Indian boards are moving the same way. AI already shapes ESG analysis, risk mitigation and compliance monitoring at board level. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) now holds regulated entities “solely responsible” for the output of any AI/ML tool they deploy, in-house or third-party, under the new Regulation 16C.
The question this piece asks is narrower than whether AI will influence Indian boardrooms; it already does. It is whether the Companies Act, 2013 could recognise an AI system as a director: a person who can be appointed to the board, owes fiduciary duties and can be held civilly and criminally liable for breaching them.
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