India, Feb. 23 -- The Cyril Shroff Centre for AI, Law and Regulation at Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, in partnership with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, convened a high-profile panel titled "Exploring a Regulatory Framework for Open Data" at Bharat Mandapam as part of the India AI Impact Summit 2026.

Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Thiruvananthapuram, delivered the keynote address, framing data governance as a question of power, sovereignty and value extraction and advocated for "structured openness", an approach that prioritises open data infrastructure while deliberately building guardrails and domestic capacity to prevent inequalities and external dependency.

The session was moderated b...