Karnnika A Seth

Experience

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  Seth Associates,Advocates & legal consultants

  Jan 2000 - now

  Owner

  Dr. Karnika Seth is the Founding Partner at Seth Associates, an Indian law firm based in Delhi. Dr. Seth is principal legal advisor to many multinational groups and government entities. She has actively resolved complex Cybercrime cases in conjunction with the law enforcement authorities in India and represents clients in litigation matters before various forums.

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  National and International organizations

  Jul 2002 - Oct 2023

  Policy maker

  Dr. Seth advises both Indian Government and International Organsiations in developing new laws or amending extant laws of the Internet. She has been a part of National think Tanks set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs working to form laws to curb fake news circulation on internet & regulation of social media. She is part of the EU-India deliberations held at the ESIWA ORF forum building roadmap of leveraging emerging tech and cybersecurity. She advises office of UNICEF & ICMEC on online child safety issues, the UN food initiatives in India and advises on data protection & privacy laws Issues Show less

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  Central Bureau Of Investigation.

  Jan 2009 - Nov 2019

  Expert Trainer in cyberlaw

  Dr. Seth has trained several batches of police officers and Task force dealing in cybercrimes at the Central Bureau of Investigations.

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  Judicial and Police Academies

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2024

  Guest Faculty to Judicial & Police Academies, Armed forces & Intelligence agencies

  Dr. Seth is Guest Faculty to law enforcement Academies including National Judicial Academy, National Police Academy, BPR&D ,CBI ,NIA, and has trained several batches of Judicial and Police officers and Armed forces and senior Govt officials on cybercrime laws. Her training areas include IT law, cybercrime investigations, collection , preservation and production of digital evidence

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  LexisNexis

  Jan 2012 - Nov 2019

  Author

  Dr. Seth is a prolific Author and writes books, papers and columns for reputed publishing houses on emerging legal issues peratining to Information technology, IP, Media laws and data protection laws.Her book, Computers , Internet & new Technology laws published by Lexis Nexis is largely referred by law enforcement agencies and legal professional and academies in India. Her book, Protection of Children on Internet is widely read by all stakeholders of online safety. She often writes for national newspapers, legal journals, both online and offline. Show less

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  National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)

  Jan 2012 - Nov 2023

  Legal Advisor

  Dr. Seth is empanelled Arbitrator and Legal Counsel to the National Internet Exchange of India and is part of various committees and consultations held regarding ccTLDs and regional internet domain name registration services. She also represents NIXI in various litigation matters before courts in India.

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  Ministry of Eletronics & Information Technology (Government of India)

  Jan 2014 - Nov 2022

  Legal Advisor

  Dr. Seth is an empanelled Legal Advisor to the office of Controller of Certifying Authorities, Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India .

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  Educational Institutions

  Jan 2017 - Dec 2023

  Expert on Cyberlaw & Guest Faculty

  Dr. Seth is Professor of Practice at VIPS and Honorary Professor at Amity University. She was appointed as Member of Expert panel that drafted cyberlaw courses for IGNOU, National Law school,India, and the University Grants Commission of India for its e-pathshala and Massive open online courses on cyberlaw. Dr. Seth has addressed conferences, seminars and workshops in various educational institutions & professional academies including IIM, Symbiosis, LBSNAA, NLU, NLS, CIAC, ICAI, etc.

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  G100: Mission Million

  May 2022 - now

  Country Chair- Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity

  #G100 is an eminent and empowered group of top 100 powerful women leaders in the world with a vision for the #future, including Nobel Laureates, former Heads of States, Ministers, Businesswomen, Philanthropists, Investors, Entrepreneurs, Corporate and Community Leaders - all joined in a pact of purpose to create massive opportunities for #women worldwide. https://www.g100.in/

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  World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO

  Aug 2022 - now

  Arbitrator

  Dr. Seth is an empanelled Arbitrator at the World Intellectual Property Organisation. She is appointed as a WIPO Arbitrator & Neutral at the WIPO Arbitration & Mediation Center.

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  Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

  Dec 2022 - now

  Arbitrator

  Dr. Seth specialises in International Commercial Arbitration. She is appointed as an Arbitrator at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London

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  Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (Saudia)

  Mar 2023 - now

  Senior Legal Counsel
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  DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India

  Apr 2023 - now

  Legal Expert & Advisor

  Legal Advisor to DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Government of India on a technology related National Project.

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  Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies

  Dec 2023 - now

  Professor of Practice

  Dr. Seth is appointed as Professor of Practice at Vivekanand Institute of Professional Studies