The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews!
In this episode (08), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Mr. Nikhil Narendran (bio below), a Partner at Trilegal (Bengaluru office) specializing in the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) practice about a career in the TMT practice. He discusses how adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) enhances efficiency at work, but also cautions that one must understand the strengths, weaknesses and risks of each model to effectively and responsibly use them. He also shares his experience of how working in the movie industry has shaped his role as a lawyer.
00:00 - Introduction
00:39 - Career guidance for TMT practice
03:47 - Importance of being a "Generalist"
05:39 - Maximising use of AI
07:14 - His Creative Journey
09:35- Concluding remarks
About Nikhil Narendran: Nikhil Narendran is a Partner at Trilegal’s Bengaluru office, specializing in the Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) practice. He holds a BA LLB (Hons.) from the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi, and is admitted to the Kerala Bar Council. His experience includes advising e-commerce, fintech, and technology companies on regulatory issues, data protection, telecom (mobile, enterprise, Satcom), and media (OTT, triple play). He has negotiated ICT agreements in South-East Asia, Europe, and America and advised on technology policy in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. He has won the ITechLaw Travelling Fellowship Award 2011, working with six European technology law firms, and is recognized as ALB India Top TMT/Fintech Lawyer (2021), IBLJ India’s Future Legal Leaders (2020), ALB 40-under-40 (2020), and by Chambers & Partners and Who’s Who Legal TMT.
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Credits:
Sonisha Srinivasan: Host, Researcher, Editor
Swaraj Paul Barooah: Producer, Researcher, Editor
Praharsh Gour, Md Sabeeh Ahmad: Camera, Mic, Set
Tanishka Goswami, Anjali Tripathi, Athreya Bhat: Graphics & Media
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