Devroop Dhar, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Primus Partners, highlighted that the DPDPA rules will significantly impact industries handling large amounts of personal data or relying on cross-border data transfers. Sectors such as technology, IT services, cloud computing, financial services, healthcare, pharma, e-commerce, retail, and telecom may face challenges adapting to the new data localization mandates, with businesses needing to revise strategies to comply with the rules, especially those related to international data sharing and infrastructure requirements.