Schedule 2

The Academic Council and the Convenorships

1. Subject to the supervisory oversight and notifications of the Board of Trustees, the Secretariat shall constitute and maintain the ISAIL Academic Council.

2. The Academic Council serves as the primary substantive body for scholarly oversight, standard-setting tracks, and policy deliberations of the Society.

3. The Academic Council shall comprise:

   1. Appointed Technical Convenors;

   2. Appointed Policy Convenors; and

   3. Accredited Academic Members of ISAIL.

4. The appointment of all Convenors shall be made by the Secretariat from among qualified Academic Members possessing demonstrated domain expertise, prudence, and ethical standing.

5. Convenorships are designated under either Technical or Policy portfolios to maintain a deliberate duality between computational engineering and statutory governance: 

   1. Technical Convenors exercise subject-matter stewardship over functional architectures, empirical testbeds, algorithmic standards, and open-source infrastructure, ensuring institutional outputs are computationally sound and operationally viable; 

   2. while Policy Convenors direct substantive legal analysis, doctrinal compliance, and public policy formulation across disciplines such as intellectual property, consumer protection, and technology law, thereby ensuring all technical standards developed within the Society are legally enforceable, compliant, and structurally aligned with applicable regulatory frameworks.

6. Convenors appointed to lead India-specific policy portfolios or India-specific technical portfolios must be formally ratified and approved by the OpenBharat.net Governing Council (OBGC).

7. Upon approval, such Convenors shall hold concurrent seats on the OBGC, steering domain-specific initiatives, policy tracks, and open-standard deliverables pursuant to the OpenBharat.net Charter.

8. General standing committees and permanent institutional forums are hereby superseded; specialized substantive work, standard drafts, and sector initiatives under the OBGC on India-specific matters shall be executed exclusively through Working Groups constituted by the OBGC in accordance with the OpenBharat.net Charter.

9. Members of the OpenBharat.net Governing Council are entitled to seek formal mentorship, research guidance, and technical advisory support from the Academic Members of the ISAIL Academic Council.

10. The India-specific Technical and Policy Convenors shall actively provide domain mentorship to OBGC members, working groups, and project leads to ensure alignment with prevailing technical standards, empirical methodologies, and legal frameworks.

11. Convening of Deliberations: Convenors and their associated Working Groups shall convene at least twice every calendar quarter. Virtual proceedings are the standard format unless explicitly directed otherwise.

12. Confidentiality: Deliberations, internal reviews, and candidate drafts within the Academic Council and associated OBGC Working Groups shall remain non-public by default.

13. Publication Clearance: No policy document, standard specification, research report, or formal communiqué shall be released into the public domain without:

14. Consensus among the deliberating Convenors and contributing Academic Members; and

15. Formal review and clearance from the ISAIL Secretariat / the OpenBharat.net Governing Council.