Ratnakar Srivastava
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IIT Alumnus | LLB (Hons) | Tech Leader & Practising Legal Counsel
Ratnakar bridges high-level technology architecture and law, combining an elite IIT technical background and an LLB (Hons) with ~20 years of tech leadership and an active legal practice. As Head of AI & VP/Chief Data Architect at Arcesium, he builds enterprise AI and data platforms for global financial institutions, bringing rare, practical authority to AI legal frameworks, data governance, and regulatory risk.
DPDP Act & AI Law: Advises tech firms on DPDP Act 2023 compliance, AI legal governance, data processing agreements, IT Act obligations, and cross-border tech risk.
Corporate & Commercial Law: Expert guidance on Companies Act 2013 compliance, M&A due diligence, oppression/mismanagement (Sec 241–242), and commercial dispute resolution.
Tech Contracts & Regulatory Compliance: Drafts and negotiates SaaS/cloud agreements, MSAs, SLAs, and regulatory contracts for RBI, IRDAI, and SEBI-regulated entities.
Employment & POSH: Handles workplace disputes, ESOPs, non-competes, executive severance, POSH (ICC) structuring, and employee data-privacy compliance.
Proven Track Record: Former analytics leader at HDFC Life and Angel One; Founder of Scalable DataTech (India, Singapore, UAE); trainer to 2,000+ AI & data professionals.