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A Connected World
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.
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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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Oct 11, 2017
Mexico Earthquake-Lessons for Indian Authorities and Telecoms
Archana G.Gulati, Mexico Earthquake-Lessons for Indian Authorities and Telecoms-OpEd, Eurasia Review, October 11, 2017 DOWNLOADS: 45...
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Jul 1, 2016
What Indians Want from Bureaucracy and How to Get it
South Asia Monitor, July 01,2016 DOWNLOADS: 17 ABSTRACT VIEWS: 158 Abstract This article touches upon the problems faced by the Indian...
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Apr 10, 2014
Training officials at ICASA for CTO
Conducted Training on behalf of the Commonwealth Telecom Organization (CTO) on Strategic Planning for ICT Policy & Regulation’ in April...
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Nov 1, 2013
Financing Disaster Risk Reduction – The Indian Context
Presentation to the Expert Group Meeting on Effective Strategies for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia and the Pacific,...
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May 13, 2010
Retaining the Focus on Rural Development sans Wasteful Subsidy Outflows
Kurukshetra, Vol. 58, May 2010 DOWNLOADS: 77 ABSTRACT VIEWS: 449 Abstract In India, huge amounts of precious funds have been wasted in...
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Sep 3, 2009
Caring for Retired Coleagues the e-Enabled Way
e-India Conference, New Delhi, July 31-August 3, 2009 DOWNLOADS: 35 ABSTRACT VIEWS: 387 Abstract This case study describes a successful...
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Sep 1, 2007
Good Governance in the Internet Age
Award Winning Case Study (III Prize), 2007 published in Case Method, Concept and Cases in Public Administration, Indian Institute of...
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Jun 1, 2006
Singapore: An E-Government Delight and Managing the Same for India
The Indian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. LII, No. 2, April-June 2006 DOWNLOADS: 113 ABSTRACT VIEWS: 730 Abstract It has been...
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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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