PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Ravi Srinivas

Also known as Krishna Ravi Srinivas

Ravi Srinivas, who publishes as Krishna Ravi Srinivas, is a law scholar who works on the governance of emerging technologies, particularly AI, and on intellectual property. He held a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in 2003, earned a PhD from the National Law School of India University in Bangalore in 2005, and worked at the New Delhi policy think tank RIS, where he also served as Managing Editor of the Asian Biotechnology and Development Review. In 2024 he co-wrote articles in The Hindu on AI agents and on the UN Global Digital Compact, and in 2025 he delivered the NPTEL course on AI, Law, and Justice. He is DPIIT IPR Chair Professor at NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, where he directs the Center of Excellence in AI & Law, and an Associate Faculty Fellow at the Centre for Responsible AI at IIT Madras.

Now at
Nalsar University of Law and IIT Madras

Timeline

  1. 2003–2005

    Fulbright and a law PhD

    He holds a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in 2003. In 2005, he earns a PhD from the National Law School of India University in Bangalore and holds a post-doctoral research fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation.

  2. By 2014

    Policy research at RIS

    By 2014, he works for RIS, the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a policy think tank in New Delhi funded by the Government of India. His research interests include intellectual property rights, open source and open innovation, and traditional knowledge, and he serves as Managing Editor of the Asian Biotechnology and Development Review. His other posts include visiting scholar at Indiana University, Bloomington, post-doctoral fellow at the South Centre in Geneva and visiting faculty at IIM-B.

  3. September 2024

    Writing on AI agents in The Hindu

    In September 2024, he and Neethu Rajam publish an analysis in The Hindu titled "Do AI agents foretell the next wave of autonomy or liability?" The piece describes AI agents as next-generation AI assistants that can act as users' agents or on their own.

  4. October 2024

    Writing on the Global Digital Compact

    In October 2024, he and Neethu Rajam write in The Hindu about the UN's Global Digital Compact. They note that member countries have committed to establish an Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and a panel for a Global Dialogue on AI Governance.

  5. 2025

    Teaching AI, law and justice

    In 2025, he delivers a course on AI, Law, and Justice on the NPTEL platform. He contributes the chapter "AI Regulation: Will Countries Be Able to Work Together?" to The Hindu ebook "AI: The History of the Present" in March 2025. In December 2025, the journal TATuP publishes a special topic on deeply sustainable technologies that he co-edits with Karen Kastenhofer, Astrid Schwarz and Andrea Vetter, listing NALSAR University of Law and the Center for Responsible AI at IIT Madras as his affiliations.

  6. As of October 2026

    DPIIT IPR Chair at NALSAR

    He is DPIIT IPR Chair Professor at NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, where he directs the N.C. Banerjee Centre for IPR Studies and the Center of Excellence in AI & Law and focuses on the regulation and governance of emerging technologies, particularly AI. He is also an Associate Faculty Fellow at the Centre for Responsible AI at IIT Madras and has worked with UNESCO as part of a team of experts on its AI and the Rule of Law program. A chapter he co-authors with Nishita Sharma on the ethical, legal and social implications of neurotechnologies and neurorights is forthcoming from Springer in 2026.

Career

  1. NowNalsar University of LawDPIIT IPR Chair Professor
  2. NowIIT MadrasAssociate Faculty Fellow
  3. Indiana University BloomingtonVisiting Scholar
  4. South CentrePost-doctoral Fellow
  5. Indian Institute of Management BangaloreVisiting Faculty
  6. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationExpert

Education

  1. 2005National Law School of India UniversityPhD

From the biography.

  1. Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public rolesIncludes Ravi Srinivas. 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.

Sources and credits

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  1. Krishna Ravi Srinivas - NALSAR University of Law nalsar.ac.in. Checked 22 October 2026.
  2. Ravi Srinivas | Wadhwani School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence wsai.iitm.ac.in. Checked 22 October 2026.
  3. Ravi Srinivas - P2P Foundation Wiki wiki.p2pfoundation.net. Checked 22 October 2026.
  4. Do AI agents foretell the next wave of autonomy or liability? | Analysis - The Hindu thehindu.com. Checked 22 October 2026.
  5. Global Digital Compact: advancing digital innovation in a sustainable fashion - The Hindu thehindu.com. Checked 22 October 2026.
  6. Deeply sustainable technologies: Beyond extractivism, exploitation, and exclusion | TATuP tatup.de. Checked 22 October 2026.