Cross-Sector AI Policy Drafting: Practical Exercises in Liability, Procurement & Governance [Presentation]

This presentation was developed for and presented in National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi’s Capacity Building Programme on “Artificial Intelligence & Contemporary Challenges in Law” on September 12, 2026. Presentation Topics Results of the Survey on AI Policy Drafting Literacy Four Different AI Governance Pillars that Matter IP & Innovation Law (Inventorship Thresholds & Data Ingestion) Vendor Management (4th-Party AI Use & Data Leakage) Data Protection (Purpose Limitation, Privacy Engineering Goals & DPO Erasure Protocols) Safe Harbours (Multi-Jurisdictional Realities & Oblique Approaches) Research Practices (LRM Workflows & Academic Integrity) Product Liability (Kinds of Defects and Intended Usage of AI Systems) You can also look at the preceding Presentation done on September 8 on AI and Product Liability, which addresses one of the governance pillars in detail: https://indopacific.app/product/ai-product-liability-across-global-value-supply-chains-presentation/ Further Readings recommended as part of this presentation (click these hyperlinks): Artificial Intelligence Governance AI and Complex Adaptive Systems AI, Market Power and India in a Multipolar World AI and Open-Source Systems Legal Strategies for Open Source Artificial Intelligence Practices, IPLR-IG-004 AI Standardisation Documentation AiStandard.io Alliance Documentation by the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law AI and Legal Tech Technology Law and Legal Technology are NOT the Same Copyright Law AI-Generated Texts and the Legal Landscape: A Technical Perspective Impact-Based Legal Problems around Generative AI in Publishing, IPLR-IG-010 The ISAIL Orchha AI Principles AI and Law 101 by Indic Pacific Law & Policy Fundamentals Course (21 Lectures and notes in description, on YouTube) Other major sources Abhivardhan & Arunima Jha, An Indian Trade Secret Bill May Reshape the AI x Copyright Dead-end: An Explainer, The Legal Wire, https://thelegalwire.ai/an-indian-trade-secret-bill-may-reshape-the-ai-x-copyright-dead-end-an-explainer/ Sankalp Srivastava, Abhivardhan & Marius-Constantin Dinu, Artificial Intelligence, Market Power and India in a Multipolar World, Indic Pacific, https://indopacific.app/product/artificial-intelligence-market-power-and-india-in-a-multipolar-world/ Indo-Pacific Research Ethics Framework on Artificial Intelligence Use, IPac AI. (2025, April 25). [Handbook presented to Manipal Academy for Higher Education, available on IndoPacific.App]: https://indopacific.app/product/indo-pacific-research-ethics-framework-on-artificial-intelligence-use-ipac-ai/ Mittal, U. (2023, May 10). A new framework for a secure digital India. Observer Research Foundation. https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/a-new-framework-for-a-secure-digital-india ChatGPT & the Problem with Derivatives as Solutions (Check the “Competition Law Concerns on Derivative Products” section specifically). (2023, February 16). https://www.indicpacific.com/post/chatgpt-the-problem-with-derivatives-as-solutions Abhivardhan and Deepanshu Singh, Government with Algorithms: Managing AI in India’s Federal System: Occasional Paper Number 70, Forum of Federations, Canada, https://www.forumfed.org/document/government-with-algorithms-managing-ai-in-indias-federal-system-number-70/ Observer Research Foundation America, India’s Tech Strategy: An Introductory Overview, https://orfamerica.org/newresearch/india-technology-policy (last visited Apr. 24, 2025), at 4. Indic Pacific Legal Research., IPLR-IG-013: Averting Framework Fatigue in AI Governance (Feb. 3, 2025), https://indopacific.app/product/iplr-ig-013/ (last visited Apr. 24, 2025). Buiten, M.C. Product liability for defective AI. Eur J Law Econ 57, 239–273 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10657-024-09794-z Mariniello, M. (2026) ‘The right balance: how to fix European Union artificial intelligence regulation’, Policy Brief 12/2026, Bruegel, available at https://doi.org/10.64153/BVAQ6479 Dr Abhishek Sharma, (co-author) on why India should adopt an AI Dimension in its Act East Policy for South East Asia in The Diplomat: https://thediplomat.com/2026/06/the-ai-dimension-of-indias-act-east-policy/ Abhivardhan & Dr Jagannath Panda, Chips, Code, and Control: Rewriting the Economics of Old Tech Wars, Institute of Security and Development Policy: https://isdp.eu/publication/chips-code-and-control-rewriting-the-economics-of-old-tech-wars