Abhivardhan

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Founder, Indic Pacific, AIACT.IN. President, ISAIL.IN

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Join date: Apr 17, 2024

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Abhivardhan is a distinguished Technology Law and AI Governance Specialist, recognised for his contributions to global policy forums such as G20 Brazil’s Startup20 2024 and representations in key engagements led by the South Asian University, the Observer Research Foundation and the Commonwealth Legal Education Association. He serves as the Chairperson & Managing Trustee of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law and leads as Managing Partner at Indic Pacific Legal Research, where he focuses on interdisciplinary legal research in technology and geopolitics.

His expertise spans Artificial Intelligence Governance, International Space Law, Digital Competition Law, and Indo-Pacific Studies, dedicated to shaping ethical frameworks for emerging technologies. Abhivardhan authored Artificial Intelligence Ethics and International Law: An Introduction (2nd ed., 2024), a pioneering work exploring the intersection of AI ethics and global legal systems, and drafted AIACT.IN—India’s first privately proposed AI regulation, now in its fourth iteration.

Emphasizing the need for culturally rooted approaches to technology governance, Abhivardhan advocates for Indic & Indo-Pacific Perspectives on AI Policy, aiming to integrate diverse philosophical and legal traditions into global discourse. His work bridges technical innovation with policy design, addressing challenges in digital sovereignty, intellectual property, and space law.

Beyond his institutional roles, Abhivardhan actively engages in thought leadership through publications and international dialogues, striving to advance equitable and inclusive frameworks for technological progress.

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)

Posts (73)

Apr 8, 2026 ∙ 4 min

Anthropic's Adventures with Mythos and the Strategy to Deride Open Source AI

The technology sector is currently witnessing a profound ideological and economic conflict, centered on the fundamental nature of information and who gets to control it. At the heart of this battle are heavily capitalized artificial intelligence laboratories, which have spent the last few years carefully crafting a narrative around their products. This narrative, a modern mythos of existential importance and unparalleled capability, serves a dual purpose. It captivates venture capital while...

Jan 29, 2026 ∙ 5 min

Beyond AI Hype: Reading India’s Economic Survey 2025–26

The Economic Survey 2025–26, in its Chapter 14 on AI, marks an important inflection point in how India’s economic establishment talks about artificial intelligence – but it also illustrates how quickly AI hype can seep into otherwise sober policy thinking. The chapter recognises that “greater visibility” has brought “greater clarity on the nature of AI,” yet some of its citations and framings betray an overreliance on volatile benchmarks and fashionable narratives that may not age well, as in...

Jan 10, 2026 ∙ 7 min

A Review of “Civil-Military Fusion” by Lt Gen Raj Shukla: An AI-Geopolitics Perspective

I came across a lucrative and short book by Lt Gen Raj Shukla, who is a respected member of the Union Public Services Commission, and it tempted me to read his initial treatise of perspectives on the idea of Civil-Military Fusion . The book, and the author's regular appearances around several forums on raising the issue of reforms in India's defence ecosystem to specifically promote entrepreneur-led research-driven innovation are appreciated, which made me curious to take a deep dive into his...

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