The acute shortage of trained digital forensic professionals in India makes hiring qualified personnel difficult, leading to investigation delays. Public-private collaboration to use expertise and resources would ensure optimum usage and address the talent gap. 

Fostering industry-academia partnerships would enhance knowledge sharing and facilitate students with hands-on training, internships and exposure to real-world forensic demands and challenges.

Continuous innovation is an integral aspect of ensuring novel solutions. Encouraging R&D initiatives would promote the development of new methodologies, tools and technologies that can enhance investigative capabilities.

Promoting start-ups with proper resources and opportunities would boost innovation levels, leading to digital forensic solutions that would cater to the Indian market and fulfil requirements at the global level.

Standardising the operating procedures and developing guidelines for digital forensic investigations would ensure consistency and reliability in forensic practices.

Establishing specialised digital forensic training institutes or centres of excellence in digital forensics can provide comprehensive training programmes for government personnel, law enforcement officers and other stakeholders.

A push for digital forensics at the grassroots level would make the country a strong force in the domain market.

Leveraging AI and ML to streamline data analysis, automate processes and improve the accuracy and speed of forensic investigations.

Partnering with specialised digital forensic service providers can be a cost-effective alternate for companies lacking the resources for full in-house forensic teams.