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.
Join our Network.
Join the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law
In collaboration with VLiGTA, ISAIL has opened up to accept calls for membership.
We invite lawyers, entrepreneurs, public policy professionals, technology scientists and developers to join our community.
The list of benefits of registered members of ISAIL is available (and updated regularly) at indian.substack.com/about.
Step 1: Send your CV and contact information to vligta@indicpacific.com.
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Step 2: You'll receive an email to confirm if your application needs verification. If it does, send the necessary documents (for example, CV / Resume) for verification.
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Step 3: After approval, complete the registration fee payment. Once confirmed, you'll become a member, and we'll send your membership certificate.
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Step 4: Join the ISAIL Members Community and connect with us.
You can join via Whatsapp, Substack or both.
Registration Fees
Ordinary Members - 500 INR (subject to renewal every year)
Life Members - 30,000 INR (one-time)
FAQs
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Is there a reason to ask for a registration fee for the membership of ISAIL?
Ans. Yes. Our request for a membership fee to be paid has to do with the bye-laws of the Trust and our concern that we require our potential members to be participatory and committed. The fee is affordable and a procedural requirement.
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What are the benefits of the membership of ISAIL?
Ans. You can contact us to know the details regarding the membership of ISAIL at vligta@indicpacific.com. Akash from the ISAIL team will reach out to you. Also, you can check the list of benefits at indian.substack.com/about.
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Are students permitted to join ISAIL as a member?
Ans. Yes, students of law, technology and policy courses are eligible to become members. The eligibility criteria for students to become the members of ISAIL is clearly stipulated in indian.substack.com/about.
We open the Call for Research Interns.
Under a research collaboration with VLiGTA, the research & innovation division of Indic Pacific Legal Research LLP, ISAIL has opened the call to invite law students (undergraduate and postgraduate) in their respective fields of law and public policy to apply to be recruited as a Research Intern.
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Interested applicants must apply by emailing their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and Statement of Purpose (SoP) in an email with subject "Internship Application - ISAIL" at vligta@indicpacific.com.
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Our team will get back to you in 2-3 working days on the status of your application and contact you. Hence, please share your phone number for the purposes of contact for the interview.
Kindly remember, anyone who is recruited as an intern under ISAIL has to adhered with the guidelines.
Guidelines
ISAIL Alumni
We honor our alumni, who were bestowed with the esteemed positions as ISAIL's research and advisory avenues grew.
Ateka Hasan
Programme Coordinator, The Strategic and Civilized AI (former)
Aditi Sharma
Chief Research Officer (former)
Abhishek Jain
Chief Managing Editor, Indian Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Law (former)
Mridutpal Bhattacharyya
Deputy Chief Innovation Officer (former)

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.

Abhivardhan
Founder, Chairperson & Managing Trustee

Indu B Srivastava
Chief Financial Officer

Anil Thakur
Trustee

Akash Manwani
Chief Innovation Consultant

The Advisory Council
The Advisory Council of ISAIL consists of some of the best minds and thought leaders in the field of artificial intelligence ethics and law cum policy. To know more about the rules applicable to the members of the Advisory Council, you can refer to the Charter of the AI General Assembly.
Executive Council, AI General Assembly
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Mr Sanjay Notani
President, AI General Assembly
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Senior Partner, Economic Laws Practice, India
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Mr Bogdan Grigorescu
Vice-President, AI General Assembly
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Senior Technical Lead - Architecture, eBay, United Kingdom
Distinguished Experts of the Advisory Council

Rodney D Ryder
Founding Partner, Scriboard

Shirsha Ray Chaudhari
Director of Engineering, TR Labs
Thomson Reuters

Mohammed Soliman
Director, Strategic Technologies and Cyber Security Program
Middle East Institute
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Ankit Sahni
Intellectual Property Law Specialist

Ish Jain
Senior Partner, Regius Legal

Dr Richard Self
Senior Lecturer in Governance of Advanced and Emerging Technologies, University of Derby

Roger Spitz
Chairperson, Disruptive Futures Institute

Maksim Karliuk
Research Specialist, International Development Law Organisation
Our Former Chapters and Special Groups
ISAIL Nigeria
Formerly led by Udomo Ali
ISAIL-Lucknow Institute for a Greater Europe
Formerly led by Philippe Lefevre