Bareilly: The PhD viva presentation of research scholar Nidhi Shankar was successfully conducted at the Department of Law, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly on Tuesday.
The viva voce examination was attended by Prof. Dr. J. S. Bisht, former Dean and Head of Department at Soban Singh Jeena University, Almora, Uttarakhand, who participated as the external examiner. The programme was conducted in the presence of research supervisor Prof. Dr. Amit Singh, Head and Dean of the Faculty of Law, along with Associate Professor Dr. Arun Prakash Singh and Prof. V. K. Gupta.
The guests were welcomed with shawls and saplings. During her presentation, Nidhi Shankar presented her doctoral research titled “Legal Governance Strategies for Integrated Realms of Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Law: A Comparative Study of India, USA and European Union.”
In her research, she highlighted major legal and regulatory challenges associated with Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property Rights, and cyber crimes. She proposed several significant recommendations, including the clear identification of liability in cyber crimes, awareness programmes regarding cyber and AI-assisted crimes, separate reporting mechanisms for AI-related offences, and the establishment of an independent AI regulatory body to ensure compliance with ethical and legal standards.
The scholar also suggested amendments to the definition clauses of the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Patent Act, 1970, to clearly recognize AI-assisted inventions and AI-generated innovations. Stressing the need for stronger data protection laws, she advocated for practical implementation of privacy safeguards and sector-specific AI regulations similar to European models.
The research work was completed under the supervision of Prof. Amit Singh, Head of the Law Department at MJP Rohilkhand University.
Faculty members including Dr. Shehnaz Akhtar, Dr. Lakshmi Devi, Dr. Preeti Verma, Preksha Singh, Amit Kumar Singh, Priyadarshini Rawat, Dr. Sachin Rastogi, and Dr. Anuradha Yadav were present at the event. Research scholars Shailendra Singh, Shraddha Swaroop, Sachin Kumar, LLM students, and departmental staff members Gulab Singh, Ram Vachan, Mohit, and others also attended the programme.
Reported by Akhilesh Chandra Saxena from Bareilly.
