About me
Abhivardhan is a Technology Law Specialist and an AI Governance Consultant. He is honoured to serve as the Chairperson & Managing Trustee of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law and as the Managing Partner at Indic Pacific Legal Research.
Throughout his journey, he has gained valuable experience in Technology Law & Policy, Artificial Intelligence Governance, International Space Law, Technology & Intellectual Property Law, Digital Competition Law, and Indo-Pacific Studies.
With deep respect for the field, Abhivardhan has been fortunate to contribute to esteemed law, technology, and policy magazines and blogs. His book, "Artificial Intelligence Ethics and International Law: An Introduction" (2nd edition, 2024, originally published in 2019), modestly represents his exploration of the important connection between artificial intelligence and ethical considerations. Emphasizing the significance of an Indic approach to AI Ethics, Abhivardhan aims to bring diverse perspectives on AI and technology law to the table.
Abhivardhan is also the author of India's first privately proposed artificial intelligence regulation, AIACT.IN (currently at Version 3).
Abhivardhan remains humbled by the opportunity to share knowledge through various papers on international technology law. Alongside his consulting and policy advocacy, he has been involved in both authoring and editing books, focusing on public international law and its relationship with artificial intelligence.
Some of his notable books, reports and research publications also include:
• 2020 Handbook on AI and International Law [RHB 2020 ISAIL] (2021)
• 2021 Handbook on AI and International Law [RHB 2021 ISAIL] (2022)
• Deciphering Artificial Intelligence Hype and its Legal-Economic Risks, VLiGTA-TR-001 (2022)
• Deciphering Regulative Methods for Generative AI, VLiGTA-TR-002 (2023)
• Reinventing & Regulating Policy Use Cases of Web3 for India, VLiGTA-TR-004 (2023)
• The Policy Purpose of a Multipolar Agenda for India, IPLR-IG-001 (2023)
• Legal Strategies for Open Source Artificial Intelligence Practices, IPLR-IG-004 (2024)
• A New Artificial Intelligence Strategy for India and the Artificial Intelligence (Development & Regulation) Bill, 2023 (2023-2024)
If you are interested in connecting and engaging with his pragmatic insights, you can find Abhivardhan on LinkedIn.
My Publications
Art and Literature
“Across the Destiny” | A Collection of Poems referred to the Indian History in English; Available on Amazon
“Abhivardhan Mann Ka” (अभिवर्धन... मन का) | A Collection of Poems and Essays in Hindi; Available on Amazon
“Where am I to go?”; Available on Amazon
"My Eyes and You", a collection of poems published by The Write Order; Available on Amazon
Law & Policy
Books & Infographic Reports (you can find some of them at indopacific.app)
Abhivardhan and Pratejas Tomar (Editors), Artificial Intelligence and Policy in India, Volume 5 (AIPI-V5)
Abhivardhan, Bhavana J Sekhar and Pratejas Tomar (Editors), Reimaging and Restructuring MeitY for India, IPLR-IG-007
Abhivardhan, The Indic Approach to Artificial Intelligence Policy, IPLR-IG-006
Abhivardhan and Sanad Arora (Editors), Artificial Intelligence and Policy in India, Volume 4 (AIPI-V4)
Abhivardhan & Shirsha Ray Chaudhari, Ethical AI Implementation & Integration in Digital Public Infrastructure, IPLR-IG-005
Abhivardhan (Editor), Harshitha Reddy Chukka, Krati Singh Bhadouriya, Sanad Arora, Shresh Kiran Narang, Vaishnavi Singh, Legal Strategies for Open Source Artificial Intelligence Practices, IPLR-IG-004
Abhivardhan, Vaishnavi Singh, Krati Singh Bhadouriya, Shresh Kiran Narang, Draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024 for India: Feedback Report, IPLR-IG-003
Abhivardhan, Artificial Intelligence Governance using Complex Adaptivity: Feedback Report, IPLR-IG-002
Abhivardhan, The Policy Purpose of a Multipolar Agenda for India, IPLR-IG-001
A New Artificial Intelligence Strategy for India and the Artificial Intelligence (Development & Regulation) Bill, 2023 (2023), also available at aiact.in
Abhivardhan, Sanad Arora & Akash Manwani, Reinventing & Regulating Policy Use Cases of Web3 for India, VLiGTA-TR-004, Indic Pacific Legal Research LLP (2023).
Abhivardhan, Sanad Arora & Bhavana J Sekhar, Promoting Economy of Innovation through Explainable AI, VLiGTA-TR-003, Indic Pacific Legal Research LLP (2023).
Abhivardhan, Kapil Naresh & Yashudev Bansal, Deciphering Regulative Methods for Generative AI, VLiGTA-TR-002, Indic Pacific Legal Research LLP (2023).
Abhivardhan, Bhavana J Sekhar & Poulomi Chatterjee, Deciphering Artificial Intelligence Hype and its Legal-Economic Risks, VLiGTA-TR-001, Indic Pacific Legal Research LLP (2022).
Abhivardhan, Poulomi Chatterjee, India-led Global Governance in the Indo-Pacific, GLA-TR-003, Global Law Assembly (2022).
Abhivardhan, Aditi Sharma, Manohar Samal, Mridutpal Bhattacharyya (ed), 2021 Handbook on AI and International Law, Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law (2022).
Abhivardhan (editor), Aditi Sharma, Megha Hurkat, Sanad Arora, Mridutpal Bhattacharyya & Ishan Puranik, Regulatory Sovereignty in India: Indigenizing Competition-Technology Approaches, ISAIL-TR-001, Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law (2021).
Abhivardhan, Bhavana J Sekhar & Mridutpal Bhattacharyya, Regularizing Artificial Intelligence Ethics in the Indo-Pacific, GLA-TR-002, Global Law Assembly (2021).
Abhivardhan & Bhavana J Sekhar, Global Customary International Law Index: An Analytical Monograph, Allahabad: AbhiGlobal Legal Research & Media (2021)
Abhivardhan, Suman Kalani, Akash Manwani & Kshitij Naik (ed), 2020 Handbook on AI and International Law (1st Edition), Prayagraj, Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law, 2021 [ISBN (online): 978-81-947131-2-8; ISBN (paperback): 979-85-871348-2-9]
Abhivardhan & Aryakumari Sailendraja (ed), Artificial Intelligence & Policy in India (Volume 2), Prayagraj, Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence & Law, 2021 [ISBN (online): 978-81-947131-2-8; ISBN (paperback): 979-85-871348-2-9]
Abhivardhan (ed), Global Relations & Legal Policy (Volume 2), Allahabad, AbhiGlobal Legal Research & Media, 2020 [ISBN (online): 978-81-947926-4-2; ISBN (paperback): 979-85-764410-0-6]
Abhivardhan (ed), Indian International Law Series (Volume 1), Allahabad, AbhiGlobal Legal Research & Media, 2020 [ISBN (online): 978-81-947926-2-8; ISBN (paperback): 979-85-609700-8-6]
Abhivardhan, Akash Manwani, Sameer Samal, Aditi Sharma & Kshitij Naik (ed), AI & Glocalization in Law (Volume 1), Prayagraj, Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence & Law, 2020 [ISBN: 978-81-947131-1-1 (Online); ISBN: 979-86-963116-9-2 (Paperback)]
Abhivardhan, Aryakumari Sailendraja, Bulbul Khaitan, Sulekha Agarwal, Udomo Ali & Nikhil Dongol (ed), South Asian Review of International Law (Volume 1), Allahabad, AbhiGlobal Legal Research & Media, 2020 [ISBN: 978-81-947926-1-1 (Online); ISBN: 979-86-834374-1-1 (Paperback)]
Abhivardhan & Amulya Anil (ed), Global Relations & Legal Policy (Volume 1), Allahabad, AbhiGlobal Legal Research & Media, 2020 [ISBN: 979-86-6502-892-7 (Paperback); ISBN: 978-93-5407-220-8 (Online)]
Abhivardhan (ed), Artificial Intelligence & Policy in India (Volume 1), Prayagraj, Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence & Law, 2020 [ISBN: 979-86-627039-4-0 (Paperback); 978-81-947131-0-4 (Online)]
Abhivardhan (ed), Global Legalism (Volume 1), Allahabad, AbhiGlobal Legal Research & Media, 2020 [ISBN-13: 978-93-5396-497-9]
Abhivardhan, Artificial Intelligence Ethics and International Law: An Introduction, Delhi: BPB Publications, 2019 [ISBN-13: 978-9388511629; ISBN-10: 938851162X]
Journal Publications
Abhivardhan, Algorithmic Policing and International Law: Critical Realities in Data-Driven Corporates and Governments over AI Realms, Nirma University Law Journal (ISSN: 2249-1430), vol. 8, no. 2 (2019), 71-86; Presented in the International Conference on Justice Education, 2019 organized by Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
Abhivardhan & Dr Ritu Agarwal, “Machine Learning and Enculturation: Perspective of International Human Rights in China”, IOSR Journal of Engineering (IOSR JEN), 2019, ISSN (e): 2250-3021, ISSN (p): 2278-8719 (Formerly UGC Journal No. 48995), pp. 70-74.
Abhivardhan, “Privacy Beyond the Law of Tort”, GLC Contemporary Law Review (ISSN 2518-8990), vol. 3 (April 2018 Issue), 2018.
Policy Papers
Abhivardhan, International Algorithmic Law: Emergence and the Indications of Jus Cogens Framework and Politics, Artificial Intelligence and Policy in India, Volume 2 (2021).
Abhivardhan & Dr Ritu Agarwal, AI Ethics in a Multicultural India: Ethnocentric or Perplexed? A Background Analysis, Artificial Intelligence and Policy in India, Volume 2 (2021).
Conference Papers
Abhivardhan, The Entitative Nature of Artificial Intelligence in International Law: An Analytic Legal Model, Presented at SOLAIR Conference 2019, Institute of Law, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Nove Mesto; included in Artificial Intelligence and Policy in India, Volume 2 (2021)
Abhivardhan, The Perspective of Dimensional Perpetuity for Artificial Intelligence: A Model on Socio-Legal and Political Evolution as a Challenge to Entrepreneurial Ethics, Proceedings, 2020 2nd World Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, ISBN: 978-1-7281-6778-7, IEEE; Presented at the 2nd World Symposium on Artificial Intelligence (WSAI 2020), Guangdong University of Technology, 2020
Abhivardhan, Dr Ritu Agarwal & Dr Pankaj Goswami, The Role of AI to Change the Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Ethics: An Estimation of a Third World Approach for Cyber Governance; Presented in the National Regional Convention, 14 December 2019, Computer Society of India, Lucknow Chapter
Abhivardhan, The Ethos of Artificial Intelligence as a Legal Personality in a Globalized Space: Examining the Overhaul of the Post-liberal Technological Order; I. Maglogiannis et al. (Eds.): AIAI 2020, IFIP AICT 584, pp. 3–14, 2020; Presented in the Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations: 16th IFIP WG 12.5 International Conference, AIAI 2020, Neos Marmaras, Greece, June 5–7, 2020
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