Tejas Bharadwaj is a research analyst with the Technology and Society Program at Carnegie India. He focuses on space law and policies and also works on areas related to applications of artificial intelligence and autonomy in the military domain and U.S-India export controls. Tejas is also part of the group that works in convening Carnegie India’s annual flagship event, the “Global Technology Summit” co-organized with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
Currently a prospective member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), Tejas was a part of its working group on “light pollution of the night sky from the space law perspective” from 2021 to 2023. He has contributed to UNOOSA, IAU, and ESO’s Dark and Quiet skies for Science and Society Working Group in 2021. In 2020, he was awarded “The Prof. Dr I.H.Ph. Diederiks-Verschoor Award” by IISL for his paper “Protecting the Dark skies of the Earth from Satellite Constellations under International Space Law.”
Earlier, he was the co-lead of SGAC Space Law and Policy Project Group's sustainability team. He has participated in international conferences such as the International Astronautical Congress and has also conducted sessions on space policies at the University of Mumbai. Tejas is an alumnus of the School of Law, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun.
In this episode of Interpreting India, Tejas Bharadwaj sits down with Jatan Mehta, an independent space writer and author of the popular blog Moon Monday, to explore India's lunar exploration strategy in the context of growing global interest in the moon.
The technologies related to AI and the celestial vault are dual, so the State and the market must collaborate.
This article explores the global debate on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), highlighting the convergences, complexities, and differences within and beyond the UN Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on LAWS. It further examines India’s key position at the GGE and the probable reasons behind them.
In this episode of Interpreting India, Quentin Verspieren, Space Safety Programme and Protect Accelerator Coordinator at the Directorate of Operations, European Space Agency (ESA) joins Tejas Bharadwaj to discuss the importance of a zero-debris approach in space sustainability. They discuss space debris mitigation, the role of private and public sectors, and international cooperation in ensuring space remains usable and safe for future generations.
This essay traces the evolution of AI safety institutes around the world, explores different national approaches, and examines the need for an AI safety institute in India.
Since its launch nearly a year ago, the INDUS-X has marked many milestones in the India-U.S. relationship. Much has been achieved, but there is room to further enhance defense cooperation between the two countries in the coming years.
In this episode of Interpreting India, Steven Freeland, vice-chair of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) Working Group on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities, joins Tejas Bharadwaj to discuss space resource activities and governance.
Considering their use and deployment in recent conflicts, this essay summarizes India’s normative stance on lethal autonomous weapons systems at multilateral forums.
Carnegie India scholars review key outcomes from fifteen ministerial meetings. These include fourteen outcomes under the Sherpa Track and one under the Finance Track.
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