AI For Boards
Not a seminar. Not a vendor pitch. A discussion-led session built around the AI decisions your board will face — and the questions you need to ask when they arrive.
Unlocking the Power
of Artificial Intelligence
At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
- › Tell a serious AI proposal from a well-packaged one
- › Interrogate a vendor pitch without a technologist in the room
- › Name the laws already engaged by a system your company runs today
- › Place the human control point where it actually controls something
- › Require a quarterly report that can carry bad news
- › Write the conditions you would attach to an approval into a board minute
- › Governance-first, not technology-first
- › Built around real board decisions, not a lecture
- › Grounded in Indian law and Indian cases
- › Balances oversight with practical, usable judgement
- › Three worked group exercises generating real artefacts — just not a slide deck
Leave with a toolkit. Not notes.
Eight working artefacts you take home:
- The Board’s AI Question Bank
01
- Red Flags in an AI Business Case
02
- The Vendor Assurance Checklist
03
- The AI Governance Charter
04
- The Quarterly AI Board Pack
05
- Data Classification Card
06
- AI Use Case Scoring Sheet
07
- Director’s Glossary
08
What Four Hours
Actually Covers.
01
What AI Actually Is
- There is nothing intelligent about AI — a reframe that lowers the intimidation and raises the scepticism. Why it predicts rather than calculates, the four flavours (predictive, generative, computer vision, agentic), and what it’s honestly good and bad at.
02
Why AI Creates a Governance Gap
- The three assumptions inside every control your board already has — and why AI quietly breaks all three. Real failures, Indian and international, and why none of them was a technology failure.
03
Evaluating an AI Proposal
- The five things every AI business case must answer. Data, total cost of ownership, build-buy-partner, and the vendor lock-in nobody flags. Includes a live group exercise: The Proposal Test.
04
The Indian Legal Stack
- Three legal layers already binding every company in the room, none written for AI — DPDP, the IT Act, and what your sector regulator is drafting. Includes a live group exercise: Which Laws Apply?
05
Building the Governance Framework
- The seven-step method, from asset inventory to redress. Auditing a vendor, classifying your data, and the guardrails to write down before the next proposal lands. Includes a live group exercise: Governing What You Already Have.
06
Building the AI Roadmap
- How management should find, score and sequence AI initiatives — and what the board must not do. What to see every quarter, and a 30/60/180-day plan with a clear question at each gate.
Built for people who'll
decide about AI — not
build it.
- › Independent and non-executive directors
- › Board chairs and chairs of Audit, Risk, NRC and CSR committees
- › CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CHROs, General Counsel and Company Secretaries
- › Promoters and family business leaders
- › Senior executives preparing for board roles
No technical background is required. You will not write code. You'll need a laptop and access to any AI tool — ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or similar.
The Knowledge Steward
Hareesh Tibrewala
Certified Independent Director
Hareesh has spent over three decades on both sides of the table this programme is about — building technology businesses, and governing them. He founded India's first ecommerce portal in 1999, and later co-founded Mirum (formerly Social Wavelength), one of India's largest digital agencies, acquired by WPP.
A Certified Independent Director, he serves on multiple corporate boards and chairs Audit, CSR and Digital Risk Management committees — which is where his view of AI oversight was formed. He is also Non-Executive Chairperson of MeruLife, a mentor with Stanford Seed and a Lead Partner at Social Venture Partners.
Through Manabu he works at the intersection of leadership, learning and artificial intelligence, and has led AI masterclasses for boards, leadership teams and industry bodies across India and internationally. An engineering graduate from VJTI Mumbai, with a Master of Science from the University of Southern California and executive education from Harvard Business School.
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Organisations we have worked with.
27th October, 2026
Event Details
Churchgate, Mumbai 400020
Things people ask before registering.
Do I need any technical background?
Not at all. This programme is built for directors and senior leaders, not technologists. No coding. No jargon. Just the questions you need to ask when an AI proposal reaches the board.
Is this a compliance briefing?
No. This is a working session grounded in Indian law — DPDP, the IT Act, and sector-specific rules — but it’s built around decisions, not a checklist.
Can I use this at my very next board meeting?
That’s the intent. Every exercise is built around a real proposal, a real vendor pitch, or a real governance gap. You leave with a toolkit, not notes.
Is this relevant for unlisted or family-run companies?
Yes. The programme is designed for listed and unlisted companies alike, including promoter-led and family businesses.
What's included in the registration fee?
The full four-hour session, all course material, and refreshments. No upsells in the room.
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DATE
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
TIME
14:30 PM – 18:30 PM IST
VENUE
Indian Merchants' Chamber, Churchgate, Mumbai
PRICE
₹7,500 (Per Person)
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