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NLSIU Participates at the India AI Impact Summit 2026

February 16, 2026

A team from the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru comprising Prof. (Dr.) Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Vice-Chancellor; Dr. Devyani Pande, Assistant Professor, Public Policy; Mr. Amlan Mohanty, Non-Resident Fellow at Niti Aayog and Visiting Faculty at NLS and Mr Rahul Matthan, Visiting Faculty at NLS is participating at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 beginning in Delhi today. 

Prof Krishnaswamy will be speaking at a panel discussion on Monday, February 16, 2026, titled ‘The Governance Gap: Designing Global Standards for AI Advisory Boards,’ being hosted by the Oversight Board. His co-panellists are Saurabh Karn, Founding Member, Saravm AI and Julie Owono, Executive Director, Internet Sans Frontières. The panel will explore minimum requirements for AI governance bodies and how ethical decision-making structures can function across companies of all sizes. The session will explore lessons on structural independence, transparency, and human rights frameworks.

Pre-Summit Official Events Hosted by NLSIU

NLSIU has been actively shaping conversations on AI governance in the lead-up to the Summit. It hosted two official pre-Summit events held at the University campus in Bengaluru in January. 

The events were organised by the JSW Centre for the Future of Law at NLSIU with the support of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).

The first event, held on January 17, featured a Keynote Address by Dr. Akash Kapur, Visiting Research Scholar and Lecturer, Princeton University. In his lecture titled “AI in the Global South: DPI as an AI Governance Approach,” he examined AI governance in the Global South, with a focus on India and how a DPI-led approach aligns with broader global regulatory models.

The second event, held on January 24, was a panel discussion on AI Governance in the Global South. The session reflected on India’s newly released AI guidelines and explored emerging governance patterns across the Global South, bringing together experts from industry, policy, and academia.

The programme also featured discussions on the transformation of the regulatory landscape, emergent use cases for generative AI tools in automation, and the ethical and professional responsibilities surrounding access and bias.

Panellists included Mr. Amlan Mohanty, Non-Resident Fellow at Niti Aayog and Visiting Faculty at NLS;  Mr. Prakash Narayanan, Global General Counsel, L&T Technology Services (LTTS); Ms. Eunice Huang, Head of AI and Emerging Tech Policy, Asia Pacific, Google; Mr. Jaideep Reddy, Partner, Trilegal; Prof. Rahul De’, Independent Consultant and Researcher; Retired Professor & Former Dean at IIM-Bangalore; Prof. (Dr.) Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU and Dr. Rahul Hemrajani, Assistant Professor of Law (Moderator). 

Here’s a glimpse of the two events.

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