The JSW Centre for the Future of Law at NLSIU is organising two official Pre-Summit Events of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at the University campus in January. The events are being organised with the support of Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).

January 17, 2026 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Conference Hall, Training Centre

Keynote Address by Dr. Akash Kapur, Visiting Research Scholar and Lecturer, Princeton University
Hybrid mode | Open to the public (RSVP here)

In this session titled “AI in the Global South: DPI as an AI Governance Approach”, Dr. Akash Kapur will be talking about AI Governance in the Global South, with a focus on India and how a DPI-led approach to AI fits into overall global approaches.

About the Speaker

Dr. Akash Kapur is a Visiting Research Scholar and Lecturer whose work at Princeton focusses on digital public infrastructure (DPI). As part of this work, he examines the global dissemination of technology and governance frameworks for digital identity, payments, and data exchange. He is researching the intersections of DPI and artificial intelligence (AI), in particular by considering open source and public models. Kapur is also a Senior Fellow at The GovLab, where he works on data policy and Internet governance; and a Senior Fellow at New America, where he focusses on global AI governance.

He’s also a former columnist for the New York Times, and has written for various publications, including The New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The Economist, Granta, Foreign Policy, The Hindu, Outlook, and more. Among other topics, he writes about utopia, technology policy and regulation, and tennis.

January 24, 2026 | 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Conference Hall, Training Centre

Panel discussion on AI Governance in the Global South
Hybrid mode | Open to the public (RSVP here) 

The Centre will be hosting a panel on adoption of the India AI Governance Guidelines and the Global South. The session will be regarding AI Governance in light of the new Guidelines released in India. The discussion will also regard broader AI Governance patterns in the global south. The discussions will feature experts across industry, policy and academia.

The programme will also feature allied discussions on the transformation of the regulatory landscape covering emergent use cases for Generative AI tools in automation, and address ethical and professional responsibilities regarding access and bias.

Panellists: 

• Mr. Amlan Mohanty, Non-Resident Fellow at Niti Aayog
• 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. (Dr.) Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU
• Dr. Rahul Hemrajani, Assistant Professor of Law – Moderator