Revised Eligibility Criteria for Membership
From the Secretariat
In collaboration with VLiGTA, ISAIL had opened up to accept calls for membership.
In the last few months, a set of students had applied to become the members of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law.
Earlier, since January 2023, we had kept a restriction that students are not eligible to become members. However, considering the influx of applications, we have reviewed our decision.
As of September 12, 2023, the Secretariat has decided that students can also become the ordinary or life members of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law. Please find the revised eligibility criteria below.
Eligibility Criteria
Original Criteria as of January 12, 2023
Only the following are eligible to become the ordinary members of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law:
Indian or Foreign Nationals, who possess a government identification document
Professionals and scholars in the fields of law, technology and public policy (must be graduates
The membership process is simple. The applicant is required to submit their recent curriculum vitae/contact details at vligta@indicpacific.com.
Additional Criteria as of September 12, 2023
Students are eligible to be considered as members, provided that those who are pursuing undergraduate courses:
have completed the 3rd semester of 5-year / 7-year law course, or the 3rd semester of their 3-year law course, or
have completed the 4th semester of their BTech / BSc / BA / BCA / BCom course, or
have completed the 5th semester of their BA (Legal Studies) course.
We offer an additional exception of technology professionals, including developers and data science professionals, who are still pursuing their undergraduate courses, based on their exceptional record in their respective fields of computer science, artificial intelligence and fields of industrial technologies and special sciences.
The Vidhitsa Law Institute of Global and Technology Affairs, also known as VLiGTA shall be the facilitator of the applications. Based on the recommendations of VLiGTA and our office bearers, we may request the concerned applicant to voluntarily submit a government ID proof to verify the applicant's identity for security purposes.
We may accept or reject the membership request in line with the Guidelines on Presence and Activities in Online Groups and Workspaces (isail.in/guidelines) or any other by-laws of the Trust, in line with the laws of the Republic of India.
The membership may be subject to renewal after a period of 1 year. We do not enable RBI mandates via UPI only to ensure that applicants who are voluntarily interested to become ordinary members of ISAIL, may remain members as they wish.
Here are some easy steps to apply to become a member of ISAIL:
Step 1: Send your CV and contact information to vligta@indicpacific.com.
Step 2: You'll receive an email to confirm if your application needs verification. If it does, send the necessary documents (for example, CV / Resume) for verification.
Step 3: After approval, complete the registration fee payment. Once confirmed, you'll become a member, and we'll send your membership certificate. Once we verify the payment, an identification code will be given to the applicant as an ordinary / life member in the form of an alphanumeric code, which the person can use to verify their ordinary memberships.
Step 4: Join the ISAIL Members Community and connect with us.
You can join via Whatsapp, Substack or both.
Please note: You can become a subscriber to ISAIL directly via subscribing at indian.substack.com as well. However, to get the certificate of membership, you have to follow the steps described above, and get your profile verified as per our membership rules and guidelines.
To verify and get the certificate of membership, kindly apply once you have paid for the yearly subscription at vligta@indicpacific.com with your email ID registered on Substack. We will get back to you.
For example, students are not eligible to become members of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law. However, they can be our subscribers at indian.substack.com with the benefits restricted to this Substack.
Know more about becoming a member at isail.in/team.
Membership Benefits
[Last updated on August 21, 2023.]
Here is a list of benefits offered to the members of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence, in collaboration with VLiGTA® - the research & innovation division of Indic Pacific Legal Research.
Regular insights and updates on the artificial intelligence industry with legal and policy outlooks on the ISAIL’s Whatsapp Group and Substack (indian.substack.com).
Guest opinions on law/policy will be published in (The Bharat Pacific) bharatpacific.com and (Visual Legal Analytica) indicpacific.com/vla by preference. We encourage guest opinions to be published taking cognisance to encourage sharing relevant ideas by thought leaders. The Guest Opinions will also be featured on indian.substack.com.
Any insight reports on industry trends on law, technology and policy based on insights from our members will be published on indian.substack.com.
Members can conduct network meetings with other members including webinars with ISAIL on various law and tech issues.
We also engage with our members on an individual basis, to discuss their academic and policy interests on technology law issues, especially those of artificial intelligence and law.
Automatic membership of the AI General Assembly, the Democratic Forum of ISAIL. This involves benefits to participate in the AI General Assembly, vote for the Executive Board members, and use the forum for the purposes of deliberation of policy ideas as a professional-to-professional & a peer-to-peer discourse forum.
Publication opportunities for books and other publications developed by the VLiGTA Team at Indic Pacific.
Membership Fees
Ordinary Members - 500 INR (subject to renewal every year)
Life Members - 30,000 INR (one-time)
Feel free to email your membership request at akash@isail.co.in.
The membership of the AIGA Committees is closed for all members, except student members until September 17, 2023.