Paathik Muni

Paathik is a Cyberspace expert, specializing in private cybercrime investigation, IPR consulting and information security process implementation. He is a serial entrepreneur and consults clients on technical, legal and process implementation functions, for the achievement of their business goals.  He completed his post-graduation in Technology Entrepreneurship, majoring in Business Model Canvas, from Stanford School of Engineering (Class of 2017). His foray into Cyberlaw began when he merged his extensive technology experience with his legal expertise to help businesses navigate the complex web of cyberspace.
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Expertise

In the Cyberspace World


Cyberlaw Compliance, Data Privacy Consultation, Data Privacy Audit and Certification, Process consultation including Data Protection, IPR Consultation, Cybercrime Investigations, Litigation Advice, Legal Framework Consultation.

In the Technology World


Technology Development and Deployment, Business Process Consultation and Analysis, Technology Adoption, and Digitization.

The Many Hats Paathik Dons
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Cyberspace Assistance

Paathik helps businesses manoeuvre through the entangled worldwide web to assess their offerings, ensure cyber law compliance and introduce secure processes that shield them against cyber theft. He also consults companies on Data and Privacy along with conducting audit under Data Security Council of India. He also assists business with the deployment of ISO 27001 certification.

IPR Advisory

New developments in science and technology have created the need for lawyers with specialized backgrounds in these areas to help protect a business’ intellectual capital. In this regard, Paathik counsels clients on establishing and protecting intellectual capital. He assists in licensing inventions, transferring proprietary technology, drafting licensing agreements, negotiating settlements, and conducting IP asset due diligence.

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Cybercrime Incidence Response

His technical experience and knowledge of the law gives Paathik an edge when it comes to cybercrime investigations and litigations. Right through the investigative process, ranging from data collection and analysis to exploration and examination, Paathik works closely with clients and lawyers to ensure complete transparency in litigation. The process doesn’t end there. Paathik even assists clients with the filing process of police complaints, in order to ensure necessary actions and favourable outcomes.

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Technology Consulting

Paathik regularly consults small businesses, especially start-ups. After understanding their business objectives, products, services and processes, he recommends changes that comply with the governing rules and regulations. He successfully introduces new business processes that transform information security and ensure cyber security compliance.

Startup Mentorship

Paathik is professionally qualified to conduct Entrepreneurship Analysis with a distinguished module from Stanford. With a 20-day exercise, he helps start-ups strengthen their business models and resolves different aspects of a business to create a robust pitch.

• Mentoring Business Ideas • Assessment of Business Plan and Prototypes. • Entrepreneurial Soft Skill Training • Story Telling or Art of Pitching

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• Train and implement Business Model • Impart skill on art of asking right questions. • Implement templates on productivity management • Refine business Strategies.

Aug 19 - present Mumbai Area, India

• Mentor early-stage entrepreneurs and start-ups to accelerate their business and achieve their goals. • Conduct Business Model Canvas workshops to improve the focus and clarity of the start-up’s business. • Consult start-ups on technology, cyber security and regulatory requirements to strengthen and secure their business offerings.

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• Train and implement Business Model Canvas template with the incubatees. • Impart skill on art of asking right questions. • Implement templates on productivity management. • Refine business strategies.

Professional Experience

The technology bug bit him early on when, at the age of 19, he became a part of India’s first MAN Fiber Optic Technology on Public WAN. And as a professional who was meant to lead, Paathik set up his first entrepreneurial venture – Rollercoaster Cyber Café, one that offered raw gateway fiber optic bandwidth and Video on demand (VoD), in a time when dial-up connections were the norm.


His next venture, Etel Communications, was one of the first organisations to source, import and set up a private label of mobile accessories. And with the growing use of technology, Paathik envisioned an e-waste management market that effectively managed the loosely discarded, surplus, obsolete and broken electronic devices. Thus, he conceptualised and set up a refurbishing unit that examined, tested, repaired, replaced, cleansed and re-installed components to produce as-good-as-new mobile phones. With this vision, the company refurbished close to 1.5 lakh damaged phones.


In 2007, he founded Muni’s Telekom Private Limited, where he customised and developed systems for major mobile network operators (MNOs) to provide B2C & B2B solutions in the field of wireless payments, SMS, e-commerce, logistics, IP-based and international communications.Paathik is also responsible for introducing global brands like Kodak Audio, CAT mobile phones and accessories, Nakoda Plast, and a few products of Marico to the Indian e-commerce industry.


As a co-founder of ROPARO Technologies Limited, Paathik took bigger leaps into the telecom sector and launched India’s first international prepaid SIM Card – IPre Sims2Go. It was Sims2Go that went on to become an international retail communications brand with a presence in over 14 countries.
It was at this juncture that Paathik identified a gap in the market for lawyers who truly understood the nitty-gritties of technology with a correlation to cyberlaw. With a natural acumen to understand law, Paathik diversified his professional skillset by completing his post-graduation in Cyber Law from Nalsar University of Law.

Accolades

International

  • Awarded a Gold Medal for Best Service by Wired at the Mobile World Congress, Spain. Roparo Technologies
  • One of the Top 100 Best Technology Ventures in Asia by Red Herring, Hong Kong. Roparo Technologies

National

  • Recognised as one of the Top 3 companies in India for Excellence in Broadband Products by The Economic Times. Telecom Awards India.
  • Awarded the Best Startup by Silicon India.

Social Impact

  • Pronounced as one of the Mumbai Heroes by Mumbai Mirror (daily newspaper) for his work that used technology for the betterment of people.
  • Received the Social Media for Empowerment Award by the Digital Empowerment Foundation and Facebook India.

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