VENKATA JOGA RAO SRIPADA
Prof (Dr). Sripada Venkata Joga Rao, is presently anchoring the professional activities of Legalexcel Attorneys – a Law Firm of Advocates, Solicitors and Healthcare Consultants, based in Bangalore.
His teaching career has started more than three decades ago. He joined NLSIU as a founding faculty member in 1988. During his tenure at National Law School, he held various positions and rendered diverse nature of Services including teaching, research and administration. Prominently, Dr Rao taught subjects including Contracts Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Healthcare Ethics and Law, Transfer of Property Law and Contractual Structuring and Risk Management. He participated in several research Projects and national and international seminars and workshops. Additionally, Dr Rao has received British Council Fellowship and Max-Planck Fellowship.
After serving more than a decade, he gave up his full-time teaching position and commenced the career as an Advocate and Healthcare Law Consultant in the year 2001. He was the founder of Legalexcel.
As a Professional Advocate and Solicitor, Dr Rao rendered and continues to provide array of legal services including Litigation, Consultative advise, Legal and Ethical Compliance for MedTech Companies, Medico-Legal Audit for Hospitals, Doctors, Patient Groups, Health Insurance and TPA entities, Tele-Medicine, Health Technology Companies, Diagnostic Labs and several technology driven healthcare startups in the domain of Portal and App based services. Towards this end, legal, ethical and regulatory services have been rendered to the following entities, over a period of time.
Amazon Healthcare, Justdoc, Tata DHP Division, Orchard Healthcare, Practo, Cell Works, Docsapp, Critinext, DTDHI Health, Even Healthcare, Health4Silvers, Medwell Ventures, Quess Corp, Reprosci Biosciences and Sparcolife.
In the domain of Healthcare Law and Ethics, his work continues (with an experience of more than two decades) to focus on Medical Negligence Liability of Doctors and Medical Establishments, Nurses, Surrogacy and ART, Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues, Clinical Trials and Research, Information Technology and Healthcare, Regulatory and Legal Compliance pertaining to Healthcare Delivery, Medical Tourism, Healthcare Insurance and TPA, End of Life Care, Healthcare Technology, Web and App based healthcare services, apart from others.
As the law firm completed 20 years of its Service in 2021, the firm has been rechristened to LEGALEXCEL ATTORNEYS – expanding its services to various other legal disciplines like, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property Rights Law, Competition Law, Matrimonial Law, Property Law, Criminal Law, Labour Law and Corporate Law.
He is deeply passionate about issues and challenges emanating in the discipline of Healthcare Ethics and Law. As matters stand, actively involves in researching Ethical, Policy and Regulatory Challenges and Perspectives focusing on interface of Healthcare Law and Technology in its multi-dimensional perspectives.
Dr Rao presented several Continuing Medico-Legal Education (CMLE) programs over a period of more than two decades.
Till recently, he taught at NLS as a Visiting Professor.
He is also Chairperson and member of various Committees like Competent Authority (Under THOA), Institutional Ethics Committee for Clinical Trials and Research.
Recently, Dr Rao is invited to be a member of Expert Committee constituted by Government of Karnataka to review and recommend changes to New Criminal Laws passed by Government of India. After detailed deliberations, the Committee has submitted a thorough Report which in turn was endorsed by Government of Karnataka and accordingly shared with Government of India.