About The Chintan Pathak
As a Lawyer & Cyber Law Consultant, Dr. Chintan Pathak is working with Surat City Police, Surat Range Police, Vadodara City Police, Vadodara Range Police, Western Railway Police, Corpoates, Banks, MSMEs, Start-ups, Software Firms and empowering them through consulting in Cyber Crime Investigation, Digital Evidence Collection, E-Documentation for E-Commerce & Web Sites related E- Contracts Drafting & Reviewing. He had successfully investigated, prosecuted and defended many sensitive Cyber Crimes Cases. He is providing his Cyber Law & Security Consultancy to many well known co-operative banks.
As an Educator, Dr. Chintan Pathak had conducted various seminars, webinars, trainings & workshops on Cyber Crimes, Cyber Security and Digital Evidence related issues for Police Persons, Judicial Officers, Public Prosecutors, Para Legal Volunteers, Practicing Advocates, Law Students, Doctors, Company Secretaries, Charted Accounts, ICWAs, Business Persons, Corporates, Banks, Leading Educational Institutions, Teachers, Professors, College Students of all streams & Children.
Presently he is a Visiting Faculty at Department of Law at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, V.T.Choksi Law College, Sarvajanik College of Law (SFI), Adjunct Professor at Institute of Law, Parul University, Vadodara. He Served many esteemed institutions of the country as a Guest Faculty like Gujarat State Judicial Academy, NFSU, GNLU, BAOU, MS University, Delhi University, Bangalore University, SVNIT, IGNOU, Auro University and many other leading institutions of India. He is also an active member of the Board of Study for Law subject at VNSGU & Sarvajanik University.
Dr. Chintan Pathak graduated and Mastered Law from the V.T.Choksi Sarvajanik Law College, VNSGU, Surat. He Completed his Cyber Forensic & Cyber Crime Investigation Course from National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. He studied PGD in Information Technology from Sikkim Manipal University, Karnataka. He studied PGD in Tax Management from South Gujarat University, Surat. He is Ph.d in Cyber Law (Data Protection & Privacy) from VNSGU.
Dr. Chintan Pathak has authored a number of articles and research papers on various legal issues in India about Information Technology and Laws. The most recent research paper published by him are, Issue of Cyber Bullying amongst School going Children in India – Human Right Perspective, Possible Policy and Legislative Steps to Improve Cloud Computing Regime in India, Consumer Protection in context of E-Commerce, Child Protection in CyberSpace, Review of Cyber Security Policy of India, 2013 and Cyber Crimes against Children: An Appraisal of the Pertinent Legislation & Initiative in India and Abroad etc.
As a Social Entrepreneur, Dr. Chintan Pathak is associated with the most ambitious project of the Home Department of Gujarat Government ” and Brain Child of Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji, “Cyber Suraksha Kavach ”. He started his first campaign “Cyber Safety for All” and “Cyber Safe India” in 2012. Later on Surat City Police jointly organized this campaign from 2013 to 2020 with Vision of Tomorrow Charitable Trust(NGO).
He started India’s first Digital Wellness Consultancy, “Cyber Care Clinic” in 2011, which is working for Internet Addiction and Rehabilitation, Internet Detox, Digital Diet, Digital Ethics, Smart Digital Citizenship, Digital Mindfulness, Digital Nutrition, Digital Education, Digital Health Management and Cyber Security since 2011 at Surat, Gujarat, India.
He is a Founder President of Child Online Protection Foundation of India ( www.childonlineprotection.in ) working for online issues related with children and creating awareness among the children and parents regarding innovative and sensible use of technology in their life. Child Online Protection Foundation of India is a Partner Organization working with “Child Friendly Smart City Knowledge Centre” joinitly initiative of Surat Municipal Corporation & UNICEF INDIA.
He is founder president of Women Internet Safety Education – WISE (www.firstwise.org) working for Women Safety in Cyber World. He conducted a number of training & workshops on Cyber Security for Women with different NGOs, Educational Institutions & Women Organizations all over India.
He is also Founder of Vivekam – My Cyber Sarathi a Start-up, working on Cyber Safety for Children, Teenagrs & Youth. He is an active Speaker on Cyber Law related issues and conducted more than 450+ Seminars, Webinars, Training & Workshops for all stakeholders and leading institutions of the country. He participated in various cyberlaw discussions held by radio and print media. He addressed more than 25,00000+ Students & Parents on cyber safety awareness and gave the oath of “Responsible Digital Citizen”. He is publishing a newsletter named “Digital Wisdom” for Internet users, Children and Parents for Cyber Security with Vision of Tomorrow Charitable Trust (NGO).