Diksha S. Dhakre
Lawyer and Privacy Program Manager
New Delhi
Summary
Lawyer & Data Privacy Professional with a rich blend of corporate and law firm experience, adept at harmonizing legal principles with data privacy initiatives. Leveraging extensive legal knowledge and expertise in data privacy operation to navigate evolving regulatory challenges.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Associate Manager
NEC Corporation India Private Limited
01.2024 - Current
- Data Privacy Compliance Supervisor for India: Collaborating with the Global DPO to implement the Global Privacy Framework. Drafting internal privacy policies, enhancing privacy notices and consent forms, and developing SOPs for vendor assessments, data subject rights, and breach management. Providing privacy clearance for new projects. Leading training and awareness initiatives.
- Contractual Oversight: Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a range of commercial agreements, including Purchase Orders, Partnership Agreements, MSAs, SOWs, and NDAs. Executing Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) and Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) as needed. Supporting RFPs by identifying data privacy risks and participating in pre-bid assessments.
Deputy Manager
HCL TECH
12.2022 - 01.2024
- Part of APAC Data Privacy team under Global Privacy Office. Actively Involved in Conducting Privacy Risk Assessments for new or amended business processes.
- Drafting Legal documents like Data Transfer Agreements(s), Consent Form(s) and Non-disclosure Agreement(s). Responding to Data Subject Requests.
- Maintaining Regulatory Compliance Tracker and Conducting Country Level Gap assessments for various countries including India, Indonesia and Vietnam.
- Conducting Internal Privacy Audits and working with external auditors to facilitate and manage data privacy audits like PIMS (ISO 27701 Audit) and SOC 2 Audit. Additionally, ensuring remediation measure against any NonConformance or Opportunity for Improvement.
Senior Member (Compliances & Contracts Team)
Millennium Automation Private Limited
02.2022 - 11.2022
- Drafted, negotiated, and reviewed customer and vendor contracts, including Master Services Agreement, Statement of Works (SOWs), Amendments, Change orders, as well as NDAs. Drafting and reviewing company internal policies in accordance with all applicable regulations. Ensuring proper submission of RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, and LOIs documents, and overseeing compliance in ongoing projects.
Legal Associate
LawJuno
03.2020 - 01.2022
- Primarily handling matters related to data privacy, financial technology, banking, and commercial disputes. Involved in disputes concerning data localization norms, NPCI interoperability guidelines, fintech regulation, and competition issues arising from digital market practices involving personal data.
Junior Associate
Anil Kher & Company
06.2017 - 03.2020
- Primarily dealt with matters pertaining to General Commercial Litigation, Consumer Cases and Debt Recovery Matters. Actively involved in Recovery cases of various Cooperates requiring drafting of Legal Notices, Reply to Legal Notices as well as initiating proceedings under Negotiable Instruments Acts, 1881 and Ordinary / Summary Suits under The Civil Procedure Code, 1908.
Education
LL.B -
Law Centre-1, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
07.2014 - 06.2017
CS: Executive Level - undefined
Institute of Company Secretaries Of India
07.2012 - 06.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Kirorimal College, University of Delhi
06.2009 - 06.2012
Senior School - undefined
St. Thomas' Sr. Sec School
07.2007 - 06.2009
Skills
- Member of IAPP having successfully cleared CIPP/E and CIPM
- Trained as Lead Implementer for ISO 27701:2019 by Pricoris Learning Academy
- Data Security Council of India -Certified Privacy Professional since June , 2021
- CT-DPO Practitioner- Certified Data Protection Professional by European Institute for Privacy, Audit, Compliance & Certification
- Attended IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2025 in London, actively participated in workshops on ‘Provider and Deployer Obligations for High-risk AI Systems under the EU AI Act’ and ‘Privacy Management: A Strategic Approach to Risk, KPIs & Monitoring’
- OneTrust Certified Privacy Professional
- Foundations of Cybersecurity (Authorized by Google and offered through Coursera )
Skills
- GDPR
- Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP)
- Data Subject Rights (DSR)
- Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
- Privacy by Design Assessment (PbD)
- Cross-Border Data Transfers
- Data Processing Agreements (DPA)
- Privacy Notice Drafting
- Vendor Risk Management
- Data Inventory & Mapping
- Use of GRC tools (TrustArc & OneTrust)
Timeline
Associate Manager
NEC Corporation India Private Limited
01.2024 - Current
Deputy Manager
HCL TECH
12.2022 - 01.2024
Senior Member (Compliances & Contracts Team)
Millennium Automation Private Limited
02.2022 - 11.2022
Legal Associate
LawJuno
03.2020 - 01.2022
Junior Associate
Anil Kher & Company
06.2017 - 03.2020
LL.B -
Law Centre-1, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
07.2014 - 06.2017
CS: Executive Level - undefined
Institute of Company Secretaries Of India
07.2012 - 06.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Kirorimal College, University of Delhi
06.2009 - 06.2012
Senior School - undefined
St. Thomas' Sr. Sec School
07.2007 - 06.2009
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