Responsible Generative AI Adoption for Enterprises

Abstract

Generative AI has created opportunities for enterprise efficiency and innovation, but organizations rushing to implement GenAI solutions face critical governance, risk management, and compliance challenges. Independent research reveals that the primary barriers to AI scaling aren't technical capabilities but governance readiness — including lack of trust, transparency issues, and inadequate frameworks. The biggest differentiator between AI leaders and laggards is having comprehensive governance and validation frameworks from day one that enable proof-of-concepts to transform into scalable initiatives. Success requires balancing innovation velocity with governance rigor, treating governance as a strategic enabler rather than a compliance burden.

Organizations must establish robust frameworks that can monitor risks, ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain stakeholder trust while scaling AI implementations effectively.

Advance Modal Components
Balancing GenAI Innovation with Risk Management and Compliance

Key Strengths

Addresses the full spectrum of GenAI risks including bias monitoring, drift detection, security vulnerabilities, and regulatory compliance challenges that traditional IT frameworks weren't designed to handle.

Combines advanced governance platforms like IBM watsonx.gov with a comprehensive AI Verification & Validation platform with VerifAI & hands-on implementation experience from Tech Mahindra, bridging the gap between proof-of-concepts and production systems.

Provides automated compliance management, real-time risk tracking, and explainable AI processes that enable organizations to demonstrate accountability and maintain stakeholder trust at scale.

Offers tailored governance approaches that merge platform flexibility with deep domain expertise to address diverse regulatory and operational landscapes across different industries.

Positions governance as a competitive advantage that enables faster technology adoption, efficient scaling, and sustainable AI implementation rather than a barrier to innovation.

About the Author
Nikhil Malhotra
Chief Innovation Officer & Global Head – AI, Tech Mahindra
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Nikhil has been a researcher all his life and is now leading the growth of AI and Quantum Computing research within Tech Mahindra. His area of business research is how quantum Computing, AI, and neuroscience would inspire the growth of AI and the next change in society, business, and humanity. He has won numerous awards, including the 2020, 2021, and 2023 Innovation Congress awards, for being the most innovative leader in India.

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Nikhil has been a researcher all his life and is now leading the growth of AI and Quantum Computing research within Tech Mahindra. His area of business research is how quantum Computing, AI, and neuroscience would inspire the growth of AI and the next change in society, business, and humanity. He has won numerous awards, including the 2020, 2021, and 2023 Innovation Congress awards, for being the most innovative leader in India.

Nikhil is also a TEDx speaker and the author of a best-seller book – Courage, the Journey of an Innovator. One of his long-standing visions has been to enable machines to talk in the local Indian dialects. Most notably, he has spearheaded Project Indus, Tech Mahindra's seminal effort to build Indic LLM (homegrown large language model), which was successfully launched globally in June 2024.

Nikhil holds a master's degree in computing with a specialization in distributed computing from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, and is an avid physicist.

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Vinod Radhakrishnan
Global Head-Strategic Alliance, AI, Tech Mahindra
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A technologist with over 23 years of professional experience spanning multiple domains. As the strategy lead for AI ecosystem at Tech Mahindra, he collaborates with stakeholders to drive business value for customers.