THE SECRETARIAT
Committed to Crack Down AI with and for Law
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. Find out more about some of our team members below.
ABHIVARDHAN
Founder, Chairperson and Managing Trustee
INDU BALA SRIVASTAVA
Trustee
ANIL THAKUR
Trustee
SUMAN KALANI
Chief Research Expert (Honorary)
PRAFULLA SAHU
Chief Futuring Officer
AKASH MANWANI
Chief Innovation Consultant (Advisory)
KSHITIJ NAIK
Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Chief Managing Editor, The Indian Learning
ADITI SHARMA
Deputy Chief Research Officer
SANJAY NOTANI
Present, AI General Assembly, 2020, 1st Session
DR H S SANDEEP BHAGAT
Vice-President, AI General Assembly, 2020, 1st Session
MRIDUTPAL BHATTACHARYA
Deputy Chief Innovation Officer
ABHISHEK JAIN
Chief Managing Editor, Indian Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Law
VAIBHAV DWIVEDI
Chief Risk Officer
RESEARCH DIRECTORATE
ISAIL's Research Core
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Led by the Chief Research Expert and the Chairperson of ISAIL.
ABHIVARDHAN
Director
Indian Strategy on AI and Law Programme
The Civilized AI Project
SUMAN KALANI
Chief Research Expert (Honorary)
AKASH MANWANI
Chief Innovation Officer
KSHITIJ NAIK
Chief Strategy Advisor
ADITI SHARMA
Deputy Strategy Advisor
ATEKA HASAN
Programme Coordinator, Indian Strategy on AI and Law
PARANJAY SHARMA
Additional Programme Coordinator, Indian Strategy on AI and Law
SARTHAK TRIPATHI
Additional Programme Coordinator, Indian Strategy on AI and Law
DEV TEJNANI
Programme Coordinator, The Civilized AI
RESEARCH ANALYSTS
Important Research Members
MANOHAR SAMAL
Research Associate [in partnership for the Indian International Law Programme by Internationalism]
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Area Specialization
AI & Space Sciences
AI & International Law
MRIDUTPAL BHATTACHARYA
Junior Research Analyst
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Area Specialization
AI and Criminal Legal Studies
AI and International Law
Host of the Podcast, AI.Now
SAMEER SAMAL
Junior Research Analyst
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Area Specialization
AI and Diplomacy
AI and Privacy
ARUNDHATI KALE
Junior Research Analyst
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Area Specialization
AI & Criminal Law
SANAD ARORA
Junior Research Analyst
Area Specialization
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AI & Economics
AI General Assembly
THE COMMITTEES
Our members at ISAIL can represent themselves in the AI General Assembly in the following committees established by the Secretariat by past implementation orders.
The committees are led by the Chairpersons, who are the office bearers of the Secretariat, Editorial Publications and the Research Directorate. Permanent Chairpersons are the heads of the committee - whose seat in the committee exists permanently and renders supervision over the particular affairs of the organization.
The committees are named as follows:
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Committee on Research
Permanent Chairpersons of the Committee: Ateka Hasan, Dev Tejnani & Abhishek Jain​
Committee on Applied & Special Sciences
Chairperson of the Committee: Abhivardhan
Committee on Regions [Inoperative as of now]
Permanent Chairperson of the Committee: Abhivardhan
Committee on Foreign Policy [Inoperative as of now]
Permanent Chairperson of the Committee: Abhivardhan​
Deputy Chair: Akash Manwani