Rahul is an attorney who specialises in technology, media and telecommunications law in India. Over his career he has advised on some of the largest technology and telecom transactions in the country and is equally at ease advising on corporate matters as well as transactional and regulatory matters. He has advised on cross-border M&A, technology transfers, outsourcing, data protection, intellectual property, private equity investments and a range of specialised technology mandates. More recently, he has become increasingly involved in policy issues relating to all types of technology regulation - from data protection to telecoms reform and mapping. In 2000, he along with a few others, founded a law firm called Trilegal. He wrote a book, The Law Relating to Computers and the Internet, published by Butterworths in 2000. Since then he has written numerous articles and thought pieces on various topical issues relating to computers, the internet and other new technologies. His latest book, Privacy 3.0 - Unlocking our Data Driven Future, looks at the challenges of regulating privacy in a world of big data. He also writes a weekly column called "Ex Machina" on the intersection of law, technology and society, and has a podcast of the same name.