Kranthi Kumar Gadidesi, Inspector General of Police, Jharkhand, was felicitated by SVU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Tata Narasinga Rao. Convenor Prof. can also be seen. BV Muralidhar. | Photo credit: KV Poornachandra Kumar
Speakers at a national conference on ‘Political Dimensions of Legal Oversight: A Critical Perspective’ discussed the role of Artificial Intelligence (AL) in policing in India and the opportunities and risks involved in the process.
A one-day meeting was organized here on Friday (March 13, 2026) by the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Sri Venkateswara University, where Kranthi Kumar Gadidesi, Inspector General of Police, Jharkhand, delivered a keynote address on the topic ‘Combating the negative impact of AI and Machine Learning (ML) police investigations.
While artificial intelligence has become an inevitable part of “Smart policing” and there has been a paradigm shift from reactive policing to proactive policing and on to predictive policing, he pointed to the widespread use of technologies such as facial recognition, crime mapping analysis and anomaly detection systems to aid the decision-making process.
In particular, he mentioned the ethical dilemmas of privacy, bias and liability due to the deployment of algorithmic systems, which could lead to the risk of being sued for violating constitutional provisions.
Mr. Gadisesi’s presentation covered the perceived benefits of AI as well as barriers to its adoption in policing such as infrastructure gaps, organizational resistance, regulatory uncertainty, skills shortages, financial constraints and vendor dependency.
SVU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Tata Narasinga Rao called AI the order of the day, despite its negative side. “Even universities and institutions have started offering AI courses and hence it is not something to wish for,” he added.
Conference convener and political science professor BV Muralidhar pointed to the 1972 Watergate scandal and the recent episode of the “Epstein Files” to highlight the way technology and surveillance mechanism were used in political espionage to root out the influential.
Thirty students spoke at the conference on the mentioned topic.
Published – 13 March 2026 20:56 IST
