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Ameen Jauhar

Ameen Jauhar is a law and policy professional whose AI work spans ethics, governance and agricultural applications. After graduating from NUJS in 2012, he moved from a national law firm to Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and completed an MSc in Systematic Reviews for Social Policy and Practice at University College London by 2019. In 2021, he called for an indigenous understanding of AI ethics; in 2024, he coauthored two papers on participatory AI and a CABI article on FAIR data practices in India. His December 2025 essay argues that copyright policy should protect creators’ control over reuse and account for training data’s context, quality and relevance; in January 2026, he coauthored an article proposing content licenses for agricultural AI. As of October 2026, he is Data Governance Lead at CABI and an Associate Research Fellow at IIT Madras’s Centre for Responsible AI, working on FAIR data, licensed content and scientific data for agriculture-related AI.

Now at
CABI and IIT Madras

Timeline

  1. By 2019

    From law to policy

    After graduating from NUJS in 2012, he moves from a national law firm to Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. By 2019, he completes an MSc in Systematic Reviews for Social Policy and Practice at University College London.

  2. 2021

    AI ethics in India

    In 2021, he calls for an indigenous understanding of AI ethics in India and says social-science research can reveal how technology interacts with the people and communities where it is used.

  3. 2024

    Principles for participatory AI

    In 2024, he coauthors Participatory Approaches in AI Development and Governance: A Principled Approach, which maps stakeholders to stages in an AI system’s life cycle and argues for participatory input in development and deployment.

  4. 2024

    AI governance case studies

    In 2024, he coauthors Participatory Approaches in AI Development and Governance: Case Studies, which examines participatory methods for facial recognition in law and order and large language models in healthcare.

  5. October 2024

    FAIR data in India

    In October 2024, he publishes Unpacking FAIR’s jargon: The Indian example, explaining how FAIR data principles apply to local data practices in India.

  6. December 2025

    Copyright and training data

    In December 2025, he argues that copyright policy should protect creators’ control over how works are reused and account for the context, quality and relevance of training data.

  7. January 2026

    Licensing for agricultural AI

    In January 2026, he coauthors an IFPRI/CABI article proposing content licensing agreements to connect content producers with AI developers in digital agriculture.

  8. As of October 2026

    Data governance at CABI

    He is a law and policy professional, serves as Data Governance Lead at CABI, and is an Associate Research Fellow at IIT Madras’s Centre for Responsible AI. He works on FAIR data, licensed content and scientific data for agricultural AI, and on responsible and ethical AI in these fields.

Career

  1. NowCABIData Governance Lead
  2. NowIIT MadrasAssociate Research Fellow

Education

  1. 2012West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
  2. University College LondonMSc in Systematic Reviews for Social Policy and Practice

From the biography.

  1. Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public rolesIncludes Ameen Jauhar. Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public roles. Another 97 people moved from public careers into AI organizations or research, with 62% of dated records starting from 2020 on.
  2. The United States employs an estimated 48% of people shaping AIIncludes IIT Madras. We estimate where the people shaping AI work today, how universities, companies and research institutes split across countries, and how country shares have changed since the 1960s.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes IIT Madras. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  4. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes IIT Madras. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.

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  1. First Person Accounts: Ameen Jauhar on an MSc from University College London amicuspartners.co.in. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. ‘At discussions on AI ethics, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone with a background in anthropology or sociology’ timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Participatory Approaches in AI Development and Governance: A Principled Approach arxiv.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Participatory Approaches in AI Development and Governance: Case Studies arxiv.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. Unpacking FAIR’s jargon: The Indian example blog.cabi.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. AI and copyright: Need for a nuanced approach hindustantimes.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. AI, copyright, and content licensing in digital agriculture cgiar.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. Ameen Jauhar - CABI.org cabi.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  9. AI, copyright, and content licensing in digital agriculture – CABI Blog blog.cabi.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  10. Ameen Jauhar | Centre for Responsible AI cerai.iitm.ac.in. Checked 21 October 2026.