Meet the Founder

Karishma is a seasoned legal expert in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) space. Over the past decade, she has served as a trusted advisor to leading domestic and global entities, including multiple Fortune 500 companies. In doing so, she has enabled them to navigate the nuances of an ever-evolving Indian legal framework. Karishma is highly-valued for her seamless end-to-end support across advisory, transactional, regulatory, and dispute resolution matters in the TMT arena. 

She provides critical guidance on high-impact, cutting-edge issues across all aspects of technology law, including privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, AI regulation and governance, consumer protection, and intermediary liability. Karishma is pivotal to shaping business-critical legal and regulatory compliance strategies for clients across varied sectors - from online gaming and social media to consumer tech and transport solutions. 

Highly reputed for her expertise in the privacy and data protection sphere, Karishma enables global and domestic clients to navigate an evolving maze of Indian privacy laws. From evaluating gaps with global policies and regulatory positions to enabling crucial policy and regulatory engagement on data protection laws - her creative analysis, and thoughtful recommendations set her apart. 

She has been instrumental in the launch and expansion of complex tech offerings, by leading related privacy and regulatory risk assessments; driving sensitive user-facing policy updates; and conducting detailed product structuring for compliance with various laws. 

Clients regard her strategic advice as being especially valuable in the context of establishing cyber preparedness protocols and responsive strategies. Her timely, germane advice enables them to smoothly manage sensitive cybersecurity events - from regulatory engagement to mitigation and outreach. Her reputation for handling high-priority sensitive matters with ease extends to technology and media disputes, regulatory proceedings, and law enforcement inquiries – to which she brings her patented calm, creativity, and resilience. Karishma has driven dispute resolution strategies for various technology intermediaries, and appeared on their behalf before the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts across the country in high-stakes matters concerning informational privacy and intermediary liability.

Karishma’s collaborative, solutions-driven approach and regulatory depth make her a standout talent in India’s digital law landscape.