Staff profile

Harsh obtained his Bachelor’s in Business Administration and Law from Symbiosis International University, India (BBA LLB 2016); and Masters in International and Comparative Law from George Washington University, USA. He is currently a PhD student in the law school where he holds the position of Part-Time Tutor. He has tutored English Law and Legal System and Tort Law in the academic year (2020-21) & Criminal Law and Individual and the State in the academic year (2021-22).

Harsh is now an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).

Current Research

Harsh’s principal areas of research lie at the intersection of Human Rights, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. His PhD is titled (and perhaps temporarily), Evaluating Biometric Technologies and Artificial Intelligence Systems in the Education Sector: Building a ‘FAT’ framework (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency) through a comparative study between India and United Kingdom. Harsh’s thesis divides the privacy question into three parts: Designing, Development and Deployment of AI systems, and evaluates violation of human rights at each of the three stages. Harsh’s research questions the legal regulations like GDPR that are enforceable once the AI systems are deployed and advocates for regulations at each of the stages mentioned above.

To answer such questions, Harsh is contextualising privacy of students and teachers in an Indian school. How are they different to the schools of UK and US, what are the differences between the approaches of judiciary and the legislature to use of AI systems and finally suggesting proposals for legal reform to address the human rights violations.

Journal article publications

• Changing Ideals and Jurisprudence of Indian Legal Academia: Changing Ideals and Jurisprudence of Indian Legal Academia - International Journal of Law and Legal Jurisprudence Studies (ISSN:2348-8212). Dec 7, 2015.
• Misery of Refugees: Issues, Governances, Challenges and Solutions I.S.S.N 2321- 6417. Law Mantra Journal · Oct 16, 2015.
• Child Trafficking: Slavery and Exploitation. ISBN No.: 978-81-927183-1-6. Referred by the LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT (footnote number 3 and 6 is of our paper). (Department of Geography, Darjeeling Government College in ICSSR Sponsored Book) · Jan 1, 2014.
• Need of Environmental Laws to Preserve Coastal Ecosystem: A Study on the Confluence of Rushikulya River, ISSN No.: 2348-1277.

Newspapers/ blog publications

• AI ‘Haazir Ho’: Is India’s Legal System Ready for Tech? The Quint, 8 Jan 2022. Available at https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/ai-haazir-ho-is-indias-legal-system-ready-for-tech.
• From Moodle to Canvas: Red Flags in India’s Learning Management Systems. Feb 10, 2021. Available at, https://thebastion.co.in/covid-19/from-moodle-to-canvas-red-flags-in-indias-learning-management-systems/.
• Need of global governance in cyberspace: The Aftermath of Zhenhua Investigation leak, January 8, 2021. Available at http://rsrr.in/2021/01/08/china-zhenhua-surveillance-data-leak-cyberspace/.
• Securing EHRs: Fusion of Cryptographic Techniques And Legal Approach, Dec 16, 2020. Available at https://staging.expresshealthcare.in/blogs/guest-blogs-healthcare/securing-ehrs-fusion-of-cryptographic-techniques-and-legal-approach/426364/.
• The Rise of Emotiveillance? Emotion AI and Ed-Tech in India. Oct. 12, 2020. Available at https://thebastion.co.in/covid-19/the-rise-of-emotiveillance-emotion-ai-and-ed-tech-in-india/.
• Surveillance on students raise privacy concerns on Online Education Platforms. Aug 14, 2020. Available at https://theleaflet.in/surveillance-on-students-raise-privacy-concerns-on-online-education-platforms/.
• Australian Halloween in the Anthropocene. The Eyes Journal · Jan 16, 2020. https://www.theeyesjournal.com/post/australian-halloween-in-the-anthropocene.
• On the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 – And How It Began, Oxford Political Review · Jan 12, 2020, https://oxfordpoliticalreview.com/2020/01/12/the-citizenship-amendment-act-2019-and-how-it-began/.
• Technology And Policy Collision: 5G Vs Net Neutrality, Inc42, 5 Sep, 2019. Available at https://inc42.com/resources/technology-and-policy-collision-5g-vs-net-neutrality/.
• Using ICTs to re-imagine the electoral process. MIT Technology Review · Jul 8, 2019.
• Challenges to India’s e-Mobility Goals. CIOL.com · Jul 1, 2019. Available at https://www.ciol.com/challenges-indias-e-mobility-goals/.
• Radical idea of AI and post-automated society. People Matters · Jun 1, 2019. Available at https://www.peoplematters.in/blog/strategic-hr/radical-idea-of-ai-and-post-automated-society-22198.
• What should the new Indian government’s digital policy look like? Quartz India · May 1, 2019. Available at https://qz.com/india/1621658/new-government-must-prioritise-digital-india-data-protection/.

White paper publications

• Towards Responsible Data Practices for Machine Learning in India: Health & Agriculture, Digital Futures Lab, Goa. Available at https://www.responsibletech.in/post/towards-responsible-data-practices-for-machine-learning-in-india-health-agriculture.
• Privacy Framework for the Arogya Setu App. The Dialogue. May 6, 2020. The report has been shared with the Indian lawmakers and covered by the media agencies in the following stories: Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-app/indian-court-seeks-government-reply-over-challenge-to-mandatory-coronavirus-app-idUSKBN22K1GG ; Business Standard: https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/new-report-raises-fresh-concerns-over-govt-s-aarogya-setu-application-120050601811_1.html?fbclid=IwAR32NHUycChSimsBQg4U0qR0RLKX8itkFyOwHsf1viRjSubo5jJn4mqA7uQ.

• Human rights law
• Media Law
• Technology Law and Policy
• Human Centred Design Ethics
• Intellectual Property Law