Vibhav Mithal
Associate Partner
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Vibhav Mithal is an AI, intellectual property and emerging technologies lawyer from India who focuses on AI from a non-technical lens. Vibhav has been part of many path breaking litigations that have shaped India’s IPR jurisprudence such as Ferid Allani that granted a patent to a computer related invention in India. He has been recognized by Managing Intellectual Property as a Rising Star from the years 2022 to 2024.
On AI, Vibhav’s expertise lies in exploring legal and policy issues and offering practical solutions. Vibhav is one of the lead drafters for the ‘Developer’s Playbook for Responsible AI in India’ published by NASSCOM in November 2024, which was supported by the Government of India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, IndiaAI Mission, and Digital India Programme. The playbook is created to advance a common industry framework for developers to identify and mitigate AI risks. Vibhav also played a key role in shaping the Responsible AI Guidelines for Generative AI published in June 2023 by NASSCOM. Previously, Vibhav has also been cited for his views on AI Audits in Indiaai’s Generative AI Report. Vibhav has also co-authored two editions of the India Chapter of Artificial Intelligence Law, published by Lexology in July 2024 and December 2024. These chapters have been recognized as an authoritative guide for the voluntary guidelines and legal frameworks governing AI in the Indian context.
As a global thought leader, Vibhav has represented India as an AI subject matter expert at the Quad Critical Emerging Technology 1.5 Track Dialogue held in Japan. Vibhav is also an expert in the AI & Partners’ EU AI Act Expert Series and has co-authored articles that analyse various aspects of the EU AI Act.
To contribute to the AI ecosystem, Vibhav also serves as an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre for Responsible AI, IIT Madras; is engaged in the development of AI Audits (with ForHumanity, US); is the Chapter Head for the India AI Risk Chapter at the Risk and Insurance Management Association of Singapore (RIMAS) and serves on the Peer Review Board of the Springer Journal – AI & Ethics.
