A short rickshaw ride changed Rohas Nagpal’s life forever. While paying for the fare to the rickshaw wallah, he realized, to his utter dismay that he was talking to another qualified lawyer himself. That’s what made him think hard about other options in law and afterwards, with his friends, lay down the foundation of Asian School of Cyber Laws (ASCL) on 4th July 2000.
It was only through his vision that the school was established even before the Information Technology Act, 2000 came into force in India and at a time when the terms cyber law & cyber crime investigation were almost unheard of in India.
Rohas Nagpal retires from ASCL after spearheading it as President for the last 11 years.
During his tenure he advised corporates, law firms, Governments and law enforcement agencies on issues relating to technology law, cyber crime investigation, information warfare and cyber terrorism. He has assisted the Government of India in drafting rules and regulations under the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Rohas Nagpal has conducted programs in technology law and cyber crime investigation and has authored several books, papers and articles on these topics.
Some of the books authored by Rohas Nagpal
a. “Cyber Crime & Corporate Liability” – first published by Wolters Kluwer in 2008. This book addresses issues relating to Indian cyber law, cyber crimes, cyber crime investigation and cyber crime law.
b. “Cyber Crime – Prosecution & Defence” – first published by Asian School of Cyber Laws in 2003 with revised editions published in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008). This book covers the fundamentals of Indian cyber law, Intellectual Property issues in cyber space and legal and technological issues pertaining to cyber crime & digital evidence.
c. “Cyber Crime Investigation Manual” – first published by ASCL Academy in 2002 with revised editions published in 2004, 2006 and 2008). This multi-volume book addresses issues relating to the basics of the Internet, Investigating Emails, Investigating Server Logs, Investigating Intellectual Property Crimes, Investigating Financial Crimes, Investigating Digital Signature Crimes and Cyber Crime & the Law. This book has been referred to as a “bible for cyber crime investigators” by Times of India – the world’s largest selling English newspaper.
d. “Financial Law in India” – first published by ASCL Law School in 2006 with a revised edition published in 2008. This book addresses issues relating to basic financial concepts, securities & investment law in India and legal issues pertaining to Initial Public Offerings.
Asian School of Cyber Laws will now be headed by its senior-most founding member, Debasis Nayak, who is a Director of ASCL.
Mr. Nayak is a visiting faculty on cyber law and cyber crime investigation at the National Police Academy, Hyderabad. He has taught cyber law at numerous educational institutions across India including the Government Law College, Mumbai, the Post Graduate Teaching Department of Law, Nagpur and the Benarus Hindu University, Varanasi.
He has trained various law enforcement agencies in cyber crime investigation including personnel from Governments of Malaysia and Mauritius. He has also been involved in the activity of framing draft rules and regulations under the Information Technology Act, 2000 for the Department of Information Technology, Government of India.
His other areas of interest include the legal regime regulating online gaming, copyright issues relating to software, implementation of public key infrastructure and cyber forensics. He is a consultant to corporate organizations, law enforcement agencies and governments on these issues.