diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/pii/india_patterns.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/pii/india_patterns.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb7fdbd7fa1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/pii/india_patterns.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+"""
+India specific PII patterns for DPDP Act 2023 compliance.
+Extends OpenMetadata auto PII tagging with locale aware detection.
+"""
+
+import re
+
+# Patterns for column name matching
+INDIA_COLUMN_PATTERNS = {
+    "aadhaar": re.compile(r".*aadhaar.*|.*aadhar.*|.*uidai.*", re.IGNORECASE),
+    "pan": re.compile(
+        r".*\bpan_?(card|number|no|num)\b.*|.*permanent_account.*",
+        re.IGNORECASE,
+    ),
+    "upi": re.compile(
+        r".*\bupi_?(id|address|vpa)\b.*|.*\bvpa\b.*",
+        re.IGNORECASE,
+    ),
+}
+
+# Verhoeff algorithm for Aadhaar validation
+_VERHOEFF_D = [
+ [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9],
+ [1,2,3,4,0,6,7,8,9,5],
+ [2,3,4,0,1,7,8,9,5,6],
+ [3,4,0,1,2,8,9,5,6,7],
+ [4,0,1,2,3,9,5,6,7,8],
+ [5,9,8,7,6,0,4,3,2,1],
+ [6,5,9,8,7,1,0,4,3,2],
+ [7,6,5,9,8,2,1,0,4,3],
+ [8,7,6,5,9,3,2,1,0,4],
+ [9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0]
+]
+
+_VERHOEFF_P = [
+ [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9],
+ [1,5,7,6,2,8,3,0,9,4],
+ [5,8,0,3,7,9,6,1,4,2],
+ [8,9,1,6,0,4,3,5,2,7],
+ [9,4,5,3,1,2,6,8,7,0],
+ [4,2,8,6,5,7,3,9,0,1],
+ [2,7,9,3,8,0,6,4,1,5],
+ [7,0,4,6,9,1,3,2,5,8]
+]
+
+def validate_aadhaar(number: str) -> bool:
+    """
+    Validate Aadhaar number using Verhoeff checksum.
+    Returns True only if 12 digits pass the algorithm.
+    This prevents tagging random 12-digit order IDs as Aadhaar.
+    """
+    if not number or len(number)!= 12 or not number.isdigit():
+        return False
+
+    # UIDAI rule: Aadhaar cannot start with 0 or 1
+    if number[0] in ('0', '1'):
+        return False
+
+    c = 0
+    for i, digit in enumerate(reversed(number)):
+        c = _VERHOEFF_D[c][_VERHOEFF_P[i % 8][int(digit)]]
+    return c == 0
+
+def validate_pan(number: str) -> bool:
+    """
+    Validate PAN format: 5 uppercase letters, 4 digits, 1 uppercase letter.
+    4th character must be one of: A,B,C,F,G,H,J,L,P,T
+    """
+    if not number:
+        return False
+    if not re.match(r'^[A-Z]{5}[0-9]{4}[A-Z]$', number):
+        return False
+
+    # Check 4th character (index 3) is valid holder type
+    valid_types = {'A', 'B', 'C', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'J', 'L', 'P', 'T'}
+    return number[3] in valid_types
+
+def is_india_pii_column(column_name: str) -> str | None:
+    """
+    Check if column name matches India PII patterns.
+    Returns the PII type or None.
+    """
+    name_lower = column_name.lower()
+
+    if INDIA_COLUMN_PATTERNS["aadhaar"].match(name_lower):
+        return "Aadhaar"
+    if INDIA_COLUMN_PATTERNS["pan"].match(name_lower):
+        return "PAN"
+    if INDIA_COLUMN_PATTERNS["upi"].match(name_lower):
+        return "UPI"
+
+    return None
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/pii/processor.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/pii/processor.py
index 858c9157e0e5..c0b35e8a2e46 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/pii/processor.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/pii/processor.py
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
 from metadata.pii.constants import PII
 from metadata.utils import fqn
 from metadata.utils.logger import profiler_logger
+from metadata.pii.india_patterns import (
+    is_india_pii_column,
+    validate_aadhaar,
+    validate_pan,
+)
 
 logger = profiler_logger()
 
@@ -105,6 +110,27 @@ def create_column_tag_labels(
             if PII in tag.tagFQN.root:
                 return []
 
+        # Check India PII patterns
+        india_pii = is_india_pii_column(column.name.root)
+        # India PII validation - check majority of samples like existing classifier
+        sample_values = [str(v) for v in sample_data if v] if sample_data else []
+
+        if india_pii == "Aadhaar" and sample_values:
+            valid_count = sum(1 for v in sample_values if validate_aadhaar(v))
+            if valid_count > len(sample_values) * 0.5:
+                return [self.build_tag_label(PIISensitivityTag.SENSITIVE, "India Aadhaar detected")]
+
+        if india_pii == "PAN" and sample_values:
+            valid_count = sum(1 for v in sample_values if validate_pan(v))
+            if valid_count > len(sample_values) * 0.5:
+                return [self.build_tag_label(PIISensitivityTag.SENSITIVE, "India PAN detected")]
+
+        if india_pii == "UPI" and sample_values:
+            # UPI validation is simpler - check for @ symbol in majority
+            valid_count = sum(1 for v in sample_values if "@" in v and len(v) > 5)
+            if valid_count > len(sample_values) * 0.5:
+                return [self.build_tag_label(PIISensitivityTag.SENSITIVE, "India UPI detected")]
+
         # Build classifier with the results capturing patcher
         result_capturer = ResultCapturingPatcher()
         classifier: ColumnClassifier[PIISensitivityTag] = PIISensitiveClassifier(
diff --git a/ingestion/tests/unit/pii/test_india_patterns.py b/ingestion/tests/unit/pii/test_india_patterns.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d928f36715aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ingestion/tests/unit/pii/test_india_patterns.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import pytest
+from metadata.pii.india_patterns import (
+    validate_aadhaar,
+    validate_pan,
+    is_india_pii_column,
+)
+
+def test_aadhaar_validation():
+    # Valid test Aadhaar (passes Verhoeff)
+    assert validate_aadhaar("999999990019") is True
+    # Invalid - fails checksum
+    assert validate_aadhaar("123456789012") is False
+    # Invalid - wrong length
+    assert validate_aadhaar("12345") is False
+    # Invalid - not digits
+    assert validate_aadhaar("abcdefghijkl") is False
+
+def test_pan_validation():
+    assert validate_pan("ABCDE1234F") is True
+    assert validate_pan("abcdE1234f") is False # must be uppercase
+    assert validate_pan("ABCD1234F") is False # too short
+    assert validate_pan("ABCDE12345") is False # wrong format
+
+def test_column_name_matching():
+    assert is_india_pii_column("aadhaar_number") == "Aadhaar"
+    assert is_india_pii_column("customer_pan") == "PAN"
+    assert is_india_pii_column("upi_id") == "UPI"
+    assert is_india_pii_column("order_id") is None