Advocate · Legal scholar · Technology & regulation
Avinash Singh
I argue cases, teach law, and study how regulation should keep pace with technology, markets and the environment.
A decade at the Bar and in the classroom now points to one question: how should law govern artificial intelligence, quantum technologies and the data economy without stifling them? I am preparing doctoral research on that question, building on published work on cryptocurrency, AI liability and digital privacy, and on European regulatory training at the University of Bonn.
Enrolled AdvocateIn practice
- Bar CouncilUttar Pradesh
- EnrolmentUP08030/2016
- CourtsSupreme Court of India, Allahabad High Court & Lucknow Bench
- ChambersIndira Nagar, Lucknow
In court
The advocate
Partner at Avinash Law Offices. Civil, criminal, commercial and arbitration matters before courts and tribunals across Uttar Pradesh.
In the classroom
The teacher
Assistant Professor of Law at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, and Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar. UGC-NET qualified.
In the field
The builder
Founding trustee of Samvit Foundation and the Institute of Policy Research and Studies. Managing Editor, Global Sports Policy Review.
2016
enrolled at the Bar of Uttar Pradesh
31
conference papers presented
2,500+
students taught across UG and PG
3
degrees in law and governance, India & Germany
2
public trusts founded in Lucknow
§ 1 Research agenda
Law for technologies that move faster than law
The doctoral project I am preparing asks how legal systems, India’s in particular, can regulate frontier technologies in a way that is accountable, proportionate and internationally coherent.
“Who answers for a decision no person made, and how does a state regulate a technology it cannot yet see clearly?”
Strand 01
Artificial intelligence & accountability
Liability for harms caused by autonomous systems, risk-based regulation after the EU AI Act, and what India’s evolving approach to AI governance should borrow or avoid.
Builds on: Decoding Criminal Liability of AI-Run Systems (2020)
Strand 02
Quantum technologies & security
Governance of quantum computing and communication: post-quantum cryptography, standards, export controls and the dual-use questions that national quantum missions raise.
Builds on: cyber and information-security training, NIT Sikkim · MNIT Allahabad
Strand 03
Data, digital markets & crypto-assets
Privacy and data protection, platform competition, and the regulation of crypto-assets and digital finance in a fragmented global order.
Builds on: published work on cryptocurrency regulation (2022) and e-commerce privacy (2017)
Strand 04
Comparative & institutional design
How regulators, courts and standard-setters share the work of governing technology, comparing EU, Indian and international models of rule-making and enforcement.
Builds on: M.A. European Regulations & Governance, University of Bonn
§ 2 Writings
Essays, notes and research monographs
Long-form research, shorter commentary on developments in technology law, and notes from practice.
The first essays and research monographs will appear here shortly. They will cover AI accountability, quantum governance, data regulation and the practice of law in India.
Get in touch
Open to conversations
Doctoral supervision, research collaborations, co-authored papers and invitations to speak on AI, quantum and digital regulation.