Introduction

Dr Ananth Padmanabhan serves as Dean, Academic Affairs, at Sai University, Chennai, where he also directs the Daksha Fellowship. His research interests are in the fields of technology policy, intellectual property rights and innovation scholarship. He has authored a leading treatise, Intellectual Property Rights: Infringement and Remedies (LexisNexis, 2012), and co-edited an important volume, India as a Pioneer of Innovation (Oxford University Press, 2017).

Dr Padmanabhan’s co-authored chapter on Big Data in a recent volume on Regulation in India: Design, Capacity, Performance (Hart Publishing, 2019) is part of a continuing initiative to examine the public law and regulatory dimensions of new technologies. It builds on his understanding of the Indian state and the Supreme Court within the constitutional context, explored through chapters in Rethinking Public Institutions in India (OUP, 2017) and the Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution (OUP, 2016). He engages in broader public conversations on the impact of technology through his opinion pieces in Hindustan Times, ThePrint, Livemint, Indian Express and other media.

Dr Padmanabhan holds master and doctoral degrees from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Areas of Interest and Expertise

• Technology Law and Policy
• Copyright, Content Regulations and Media Law