount for training Rs 3000/- Net fees Rs 12000/- (Rs 14160/0)
  2. Early Bird discount for Examination: Rs 2000/-. Net fees Rs 8000/- (Rs 9440/-)

Net price of  the training with certification exam with early bird discount is Rs 20000/-. (Rs 23,600/-)

The three books namely “Guardians of Privacy…”, “DGPSI, he Perfect  prescription…” and ” Taming the twin risks of DPDPA and AI with DGPSI-AI” would be the reading material. The kindle versions of all three are now available and are recommended for purchase for preparation for the exam which will be open for the batch after November 20th.

PS: In the unlikely event of the DPDPA rules not being notified, a free Virtual session would be conducted subsequently to all the participants.

Registration Process:

Kindly make the necessary payment as indicated above at the link “Pay Here”.

Simultaneously complete the following form: (If not it would be difficult to reconcile the payment. You are welcome  to send an email in confirmation or message Naavi)

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