Experience

Dec 2025 to Present

Freelance / Self-Employed · India, Remote

Legal Consultant, Data Privacy & Tech Law

  • Designing and implementing robust data protection frameworks for clients, ensuring full compliance with DPDPA, GDPR, and other applicable privacy regulations
  • Serving as external general counsel for multiple IT firms, providing on-demand legal support that integrates with their daily operations and product development cycles
  • Building custom tools and workflows to automate routine legal processes, reducing administrative bottlenecks and improving turnaround on contract reviews
  • Managing the full lifecycle of commercial contracts including SaaS agreements, MSAs, and software licensing, with focus on risk mitigation balanced against commercial feasibility
  • Advising leadership teams on IP rights, corporate governance, and risk management to build legal credibility and safeguard digital assets

Jan 2024 to Dec 2025

LawSikho · Full-time · India, Remote

Associate, Tech Law, AI Governance & Data Privacy

  • Helped students and professionals bridge the gap between theory and practice in Tech Law, AI governance, and Data Privacy
  • Played a central role in automating student evaluations: designed the AI logic to assess legal arguments accurately, cutting grading time without sacrificing feedback quality
  • Reviewed student drafts line-by-line, teaching structured legal reasoning and precise terminology specific to the tech sector
  • Regularly updated problem statements and evaluation criteria in real time to reflect evolving GDPR, DPDPA, and global AI legislation
  • Acted as the bridge between legal content and technical implementation, ensuring automated systems were grounded in legal reasoning

Feb 2023 to Jan 2024

MoreYeahs IT Technologies · Indore, India

Legal Consultant, Retainer (Jul 2023 to Jan 2024)

  • Delivered expert data protection advisory and compliance frameworks under Indian and international privacy laws
  • Drafted and implemented corporate policies, vendor agreements, and legal compliance strategies tailored to the client's operational needs
  • Provided comprehensive paralegal services supporting end-to-end legal operations

Legal Intern (Feb 2023 to Jun 2023)

  • Gained hands-on experience in technology law working across data protection, IP, and e-commerce regulatory frameworks
  • Assisted in drafting and reviewing contracts, license agreements, and legal documents; supported ongoing legal cases
  • Developed foundational understanding of the interplay between technology and law in a live business environment

Jun 2023 to Jan 2024

Self-Employed · Indore, India, Hybrid

Independent Legal Advisor & Consultant

  • Provided expert legal counsel to clients in the IT sector on a retainer basis, specializing in legal compliance, contract management, and corporate policies
  • Resolved disputes through strategic dispute resolution methods and advised on intellectual property protection and enforcement
  • Crafted tailored legal solutions to safeguard clients' interests and strengthen their legal credibility

Sep 2022 to Jun 2023

O.P. Jindal Global University · India, On-site

Student Researcher, Jean Monnet EU-ERASMUS+ Programme

  • Student Rapporteur for Roundtable Conference on Non-Personal Data Governance and its interface with personal data protection: emerging trends in India and the EU
  • Conducted data protection awareness drives across Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana
  • Researched a novel Consent Framework for data protection regimes to reduce the effect of dark patterns in digital environments
  • Analyzed and evaluated India's Personal Data Protection Bill and Digital Personal Data Protection Bill

Aug 2021 to Aug 2022

Fiverr · Full-time · India

Legal Researcher and Analyst

  • Drafted technology agreements for start-ups and established businesses
  • Produced well-researched white papers, articles, and blog posts on legal and technology topics with proper citations
  • Provided paralegal services and legal drafting support across multiple client engagements

Jul 2021 to Aug 2021

Competition Commission of India · New Delhi

Legal Intern

  • Researched legal challenges for Blockchain and Cryptocurrency under Competition Law across India, EU, and USA; examined anti-competitive practices and regulatory responses
  • Studied the influence of AI on the Fintech market and proposed viable solutions to identified regulatory gaps
  • Presented findings directly before the Hon'ble Chairperson of the CCI

Nov 2020 to Dec 2020

Sama · Internship · Patna, Bihar

Case Manager

  • Mediated 100+ matters, applying theoretical principles of mediation and arbitration in live proceedings
  • Drafted and e-signed arbitral awards; provided logistical support to Court of Law for mediation proceedings

Feb 2021

National Human Rights Commission of India

Legal Intern

  • Drafted research paper on the efficacy of tele-medicine in India (comparative analysis) and proposed constructive solutions to identified gaps
  • Observed NCDRC proceedings, jail visits, and meetings with senior officers; reviewed human rights literature and complaint mechanisms

2018 to 2020

Various · Internships

Early Legal Internships

  • MP State Cooperative Tribunal (Dec 2020) · Attended court proceedings; researched cooperative society and bank case files
  • Paralegal Volunteer, DLSA Indore (Oct 2018 to Oct 2019) · Field visits across courts, jails, and villages; submitted research report to Indore High Court on awareness of fundamental rights in rural Madhya Pradesh
  • Legal Intern, NCPCR (Jun 2019 to Jul 2019) · Field research on Right to Education Act gaps in slum areas; participated in child rescue drives and organized rights awareness workshops
  • Legal Intern, Patne Law Associates (Jun 2018 to Jul 2018) · Court filing, case file research, and courtroom observation; early foundation in litigation procedure and legal drafting