The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has formed a Technology and Policy Expert Committee (TPEC) to provide specialised technical guidance to India’s newly established AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG). Chaired by MeitY Secretary S. Krishnan, the committee brings together leading academics from IIT Madras and IIT Gandhinagar alongside industry voices from NASSCOM, DSCI, and MAIT to ensure national AI policy keeps pace with rapidly evolving technology.
Strategic Advisory Architecture
The TPEC serves as the technical backbone for AIGEG’s high-level policy coordination. While AIGEG sets India’s national AI strategy and manages cross-ministry implementation, the expert committee translates frontier developments into practical regulatory recommendations. This division creates a governance framework capable of addressing both strategic direction and execution details.
Prof B Ravindran from IIT Madras and IIT Gandhinagar Director Rajat Moona anchor the academic perspective, while NASSCOM and DSCI provide industry deployment insights and data governance expertise. MAIT contributes policy analysis grounded in India’s regulatory evolution.
High-Stakes Policy Mandate
The committee confronts immediate challenges as AI applications scale across India’s 1.4 billion population. Healthcare diagnostics, financial inclusion algorithms, and autonomous logistics demand sector-specific guardrails. Globally, India must navigate EU AI Act compliance while positioning itself as G20 AI safety leader amid US-China technology tensions.
TPEC’s outputs will shape regulatory sandboxes, ethical deployment guidelines, and data frameworks balancing innovation with public safety. Initial focus targets high-risk applications where technical nuance determines policy outcomes.
Timing Critical
Committee formation accelerates following IndiaAI Mission’s USD 10 billion commitment. Domestic AI adoption explodes with vernacular LLMs reaching 600 million non-English speakers and facial recognition scaling across urban centres. Governance delays risk stifling economic value projected at USD 500 billion by 2025.
