About

K Satish Kumar, an attorney by profession, has over 25 years of rich work experience in various leading corporates. He had worked as senior counsel in HCL Technologies and head legal in Polaris Software (now Intellect Design Arena) apart from being the senior legal advisor to Zawawi. He is currently global head legal and chief data protection officer of a major multinational software product company – Ramco Systems from 2015. He is a tactful negotiator and during his stint with Polaris he had negotiated and finalised a prestigious US$250m worth contract with a major global banking company. He is also fondly known as the “deal maker”. At Ramco he has overseen the implementation of GDPR and other global privacy laws across the organisation. He says that ‘privacy law is booming and corporates are now spending millions in privacy law and I feel privileged to be heading the privacy implementation across the organisation. I must confess that I am learning something new every-day interacting with various stakeholders across the geography’. He had introduced a contract compliance system in HCL Technologies, being the first of its kind in the industry. Kumar is a prolific writer and has various publications to his name including on GDPR, Open Source Software, Insurance as a risk mitigation tool, Blockchain. He is a vociferous speaker in various ASSOCHAM and CII platforms. He is a pro bono activist and believes in giving back to the society. On this he says, ‘I am active in social media and I have amassed huge followers who regularly ask legal queries which they face in their day-to-day life. I give a piece of genuine advice, counselling, direction, opinion which will make a world of difference to these people. For me it doesn’t really cost much. But it gives me immense satisfaction when I see the smiling face at the other end after my counselling or legal advice’. Kumar has also received various prestigious awards: He was recognised as a social activist by Deccan Chronicle in the year 2016 and recently has been conferred with the coveted “General Counsel of the Year – IT Sector – 2018” by Indian National Bar Association.