Sridharan Sankaran

Sridharan Sankaran has over three decades of engineering, software systems architecture, and research experience spanning both conventional software engineering and artificial intelligence. Beginning his career in 1989, his foundational engineering background includes tenure as an R&D engineer with the Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), where he was involved in camera electronic circuits for satellites and conducted rigorous assessments of satellite circuit reliability, robustness, and resilience.

Over his subsequent industry career, he directed enterprise architecture transformations, large-scale systems modernisation programs, and research-to-product commercialisation across international delivery hubs in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia, and India. He previously served as Head of AI Ethics, and Standards at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), where he established and chaired committees that looked at global AI standardisation initiatives, assurance workflows, and auditable risk frameworks across production AI systems.

He is an active expert delegate and contributor to international AI standardisation within ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 (Artificial Intelligence) and the national mirror body — Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS LITD 30). His AI standardisation work centers on translating abstract safety, governance, and recovery principles into testable, mathematically defensible technical specifications. These contributions address the trustworthiness of AI systems, including reliability, verification and validation, resilience assessment, fairness outcomes, and ethical and societal concerns.

An accomplished researcher, his recent publications span journals and conferences including IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, AI and Society, and AI and Ethics, addressing explainable reinforcement learning, spectral signal forensics, runtime verification, and socio-technical frameworks. He holds a Master of Science (by Research) in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication from the University of Madras.