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Getting Regulation Right in a Global Digital World:
Universal service, Competition, Consumer Protection, Competition, Ethics and Privacy have become even more significant given that Digital Technologies increasingly underlie the economic, social and political aspects of our lives. Artificial intelligence and the Metaverse are here to stay and Singularity is probably not as far as we may imagine. The global nature of these issues calls for international collaboration, cooperation and judicious regulation. This blog discusses these contemporary issues from the author’s multi-speciality perspective and offers unique and thought-provoking insights.
Apr 21, 2020
Universal Digital Inclusion a Safety Net to Battle Pandemics Like Coronavirus
News 18 eJournal, April 21, 2020 Abstract One of the indisputable learnings from the COVID-19 crisis is that digital connectivity is...
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Nov 8, 2019
Regulation of OTTs-Striking the Right Balance
This post is based on my paper for the Workshop on the “Economic Impact of OTT on National Telecommunication/ICTMarkets” held in...
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May 6, 2015
NOFN-Getting it wrong yet again
An editorial humorously titled “ Optical Illusion ” correctly points out that the latest government effort to revive BBNL / NOFN by way...
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Aug 14, 2014
Letting the Market Function
A very thoughtprovoking paper on Broadband in USA highlights the power of innovation, genuine competition and allowing markets to...
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Jul 28, 2014
Messing up the Market Efficiency Gap in the Hope of Addressing the Actual Access Gap
Readers may please refer to my earliest posts about the Market Efficiency Gap and my recent one titled “ Going around in Circles “...
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Jan 17, 2014
Lesssons for US Regulation from Plight of Government Schools in Rural India
An article titled “ Education Scam ” in today’s Financial Express speaks about the poor service delivery from government schools wherein...
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Jan 14, 2014
Progress the E-way
A though provoking article “ Solving Social issues through Technology ” draws attention to the progress India has made in the realm of...
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Jan 6, 2014
Adopting Open Access Models
Today’s newspaper carries a report about USOF India’s project to provide mobile towers in naxalite affected areas. This project is being...
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Jan 3, 2014
Infrastructure Regulation and the Market Efficiency Gap
An article caught my eye today. It is titled “ Biting the Silver Bullet ” in the Economic Times and is about the need to improve...
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Dec 12, 2013
A Historic Pact or Something to Worry about?
Newspaper articles are hailing a historic infrastructure sharing pact between two telecommunications bigwigs namely Bharti Airtel and...
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Dec 9, 2013
Competition & Consumer Welfare-Infrastructure Provision
I salute the contents of two interesting news items from the Business Standard dated December 7, 2013. The first is titled “Try and...
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Dec 8, 2013
Reassuringly Sensible Approach to Future Regulation
It was good to read a press release titled, “ ECTA Regulatory Conference – Competition should remain at the heart of EU telecoms...
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Oct 8, 2013
Fixing the Market Efficiency Gap in India
I had mentioned in my post titled, “ Regulate in Haste Repent at Leisure ” about TRAI’s recent recommendation in favour of a...
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Oct 25, 2024
Universalising Digital Transformation by Safeguarding Digital Rights-Teaching Bright Minds at the Law Institute Nirma University, Ahmedabad
My focus when teaching digital regulation and digital transformation is always on trust and consumer-centric design. I thoroughly enjoyed...
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Oct 2, 2024
AI and Liberty, A Topic Less Tantalizing
Kahlil Gibran is credited with saying, "Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." My question is, what will human existence be...
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Aug 24, 2024
No (,) End (to) Spam and Scams
In the past few months, I have received countless spam calls and messages to the point that I have become robotic about disconnecting...
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Jun 20, 2024
AI and Human Creative Content: Plaigirism and Petty Theft
An article in today’s Economic Times draws attention to the problem of Artificial intelligence-related plagiarism. I was happy to read...
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Jun 19, 2024
Responsible AI and Applications in Higher Education
I recently moderated a panel AI in Higher Education on June 15, 2024 . It was interesting and informative and the panel was brilliant....
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May 13, 2024
Barbie or Ken, No Perfect Ten- For my Students
Are we Going Backwards? It was disturbing to read the recent Economist article about the hardening of conservative and chauvinistic...
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May 9, 2024
The Writing on The Wall-When Consumers Can Choose, They Do
Getting Regulation Right Recently, I spoke in an International Telecommunications Union expert panel on Data Protection in a joint...
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Apr 3, 2024
Tech Regulation and E-Commerce are Interrelated
Getting Regulation Right: E-commerce means that there is even more at stake for the consumer. E-Commerce and the Digital Consumer Having...
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Mar 16, 2024
The Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin of Digital Regulation?
Getting Regulation Right: Regulating AI Harry Potter struggled between Gryffindor and Slytherin before choosing.However, to get...
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Nov 25, 2023
Should AI Governance be Another Race to Dominate, or Should We Work Together to Safeguard Humanity?
AI Governance, Trust and Humanity. Artificial Intelligence is here to stay. Social media is rife with helpful content about how we must...
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Oct 8, 2023
Don’t Kill the Golden Goose; or Is This About Saving Red Riding Hood?
The Competition and Innovation Story : Part I An oft-asked question that has cropped up more than once during my ongoing course on “Ex...
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Sep 25, 2023
It’s Now, or Never Part II: The Era of Convergent and Collaborative Regulation
I recently advised a young team from a global Tech startup on AI Governance; we discussed the issue of divergent and evolving regulatory...
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Sep 23, 2023
Why Wait for Regulation? Digital Markets Need New Business Models
Why wait for regulation? While mavericks will play their part, Tech. Giants could lead the way with new, consumer-friendly business...
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Sep 11, 2023
It’s Now, or Never-Responsible Digital Transformation Requires Solid Global Governance.
It’s Now, or Never-Responsible Digital Transformation Requires Solid Global Governance. The G 20 New Delhi Leaders Declaration has won...
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Sep 8, 2023
Why Privacy Matters-Dark Patterns & Other Realities
Why Privacy Matters in a Digital World – Dark Patterns and Other Realities. Various Indian newspapers have reported today that the...
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Aug 25, 2023
A Heartening Clarification on Privacy
In a Democracy, the choice of how to regulate matters involving protecting citizens’ rights should be straightforward. An elected...
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Aug 16, 2023
The Dawn of a New Era in the Saga of Digital Transformation; Some Things Never Change
Hear from an influential thought leader and digital transformation speaker . Global Digital Transformation began with landlines and is...
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Aug 14, 2023
An AI Atlas-Mapping Uncharted Territory
This is recommended reading for anyone interested in AI regulation. It is hard to put down the ‘Atlas of AI’ by Kate Crawford. The book...
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Jul 21, 2023
Why Do We Need Ex Ante Regulation of AI? Is Self Regulation Not Enough?
Algorithmic regulation should be rooted in ethics and be legally enforceable. As human creations, algorithms are controlled by us; we...
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Jul 16, 2023
The Teaching of Public Policy
Teaching my discipline, i.e., Public Policy (in my case, with an emphasis on Technology), has a long theoretical legacy. However, the...
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