O.P. Jindal Global University hosted a landmark public lecture where Cyril Shroff, legal luminary and founder of the Cyril Shroff Centre for AI, Law and Regulation, urged the legal fraternity to embrace AI-driven innovation while prioritizing ethics.
Shroff’s discourse on leadership, legacy, and India’s constitutional moorings set a visionary tone. He championed self-reliance and civilizational values as bulwarks against global instability, positioning India to craft an enduring identity via rule of law.
Amid declining faith in global norms, Shroff championed domestic pillars—Constitution, courts, institutions—as democracy’s backbone. India’s system, though imperfect, delivers justice and freedom effectively.
He wove history into the narrative: a 2000-year civilization sustaining identity post-independence. The Constitution, hailed as supreme, embodies life’s philosophy per Ambedkar. Post-1991 economic freedom, sustaining rule of law and agile policies is key in a polarized world.
Technology, sovereignty, AI loom large; hence the centre. For 2047, Shroff seeks a developed nation with revamped legal education and practice—his firm’s innovations in careers and partnerships as blueprints.
AI transforms operations, spawning regulations and innovation needs. Imperatives: ethical foundations, tech for quick resolutions, justice innovations, access enhancements. India falters on innovation sans education-private-government sync.
Paridhi Adani illuminated the centre’s promise in AI-law-regulation dialogues. JGU’s Prof. C. Raj Kumar celebrated Shroff’s profession-shaping prowess and the symbiotic firm-university bond yielding the thriving centre.
Shroff pushed gender equity, citing his firm’s female-majority leadership. He exhorted young lawyers to innovate for India’s global preeminence. Key takeaways: AI-law synergies amid rapid tech; centre’s role in borderless AI policy; collaborative solutions for AI’s multifaceted challenges.