Karnika Seth is the Chairperson and Founder of the CCC, World’s first integrated research centre dedicated to promoting knowledge and rendering legal consulting and cyber forensics in the domain of Cyberlaws in India and across the globe. Karnika Seth is a distinguished expert in the field of Cyberlaws and heads the commercial laws and Information technology practice of Seth Associates, an established Indian law firm with expertise in all fields of Commercial laws Practice. She has recently authored a book titled ‘Cyberlaws in the Information Technology age’ published by Lexis Nexis Butterworths that elucidates the key developments in the field of Cyberlaws across many important jurisdictions – India, United States and European nations. Karnika Seth was recently conferred with the Law Day Award by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India and the Hon’ble Law Minister on 26th Nov 2009 for making substantial contribution to the field of Cyberlaws through her book on Cyberlaws titled ‘Cyberlaws In the Information Technology Age’.

She has significant & diverse transactional experience encompassing Internet and e-commerce laws, Business laws, International Trade and Intellectual Property laws and is Principal legal advisor to many Multinational Groups, Corporate houses, Public and Private sector companies, Corporations and Government entities. She has actively resolved many Cybercrime cases in conjunction with the Cyber crime cell, Delhi, and Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police and other law enforcement agencies in India.

She has acted as legal advisor to reputed multinational companies in joint ventures, foreign collaborations, IT outsourcing projects & various commercial arrangements and advised on both online and offline projects for launch of products and services in the Indian Market. She is legal advisor to multinational and Indian corporate houses on cyberlaw, Intellectual property and business law issues including Mitsubishi, Reliance Group, SMC pneumatics, Escorts Group, Indo Asian, Denso, Legris Group, Steel Authority of India, Pisani Group to name a few clients.

Karnika Seth graduated in Law from the Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi. She studied Cyberlaws at the Amity Law School, Delhi in the year 2000 and received her the Masters degree in Law in Corporate & Commercial laws, Intellectual property , Internet laws, International Trade & Arbitration from the King’s college, University of London in the year 2002. She is also an Associate Member of AEA International, the International Association of European lawyers and is an active Member of the International Bar Association, Bar Council of Delhi, India, the Supreme Court of India Bar Association, Delhi High Court Bar Association, the Indo Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Indian Council of Arbitration.

Ms. Seth has authored articles and reviewed books on various legal issues in Information Technology and Business laws for several reputed publications such as Patent & Trademark Reporter, Halsbury’s laws Journal, Indian Council Of Arbitration Journal, Cyber times newspaper, and online information portals such as tradeindia.com and stands appointed to the International Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Cybercrimes & Criminal Justice.

She is an active Speaker on Cyberlaw issues in conferences organized by FICCI, ASSOCHAM, PHD Chambers and other leading institutions of the country and in various cyberlaw discussions held on television. She delivers special workshops on Information technology law and practice to honorable Judges from the Judiciary, lawyers, senior Government officers, IAS officers, police officers and IT professionals. She has been Visiting Faculty for cyberlaws at Amity law School, the Indian law Institute, National Institute of Financial Management and delivers guest lectures on cyberlaws in other reputed educational institutions of the country.