The India Law and Technology Blog (ILTB) is managed and authored by Apar Gupta, a lawyer, policy expert, and writer with nearly two decades of experience in technology and democratic rights in India. He holds a master’s degree from Columbia Law School, New York, and practices law as a disputes and regulatory counsel in New Delhi, India.
Apar has extensive experience in commercial disputes, having worked at Karanjawala & Co. as an associate and later as a partner at Advani & Co. Since 2013, he has participated in landmark technology and civil rights cases, particularly through strategic litigations on online censorship and mass surveillance. He authored a Commentary on the Information Technology Act, 2000, now in its third edition, published by LexisNexis.
Beyond his legal practice, Apar co-founded and served as the first Executive Director of the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) from 2018 to 2023. The award-winning digital rights advocacy organization emerged from the Network Neutrality campaign SaveTheInternet.in. For his work at IFF, Apar received the Ashoka Fellowship.
ILTB, which has existed in various forms since 2007, strives to be an authoritative resource both as a repository and the analysis of law and public policy around technology in India. Currently, efforts are underway to restore its significant litigation and resource repositories (also, the ability for them to cross link and display correctly) and to make the website compatible with smartphones and tablets.