Twelve research institutions and think tanks have joined forces to establish India's Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Consortium (AIKC). The bodies announced that the consortium would be dedicated to championing [a] multi-stakeholder approach to AI governance. The organisation said in an announcement that "as AI becomes an integral part of our daily lives, the AIKC recognises responsible business practices and comprehensive societal oversight as dual imperatives,".

The AIKC's secretariat will be housed at Koan Advisory, a private consultancy that advises foreign firms on entering the Indian market.

The launch was accompanied by a report titled 'What Indian Parliamentarians Think of AI', which surveyed 37 Members of Parliament on the technology. "Nearly all MPs emphasised the importance of a human-centric approach to AI regulation, while 82% also stressed the centrality of innovation-centricity," Manish Tiwari, Founder of the AIKC Member organisation Institute for Governance, Policies and Politics, said.

The consortium's members are the Aapti Institute; Cyber Saathi; Communeeti; the Esya Centre; the Institute for Governance, Policies and Politics; the New Indian Consumer Initiative; Newschecker; the Pahle India Foundation; Social Media Matters; Transitions Research; the law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldasv and the XKDR Forum.

Source: The Hindu