Regulatory Alert India's DPDP Act: Prepare your enterprise data fiduciary governance today.
Multidisciplinary Strategic Advisory Firm

Strategy that turns into growth.

Via Nova Consilium is a multidisciplinary strategic advisory firm helping organisations grow sustainably, partner profitably and operate with excellence, from boardroom strategy to the last mile.

21+
Years Experience
20
Advisory Practices
13
Industry Sectors

Growth

Market entry, brand and channel strategy, and partnerships that open new revenue.

Equity

Fintech and financial inclusion programmes that reach under-served markets at scale.

Excellence

Operations, risk, ESG and compliance that make growth durable.

Our Framework

What we do

We do five things for clients, whatever the sector.

01

Decide

We frame the strategic choice: where to play, how to win, and which markets, partners and assets to back.

02

Design

We build the business model, operating model, partnership structure, financial model and regulatory path.

03

Deploy

We run programme management, launch, partner onboarding and approvals.

04

Defend

We manage risk, compliance, ESG standing and governance so growth is bankable and auditable.

05

Dilate

We scale what works through alliances, reseller networks, new geographies and new product lines.

Our Edge

Why Via Nova Consilium

Cross-sector perspective

We connect technology, finance and foundational industries instead of advising in silos.

Built for execution

Our teams stay through launch, partner onboarding and first-year results.

Strong ecosystem

Relationships with regulators, institutions and partners shorten time to market.

Flexible engagement

From a short diagnostic to a long-term partnership.

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Be ready for India's data protection law before it asks questions.

Via Nova Consilium helps businesses understand the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, find their gaps and fix them with clear, fixed-scope advisory.

Book a free 30-minute consultation

Understanding Your Risk Exposure

If your business collects names, phone numbers, health records, farmer data, student details or customer payments, the DPDP Act applies to you. It sets rules on consent, security, retention and breach reporting, and penalties can reach ₹250 crore for serious failures. Most growing businesses do not have a privacy specialist on the team. We act as that specialist, so you know where you stand, what to fix first and how to prove it.

What the DPDP Act means for your business

The DPDP Act, 2023 and its Rules govern how any organisation collects, stores, uses and shares the digital personal data of individuals. The law calls your business a "Data Fiduciary" and your customers, patients, students or farmers "Data Principals." Obligations are being phased in, so the time to prepare is now. [Check the current commencement dates before publishing.]

What the law expects from you

Clear consent and notice

Tell people what you collect and why, in plain language, and let them withdraw consent easily.

Purpose and minimisation

Use data only for the stated purpose and keep only what you need.

Security safeguards

Protect data with reasonable technical and organisational controls.

Breach reporting

Notify the Data Protection Board and affected individuals if a breach occurs.

Retention and erasure

Delete data once the purpose is served.

People's rights

Let individuals access, correct and erase their data, and handle their complaints.

Children's data

Obtain verifiable parental or guardian consent.

Extra duties for larger orgs

Some businesses may be classed as Significant Data Fiduciaries, with a DPO, independent audits and impact assessments.

Our DPDP services

Start where you are. Each service stands alone, and together they take you from uncertainty to a compliance programme you can show a regulator, a lender or a customer.

Service 01

1. DPDP Readiness Assessment

A clear picture of your exposure in two to three weeks. We map what personal data you hold, where it flows, and how it measures up against the Act and Rules.

  • Data inventory and flow map
  • Gap analysis and risk rating
  • Prioritised action plan with owners & timelines
Request Assessment
Service 02

2. Implementation Support

We help you fix what the assessment found, with your team, in six to twelve weeks depending on scope.

  • Privacy notices and consent flows
  • Data retention and deletion schedule
  • Breach-response plan & rights process
  • Processor & vendor clauses (legal reviewed)
  • Grievance redressal setup
Discuss Implementation
Service 03

3. Ongoing Compliance Support

Outsourced data protection support on a monthly or annual retainer, for firms that need expertise without a full-time hire.

  • Quarterly compliance reviews
  • Breach drills and incident support
  • Help handling individual rights requests
  • Updates when rules or regulator guidance change
Explore Retainer
Service 04

4. Training and Awareness

Practical sessions for boards, managers and front-line teams who handle personal data every day.

  • Role-based workshops (0.5 to 2 days)
  • Short assessments and attendance records
  • Board briefings on accountability and risk
Book Workshop

How we work

  • Discover: a free 30-minute call to understand your business, your data and your deadlines.
  • Assess: we map your data and measure it against the law.
  • Plan: you get a ranked list of fixes, with effort and cost for each.
  • Implement: we work alongside your team to put the fixes in place.
  • Sustain: we keep you current through reviews, drills and training.

Who we serve

  • Startups and growing technology companies
  • Agritech platforms and farmer-producer organisations
  • Hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres
  • Schools, colleges and education platforms
  • Lenders, financial service providers and co-operatives
  • Larger businesses and group companies that need a structured programme

Why Via Nova Consilium

  • Independent advice: we advise and implement. We do not sell certifications, so our recommendations are never shaped by a certificate we want to issue.
  • Governance first: we treat data protection as a management and board responsibility, not just an IT task.
  • Fixed scope, clear fees: you know what you are buying before we start.
  • Right specialists at the right time: we work with privacy lawyers and security testers where their sign-off is needed.
  • Practical outcomes: short documents, working processes and trained people, not a thick report that sits on a shelf.

More ways we help you stay compliant

Comprehensive compliance practices beyond DPDP

Information Security Readiness

Prepare for ISO/IEC 27001 and 27701 so you can show customers and investors that you protect their data. We advise; certification is done by an accredited body.

Talk to us
CERT-In and Incident Readiness

Put the policies, logs and response playbooks in place for reporting cyber incidents on time.

Talk to us
AI Governance and Responsible AI

Set clear rules for how your teams use AI tools, with risk checks and approval steps your board can stand behind.

Talk to us
POSH and HR Compliance

Set up your Internal Committee, policies, training and annual filings under the workplace harassment law.

Talk to us
Corporate Governance & Internal Controls

Board charters, delegation of authority and risk registers that satisfy investors, lenders and auditors.

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ESG and BRSR Readiness

Collect, organise and report the sustainability data that larger buyers and regulators now ask suppliers for.

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Regulatory Licensing and Liaison

Navigate state and central approvals and licences with a clear plan, the right documents and steady follow-up.

Talk to us
Third-Party and Vendor Risk Review

Check the data handlers, suppliers and partners your business depends on, and agree the controls you need from them.

Talk to us
Our Advisory Practices

Three tiers of advice, one connected firm.

Start with the problem you face. We bring the right combination of practices to solve it.

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Strategic Management and Corporate Advisory

Clear strategy. Confident decisions. Lasting change.

We help leadership teams set long-term direction, redesign how the organisation works and steer through growth, restructuring or leadership change.

WHAT WE DO
  • • Corporate and business-unit strategy
  • • Organisational transformation programmes
  • • Board and CEO advisory
  • • Corporate transition and turnaround planning
WHAT YOU GET
  • ✓ A strategy leadership can explain on one page
  • ✓ A prioritised roadmap with owners, budget and milestones
  • ✓ A governance rhythm that keeps execution on track
WHO IT IS FOR: Promoter-led and professionally managed companies at an inflection point.
Discuss this with an adviser
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Brand Strategy and Reseller Optimisation

Build a brand people choose and a network that sells it.

We design go-to-market frameworks, structure profitable reseller networks and build brand equity that supports pricing and growth.

WHAT WE DO
  • • Positioning, naming and brand architecture
  • • Go-to-market framework by segment and region
  • • Reseller and distributor network design, margins and incentives
  • • Channel dashboards and performance reviews
WHAT YOU GET
  • ✓ Sharper positioning against competitors
  • ✓ A reseller network that is profitable for both sides
  • ✓ Clear channel KPIs and a review rhythm
WHO IT IS FOR: Manufacturers, fintech and consumer brands scaling through partners.
Discuss this with an adviser
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Strategic Alliance and Partnership Management

Partnerships that create revenue, not just announcements.

We identify, negotiate and manage high-value commercial partnerships and cross-industry collaborations.

WHAT WE DO
  • • Partner landscape scan and shortlisting
  • • Deal structuring and negotiation support
  • • Joint business plans and governance
  • • Ongoing alliance management and reviews
WHAT YOU GET
  • ✓ A shortlist of fit-for-purpose partners
  • ✓ Agreements that balance risk, reward and control
  • ✓ An alliance office that keeps partnerships productive
WHO IT IS FOR: Companies entering new markets, building ecosystems or selling through partners.
Discuss this with an adviser
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Market Entry and Business Setup

Enter new markets with a plan, not a gamble.

We take domestic and foreign companies from feasibility to a running business, including structure, licences, partners and launch.

WHAT WE DO
  • • Market sizing and entry feasibility
  • • Entity structuring and licensing roadmap
  • • Partner and vendor search
  • • Launch plan and first-year operating support
WHAT YOU GET
  • ✓ A go or no-go decision backed by evidence
  • ✓ A realistic timeline, budget and approvals path
  • ✓ A launch team and partners ready to operate
WHO IT IS FOR: Foreign companies entering India, and Indian companies entering new regions or sectors.
Discuss this with an adviser
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Operations and Performance Excellence

Do more with the same resources.

We redesign processes, supply chains and cost structures so operations support growth instead of limiting it.

WHAT WE DO
  • • Cost and process diagnostic
  • • Supply chain and procurement redesign
  • • Productivity and quality programmes
  • • KPI dashboards and management routines
WHAT YOU GET
  • ✓ A quantified list of savings and efficiency opportunities
  • ✓ Redesigned processes with clear owners
  • ✓ Dashboards that show progress each week
WHO IT IS FOR: COOs, plant heads and operations teams under margin pressure.
Discuss this with an adviser
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M&A, Transactions and Corporate Finance Advisory

Structure the deal. Protect the value.

We support buy-side and sell-side strategy, due diligence, valuation, joint ventures and fundraising readiness.

WHAT WE DO
  • • Target screening and deal strategy
  • • Commercial and operational due diligence support
  • • Valuation and financial modelling
  • • Joint-venture structuring and investor readiness
WHAT YOU GET
  • ✓ A deal thesis and target list
  • ✓ Clear findings on value and risk
  • ✓ Structures and documents ready for negotiation with your legal advisers
WHO IT IS FOR: Promoters, CFOs and investors considering acquisitions, joint ventures or fundraising.
Discuss this with an adviser
Sectors & Starter Sprints

Sector knowledge that shortens the path to results.

Find your sector, see where corporates need help most, and start with a focused entry offer.

Digital and AI Energy and climate Agribusiness Fintech and inclusion Real estate Healthcare Public sector Infrastructure Market entry

Digital, data and AI

How we help: Modernise systems, use data well and prioritise AI where it pays.

STARTER OFFER Digital maturity diagnostic (4 weeks)

Energy and climate

How we help: Reduce energy cost and meet carbon and compliance requirements.

STARTER OFFER Energy and carbon baseline study

Government and public sector

How we help: Navigate approvals, tenders, PPPs and public programmes.

STARTER OFFER Policy and approvals roadmap

M&A and transactions

How we help: Structure deals, joint ventures and fundraising.

STARTER OFFER Due-diligence and JV structuring pack

Market entry

How we help: Enter new regions and sectors with the right set-up and partners.

STARTER OFFER Entry feasibility sprint

Agribusiness and rural value chains

How we help: Link farms to buyers, inputs, finance and schemes.

STARTER OFFER Value-chain and partner map

Operations and supply chain

How we help: Lower cost and improve reliability.

STARTER OFFER Cost and process diagnostic

Healthcare and life sciences

How we help: Expand care networks and adopt health-tech.

STARTER OFFER Network expansion blueprint

Infrastructure, industrial and mining

How we help: Structure projects, clusters and joint ventures.

STARTER OFFER Project structuring and approvals plan

Human capital

How we help: Redesign structure and build leadership capability.

STARTER OFFER Organisation health check

Fintech and financial inclusion

How we help: Extend digital finance to semi-urban and rural markets.

STARTER OFFER Distribution and partnership design

Real estate and assets

How we help: Improve portfolio returns and feasibility decisions.

STARTER OFFER Asset-by-asset feasibility review

Assurance and certification

How we help: Prepare for quality, safety and sustainability standards.

STARTER OFFER Certification readiness assessment
Our Methodology

A clear path from question to result.

Every engagement follows four steps, and each step ends with something you can use.

Step 1

Diagnose

What happens: Stakeholder interviews, data review, market and competitor scan, baseline metrics.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE Fact base and issue tree
Step 2

Design

What happens: Options, business and financial models, partner and regulatory path, risk review.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE Recommended strategy with business case
Step 3

Deliver

What happens: Roadmap, programme office, partner onboarding, approvals and launch support.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE Live initiatives with owners and milestones
Step 4

Embed

What happens: Capability transfer, KPIs and dashboards, governance cadence and review.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE Sustained results and a handover

Our Quality Promise

Senior partner review at proposal, mid-point and final delivery.
Confidentiality and conflict-of-interest safeguards on every engagement.
A named engagement manager and a weekly update rhythm.
Commercial Alignment

Start small. Scale with evidence.

From a short diagnostic sprint to long-term retainers and outcome-linked fees, choose the engagement model that fits your goal and budget.

Diagnostic sprint

How it works: Fixed fee, three to six weeks, ending in findings and a prioritised roadmap.

Best for: Testing the fit; a quick, decision-ready answer

Project engagement

How it works: Fixed fee tied to deliverables and milestones.

Best for: Strategy, feasibility, market entry, transactions

Retainer advisory

How it works: Monthly fee for access, governance and ongoing decisions.

Best for: CEO and board advisory, alliances, government liaison

Implementation support

How it works: A team embedded for rollout, on a time or milestone basis.

Best for: Transformation and launch programmes

Outcome-linked fee

How it works: Part of the fee tied to approvals, deals closed or savings realised.

Best for: Licences, fundraising, partnerships, cost programmes

Where we participate as a principal or investor, this is selective, disclosed and governed separately from our advisory work.

About Via Nova Consilium

Advice that does not stop at the recommendation.

We are a multidisciplinary strategic advisory firm dedicated to driving sustainable growth, financial equity and operational excellence.

What makes us different

  • Cross-sector connections across technology, finance and foundational industries.
  • Execution orientation, with teams that stay through launch.
  • Access to partners, institutions and regulators.
  • Flexible commercial models: retainers, fixed fees, success fees and aligned structures.

Who we are

Via Nova Consilium helps organisations make better decisions and then carry them out. By bridging the gap between cutting-edge technology and foundational industries, we help clients build transformative fintech ecosystems, forge high-value commercial partnerships, manage resources responsibly and get more from their assets.

We stay beyond the report. Our teams support execution until results are visible and the client team can run what we built.

VISION

To be the most trusted advisory partner for organisations building growth that is profitable, inclusive and sustainable.

MISSION

To turn strategy into measurable commercial outcomes by combining sector depth, financial discipline and hands-on execution support.

Our Values

Outcome first. Every engagement ends with a decision, a plan, an owner and a metric.
Integrity. Honest advice, clear conflict-of-interest rules and strict confidentiality.
Inclusion. We believe growth should reach under-served people and markets.
Rigour with pragmatism. Solid analysis, delivered in a form teams can act on.
Long-term thinking. We weigh financial, social and environmental impact together.
Jeevan Sangram Dash - Founder & Chief Executive
21
Years of
Experience
Founder & Chief Executive

Jeevan Sangram Dash

21 Years of cross-industry experience

Jeevan Sangram Dash brings 21 years of professional experience in Management Consulting, Corporate Governance, Strategic Planning, Financial Analysis and Business Systems Leadership.

His work has been recognised by government institutions, the World Trade Centre and private industry. This experience underpins Via Nova Consilium's approach: understanding how organisations operate, not checklist compliance.

Work Recognised By
Government Institutions World Trade Centre Private Industry
Management Consulting Corporate Governance Strategic Planning Financial Analysis Business Systems Leadership

Our Senior Expert Network

We keep a lean core team and work with a vetted network of legal, tax, technology and sector specialists engaged project by project. This keeps our advice senior, specialised and cost-effective.

Thought Leadership

Practical thinking for leaders.

Short, useful articles and briefs. No jargon, no filler.

Fresh thinking on growth, partnerships, finance and sustainability.
#1 · Alliances

Why most partnerships fail after the press release, and how to avoid it

Article, 900 words
#2 · Brand & Reseller

Building a reseller network that is profitable for both sides

Article
#3 · Financial Inclusion

Financial inclusion at the last mile: what the distribution model must get right

Article
#4 · Fintech

A practical guide to choosing between building and buying fintech capability

Article
#5 · Market Entry

Entering a new market: the first 90 days checklist

Checklist download
#6 · Energy & Climate

Energy cost and carbon compliance: where to start

Article
#7 · Digital & AI

From pilot to scale: how to prioritise AI use cases

Article
#8 · Real Estate

How to read a real estate portfolio: five questions every owner should ask

Article
#9 · ESG

ESG without the jargon: what investors actually ask for

Article
#10 · Public Sector

Working with government: approvals, tenders and PPPs explained

Explainer

Get one practical idea a month.

Original articles and frameworks sent directly to strategic leaders. No spam.

Careers & Expert Network

Do work that moves organisations forward.

We are building a team of curious, rigorous people who like turning ideas into results. We hire full-time consultants and also work with senior associates on specific projects.

Who we look for

  • • Consultants and analysts with strong analytical and writing skills.
  • • Practice specialists in fintech, energy, agribusiness, real estate, healthcare and public sector.
  • • Senior associates in legal, tax, technology and compliance who want project-based work.

What you get

  • • Direct exposure to leaders and real decisions.
  • • Cross-sector projects that build range quickly.
  • • A culture of ownership, honesty and learning.

Open roles: [No open roles right now, but send us your profile]

Knowledge Base

Frequently asked questions

Answers to common questions about our services, fees, process, confidentiality and DPDP compliance.

Working With Via Nova Consilium

We work with mid-size and large corporates, financial institutions, developers, government-linked bodies, foreign companies entering India and growth-stage startups.
Book a 45-minute conversation. If there is a fit, we propose a focused diagnostic sprint with a fixed fee and a clear deliverable.
We use fixed fees for diagnostics and projects, monthly retainers for ongoing advisory, time-based or milestone fees for implementation, and outcome-linked fees where success can be measured clearly.
Both. Many clients ask us to stay through launch, partner onboarding and early results. We then transfer capability to your team.
No. We work alongside your legal, tax and audit advisers, and we bring in licensed partners where those services are needed.
Every engagement is covered by a confidentiality agreement. We follow a conflict-of-interest process and limit access to named team members.
Yes. Cross-sector work is our strength, for example fintech with financial inclusion, or agribusiness with government programmes.
Diagnostics usually take three to six weeks. Projects run from two to six months. Retainers continue as long as they add value.
[Confirm geographies you can support and state them here. We support domestic enterprises expanding overseas and foreign companies entering India.]

DPDP & Regulatory Compliance FAQs

Yes, if you process digital personal data of individuals in India. Small businesses may get some relaxations, but the core duties on consent, security and breach handling still apply.
Only Significant Data Fiduciaries must appoint one, and the government will notify which businesses qualify. Many other businesses still benefit from a named privacy lead, and we can support that role.
Usually two to three weeks for a small or mid-sized organisation. Larger or multi-entity groups take longer.
No. DPDP is a law that you must follow. ISO/IEC 27001 and 27701 are voluntary standards that help you show good practice. We can help you prepare for them.
We provide compliance and governance advisory. Where a legal opinion or contract drafting is needed, we work with a qualified privacy and technology lawyer.
We design the policies and controls. Technical security testing is done by specialist partners we bring in with your approval.
We quote a fixed fee after a short discovery call, based on your size, systems and the volume of personal data you handle.
Get in Touch

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