NLU Delhi, Mentblue Launch Practitioner Certificate Course on TMT, Data Protection & Fintech as DPDP Rules take effect – Register Now!

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 is now in force and its Rules are published. The Telecommunications Act, 2023 has overhauled a framework that governed the sector for decades.

Online gaming regulation is live under the 2025 framework. Artificial intelligence governance is moving from regulatory consultation to enforceable obligation. For lawyers and law students targeting a practice in technology, data protection or fintech, the question is no longer whether to know these regimes; it is whether they can advise on them from the first day of a mandate.

Most Indian law school curricula do not teach these subjects in a practice-ready form. National Law University, Delhi (NLU Delhi), through its Centre for Regulatory Studies (CRS), has partnered with Mentblue to fill that gap directly.

NLU Delhi and Mentblue have announced a Certificate Course on TMT, Data Protection & Fintech: Technology Contracts, Data Protection & Digital Finance, the latest course under The Practice Series, a joint initiative that takes participants through a practice area the way it is actually handled inside a Tier 1 law firm or corporate legal team. The course begins August 22, 2026. Enrolments are open.

About the Course

Across 16 live online sessions taught by partners and senior practitioners from India’s leading law firms, the course covers the complete TMT, data protection and fintech regulatory landscape: from drafting a technology contract and building a DPDP compliance framework, to advising on telecom licensing, platform intermediary liability, online gaming, health-tech, cloud computing, AI governance, payments regulation and virtual digital assets. The programme is built for participants who want to move from knowing the statute to advising on the compliance problem.

Two applied drafting and advisory assignments, built around realistic Indian TMT and fintech fact patterns spanning multiple regulatory regimes, reinforce every module. The course uses actual contracts, compliance notices and regulatory frameworks rather than sanitised teaching materials.

Faculty

The faculty is drawn from AZB Partners, JSA Advocates & Solicitors, AP & Partners and Trilegal, and includes:

• Rohan Bagai, Partner, AZB Partners

• Akshaya Suresh, Partner, JSA Advocates & Solicitors

• Abhishek Ray, Partner, JSA Advocates & Solicitors

• Arjun Sinha, Partner, AP & Partners

• Jyotsna Jayaram, Partner, Trilegal

• Kapil Chaudhary (Former TMT Partner, Dentons Link Legal, former GC, InfoEdge, Junglee Games, Twitter, Autodesk, IBM)

• Jaideep Reddy, Partner, Trilegal

• Jishnu Sanyal, Partner, Trilegal

• Archana Iyer, Counsel, AZB Partners

• Akshaya Parthasarthy, Counsel, Trilegal

• Mriganki Nagpal, Counsel, AP & Partners

Curriculum at a Glance

Module 1: Technology Contracts & Data Protection (technology contracts, SaaS models, DPDP Act, 2023, DPDP Rules, 2025, GDPR comparison)

Module 2: Telecom, Digital Platforms & Online Gaming (Telecommunications Act, 2023, e-commerce, intermediary liability, cybersecurity, media regulation, online gaming 2025 framework)

Module 3: Emerging Technology: Health, Cloud & AI (health-tech, cloud computing, AI governance and liability)

Module 4: Fintech (payments, banking regulation, digital lending, SEBI, virtual digital assets)

Programme Details

Duration: 16 live online sessions, August–October 2026

Schedule: Saturdays & Sundays, 11:00 AM IST

Mode: Online, Live (6-month recording access)

Certification: NLU Delhi Certificate of Completion, issued by the Centre for Regulatory Studies

Eligibility: Law students (LL.B. / LL.M.), advocates, in-house counsel and compliance officers, CA/CS/CFA professionals, product managers and finance professionals at technology or fintech companies

Register: mentblue.com/courses

Contact Information

Email: support@mentblue.com

Phone: +91 92896 57727 / +91 96256 19518

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