DPDP Practitioner Certification
A working practitioner's programme on the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the final DPDP Rules, 2025 (G.S.R. 846(E)). Every lesson separates what is in force today from what commences on 13 November 2026 and 13 May 2027, and from what is simply good privacy practice.
- Modules
- 11
- Lessons
- 56
- Study time
- 10.1 hrs
- Toolkit files
- 25
Enrol in DPDP Practitioner
- 11 modules and 56 in-depth lessons (about 10.1 hours)
- Every lesson carries a legal-status box: in force now, future commencement, or best practice
- 11 module knowledge checks plus a 40-question final exam drawn from a 110-question bank
- A full case-study capstone on a fictional Indian e-commerce group, NovaKart Technologies
- A 25-item practitioner toolkit of editable registers, trackers, checklists and templates
- Progress you can resume on any device, and a verifiable certificate with a public credential ID
- Lifetime access to updates as the DPDP commencement timeline advances
Payment is by UPI and verified manually. Access is granted once your reference is approved, usually within one business day.
What you will be able to do
Explain exactly which DPDP duties are in force today and which commence on 13 Nov 2026 and 13 May 2027
Run a personal data discovery exercise and build an inventory and processing register
Draft notices and engineer consent, withdrawal and legitimate-use decisions that stand up to audit
Operate rights, grievance, retention and erasure workflows with defensible evidence
Assess processors and vendors, run a DPIA, and manage a privacy risk register
Lead a personal data breach response and report to the Board on the statutory timeline
Build, audit and report a DPDP programme to a board or an enterprise buyer
Curriculum
11 modules, 56 lessons, a knowledge check after every module, a 40-question final exam and the NovaKart capstone.
The practitioner toolkit
25 editable registers, trackers, checklists and worksheets in real CSV and text formats, pre-filled with Indian worked examples. Available to enrolled learners inside the course.
How you are assessed
A knowledge check after each module, five questions, 80% to pass, unlimited retries.
A final exam of 40 questions randomised from a bank of 110. Pass mark 70%, maximum 3 attempts.
A written capstone on NovaKart Technologies, a fictional Indian e-commerce group, where you produce audit findings with risk, legal or best-practice basis, recommendation, owner and priority.
Your certificate
Issued only when every required lesson is complete, every module check is passed, the final exam is passed and the capstone is submitted.
It carries your name, the credential title, the issue date, a unique credential ID and a public verification link anyone can check.
Digital Privacy India issues this credential. It is an independent professional certificate and is not accredited, approved or endorsed by the Government of India, MeitY or the Data Protection Board of India.