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What We Do

The Secretariat

Stakeholder Participation

We encourage holding stakeholder consultations among our members and distinguished experts, and key stakeholders in the Indian and Global AI markets.

AI Standardisation

We advocate to develop India-centric AI-related legal & policy standards & certification methods based on relevance & impact of use cases of AI products and services which is market-ready and risk-centric.

The Secretariat

Since our founding in 2018, Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law has developed and grown in a positive direction. We’re very proud of the diversity of our team, and their abilities to contribute their own unique experience and skills to our efforts. 

The Board of Trustees

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Abhivardhan

Founder, President & Managing Trustee

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Abhivardhan

Indu B Srivastava

Chief Financial Officer & Trustee

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Anil Thakur

Trustee

The Secretariat

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Mridutpal Bhattacharyya

Chief Policy Advisor

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Sanad Arora

Chief Innovation Advisor

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Bogdan Grigorescu

Chairperson of the Global Advisory Council

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Deepanshu Singh

Co-Chairperson of the Global Advisory Council

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Bhavana J Sekhar

Special Executive Advisor

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Ayushi Agarwal

Co-Chairperson of the Global Advisory Council

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TBA

Chairperson and Co-Founder, OpenBharat.net

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OpenBharat.net 

OpenBharat.net is the India region-specific Advisory Group of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law

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OpenBharat.net Governing Council (OBGC)

TBA, Chairperson and Co-Founder
TBA, Co-Chairperson and Co-Founder

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OpenBharat.net Governing Council (OBGC) - Executive Members (Full-time)

Prathik Karthikeyan, Executive Member (Startups)
Sohan Basak, Executive Member (AI & Science)

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OpenBharat.net Governing Council (OBGC) - Representatives of ISAIL Global Advisory Council

Deepanshu Singh, Co-Chairperson, Global Advisory Council
(Dr .) Vignesh Ram, Deputy Chairperson, Global Advisory Council
Aditya Jakki, Global Advisory Council

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OpenBharat.net Governing Council (OBGC) - Advisory Members

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Rohit Ghumare

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OpenBharat.net Governing Council (OBGC) - Technical & Policy Convenors

Kailash Chauhan, Technical Convenor, (Intellectual Property Law)

Hamda Arfeen, Policy Convenor (Technology Law)

Nisha Singh, Policy Convenor, Consumer Law

Ayush Chandra⁩, Policy Convenor (Legal Technologies)

Sunil Khemka, Technical Convenor (AI and OSS)

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OpenBharat.net Regional Representatives (non-exhaustive list)

Adv. Arunima Jha, Mumbai
Ayush Chandra, Mumbai
Adv. Shreyansh Gupta, Delhi-NCR
Vishwam Jindal, WebNyay (Knowledge Partner)
Dr Rajendra Kumar, Lucknow
Nisha Singh, Lucknow
Areena Kausar, Lucknow

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The Global Advisory Council

The Global Advisory Council of ISAIL consists of some of the best minds and thought leaders in the legal, ethical, technical and policy verticals of the artificial intelligence industry. To know more about the rules applicable to the members of the Advisory Council, you can refer to the The ISAIL Charter. Please also note that the role of every Expert in the ISAIL Advisory Council is purely consultative and not authoritative.

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Technology

Sanjay Notani

Bogdan Grigorescu

Chairperson, Global Advisory Council of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law

Senior Technical Lead – Engineering and Automation
Direct Line Insurance Group London, United Kingdom

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Technology & Policy

Sanjay Notani

Deepanshu Singh, PhD

Co-Chairperson, Global Advisory Council of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law

Former Senior Public Policy Advisor
State Government of Uttar Pradesh

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Technology

Sanjay Notani

Shirsha Ray Chaudhari

Distinguished Expert

Director of Engineering, TR Labs
Thomson Reuters

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Law

Sanjay Notani

Manohar Samal

Distinguished Expert

Principal Associate
Ratan Samal and Associates, Mumbai

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Policy

Sanjay Notani

Jagannath Panda, PhD

Distinguished Expert

Head, Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA)
Institute for Security & Development Policy

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Technology & Education

Sanjay Notani

Manu Awasthi

Distinguished Expert

Associate Professor
Ashoka University

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Technology

Sanjay Notani

Vivek Doulatani

Distinguished Expert

Founder and CEO
BluHalo

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Law, Mobility, Space & Aviation

Sanjay Notani

Sagar Singamsetty

Distinguished Expert

Founder and Managing Partner
Grayspace Law and Policy Consulting

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Technology

Sanjay Notani

Nandhakumar KS

Distinguished Expert

Space Navigation Specialist

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Technology & Social Impact

Sanjay Notani

Anup Pai

Distinguished Expert

Founder
eSamudaay

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Law

Sanjay Notani

Arletta Gorecka

Emerging Specialist

Lecturer
Glasgow International College

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Policy

Sanjay Notani

Rishap Vats

Distinguished Expert

Lecturer
Mithibai College of Arts Chauhan Institute of Science and A.J. College of Commerce and Economics

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Law

Sanjay Notani

Rodney D Ryder

Distinguished Expert

Founding Partner
Scriboard

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Technology

Sanjay Notani

Dr Marius-Constantin Dinu

Distinguished Expert

AI Researcher, Author & Technology Entrepreneur

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Technology

Sanjay Notani

Chiranjiv Roy, PhD

Distinguished Expert

VP/Global Head of Data Sciences & Applied AI
C5i.ai

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Technology

Sanjay Notani

Richard Self

Distinguished Expert

Senior Lecturer in Governance of Advanced and Emerging Technologies
University of Derby

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Law

Sanjay Notani

Ankit Sahni

Distinguished Expert

Intellectual Property and Technology Law Expert

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Technology & Industry

Sanjay Notani

Sreedhar Kosaraju

Distinguished Expert

Chairman & Founder
DeepTech Naipunya Foundation

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Technology

Sanjay Notani

Ayushi Agarwal

Co-Chairperson, Global Advisory Council of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law

Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneur and Data Scientist

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Policy

Sanjay Notani

Vignesh Ram Guruswamy, PhD

Deputy Chairperson, Global Advisory Council of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law

Assistant Professor
Manipal Academy of Higher Education

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Policy

Sanjay Notani

Dr Cristina Vanberghen

Distinguished Expert

Professor and Senior Expert
European Commission

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Policy

Sanjay Notani

Rupak Chattopadhyay

Distinguished Expert

President and CEO
Forum of Federations, Canada

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Law

Sanjay Notani

Sunil Jose

Distinguished Expert

Founder & Managing Attorney
Suns Legal

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Law

Sanjay Notani

Sanjay Notani

Distinguished Expert

Partner
Economic Laws Practice, India

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Policy

Sanjay Notani

Mohammed Soliman

Distinguished Expert

Director, Strategic Technologies and Cyber Security Program
Middle East Institute

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Policy

Sanjay Notani

Alvite Ningthoujham, PhD

Distinguished Expert

Assistant Professor
Symbiosis School of International Studies, Pune

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Technology & Industry

Sanjay Notani

Arunabh Mitra

Distinguished Expert

Chief Continuity Officer
HCLTech, Hyderabad

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Law

Sanjay Notani

Atul N Menon

Distinguished Expert

Partner
Saga Legal, Bengaluru

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Policy

Sanjay Notani

Aditya Jakki

Distinguished Expert

Consultant at NFPRC Foundation

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Technology, Industry & Policy

Sanjay Notani

Satvik Pendyala

Emerging Specialist

Asia Security Researcher

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Industry

Sanjay Notani

Roger Spitz

Distinguished Expert

Chairperson
Disruptive Futures Institute

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Policy

Sanjay Notani

Genevieve Donnellon-May

Emerging Specialist

Nonresident Vasey Fellow
Pacific Forum

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Law

Sanjay Notani

Ish Jain

Distinguished Expert

Senior Partner
Regius Legal

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Technology & Policy

Sanjay Notani

Dinesh Koya Nelamuru

Distinguished Expert

Co-Founder
SARMATRIX SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED

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Law & Industry

Sanjay Notani

Ankit Raj Shrivastava

Emerging Specialist

Founding Member
Governance Consulting Group

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Knowledge Partners & Member Organisations

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ISAIL AI Policy Academic Council Members

Please note: we only display a list of Academic Members of ISAIL and not the Contributing Members, since Academic Members are appointed at the peer-specific discretion of the Secretariat and the OpenBharat.net Governing Council.

The constitution, transitional tenure caps, convenorship mandates, and operational responsibilities of the AI Policy Academic Council (also known as the ISAIL Academic Council) are formally governed under Article 1 (General Terms), Article 2(1)(e) (Composition of ISAIL), Article 4(1)(b) & (8) (ISAIL Members & Honorary Academic Membership Designation), Schedule 2 (The Academic Council and the Convenorships), and Schedule 5 (ISAIL Academic Members) of the ISAIL Charter.

Kailash Chauhan

35+ Months

Hamda Arfeen

13+ Months

Akash M Kumar

~3 Months

Arun R

9+ Months

Dr Tarun Kumar Das

~3 Months

Jha Arunima

20+ Months

Kavya Sri Arigela

14+ Months

Mohini Misra

14+ Months

Sunil Agarkar

16+ Months

Aniruddh Sachin Bajaj

<30 days

Shashwat Singh Rathour

~2 Months

Neharika Modgil

~2 Months

Vignesh Nachu

~2 Months

Shivangi Shankar

~2 Months

Aditya Vikram

~2 Months

Pratyush Tiwari

~2 Months

Vishesh Saxena

~2 Months

Kritika Dua

~1 Month

Rajat Upadhyay

~1 Month

Varshita A

<30 days

Subham Sourav

~1 Month

Ayush Chandra

~23 Months

Nisha Singh

15+ Months

Alisha Ganjawala

11+ Months

Bahadur Shah

20+ Months

Girish Purohit

~3 Months

Joy Bose

~3 Months

Krishnamurthy Kandregula

~3 Months

NV Ramana Murty

~6 Months

Manaswee Mavuduru Pattanaik

<30 days

Paritosh Garg

<30 days

Shashwat Maurya

~2 Months

Sujay Agrawal

~2 Months

Tushar Shetty

~2 Months

Nishant Jha

~2 Months

Armaan Jena

~2 Months

Abhijit Dubey

~2 Months

Shivansh Saxena

~2 Months

Chirkankshit Bihari Bulani

~1 Month

Shreyansh Gupta

~1 Month

Starwin ET

~1 Month

Junak Goswami

~1 Month

Sunil Khemka

9+ Months

Aayush Sood

18+ Months

Areena Kausar

~3 Months

Chakshu Garg

14+ Months

Jatin Navin Chheda

15+ Months

Kanwal Gupta

17+ Months

Mathews Philip Valiaparampil

19+ Months

Rahul Bishnoi

14+ Months

Jasmeet Singh

<30 days

Samanvithareddy Bongu

23+ Months

Satyarth Singh

~2 Months

Sankalp Prakash Dharana

~2 Months

Rhea Shetty

~2 Months

Rasleen Kaur Dua

~2 Months

Divyansh Sharma

~2 Months

Ayush Awasthi

~2 Months

Jayshree Sharma

~2 Months

Lt Col (Dr.) Mahipal Lather (Retd.)

~1 Month

Dheeraj Kumar Shukla

~1 Month

Dr Rajendra Kumar

< 30 days

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The Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law (ISAIL.IN) is an artificial intelligence industry forum, founded by Abhivardhan in 2018. Our mission as an independent, not-for-profit industry forum for the analytics & AI industry in India is to promote responsible development of artificial intelligence and its standardisation in India.

Enforcing AI standards in the Indian and Indo-Pacific markets is hard. And yet, ISAIL.IN intends to document data and inputs associated with the market tendencies around three facets of artificial intelligence: its adoption, research around it, and its real-life policy implications across as many sectors as possible.


This is why, the AiStandard.io Alliance, administered by ISAIL.IN, intends to establish an allies of AI entities in India, Asia and the Global South, to develop market-friendly AI standards, with sector-specific, and sector-neutral contexts.

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