Vaneesha Jain is an Associate Partner with Saikrishna & Associates. She works on Policy matters, with a specialisation in technology, copyright and data protection.
As one of the leading practitioners in the area of privacy law within the Firm, Vaneesha has advised some of the world’s largest technology companies during the various stages of consultation in the formulation of the Indian data protection law, including with filing submissions to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. She assisted the petitioners in the landmark ‘Aadhaar case’ which led to the historic 9-judge-bench decision that now forms the bedrock on privacy law in India.
Vaneesha has advised the Government of India’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (“DIPP”) at the Ministry of Trade & Commerce on several matters relating to intellectual property, such as on India’s accession to internati