Sudisha Mishra was a Junior Research Scholar at The Takshashila Institution and she contributed to the 20 million jobs project. She also worked in the Global Water team of NSF, a non-profit Michigan-based public safety organisation and her key role involves strategizing campaigns for increasing use of certified components that provide safe and clean water worldwide.

Madhav Chandavarkar is a lawyer who worked as a researcher with Takshashila from 2015 to 2019. He also worked with the legal policy think tank, Daksh. He currently works as a Senior Content Editor with On Purpose. His research interests included defamation, censorship, gene editing regulation, collective violence and regulatory design.

Ajay Patri is a lawyer from NLSIU who previously worked at Trilegal as part of their specialised Labour and Employment team, dedicated to assisting clients on a range of employment issues. He worked as an Associate Fellow with Takshashila from 2017 to 2019 working at the intersection of technology law and policy.

Suman is the programme manager for the Graduate Certificate in Public Policy (Advanced Public Policy) programme at Takshashila. She has over twelve years of experience in the corporate sector across recruitment, communications and process & quality management.

Divij Joshi is a lawyer by education and currently a PhD student at the University College London (UCL). He previously worked as a Research Fellow for the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and also was a Tech Policy Fellow for the Mozilla Foundation in 2019-20.

Shreya is a Programme Manager of the Graduate Certificate in Public Policy (Advanced Public Policy) program at Takshashila. Before this, she worked in the sustainability, education, and consumer goods sectors in roles involving communications, stakeholder engagement, and key account management.

Kripa Koshy is a Programme Manager (for the Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy) at the Takshashila Institution. She has previously worked with the public and third sector. She holds a Bachelors in International Development Studies from McGill University and a Masters in Public Administration from Queen’s University.

Nidhi Gupta was the Associate Dean and head of the Post Graduate Programme at Takshashila’s policy school. She has a Masters in Social Policy from the London School of Economics (LSE). Her research interests include gender studies and socio-economic related topics.

Manasa Venkataraman is a lawyer by education and a tech policy professional. She currently works in the Public Policy team at Meta. Her work focuses on data privacy, digital governance from a public policy lens and the role that regulation plays in encouraging innovation and digital access. She worked as a researcher at Takshashila from 2016 to 2019 in the Technology and Policy vertical.

Siddharth Bannerjee is Senior Policy Advisor - Economic Security Unit, at the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

Guru Aiyar was a Research Fellow at Takshashila from 2016 to 2019. He had previously served in the Indian Navy for over 20 years. His research interests included India’s northeast policy as well as policies for Indian diaspora.

Shibani Mehta is a research analyst with the Security Studies Program at Carnegie India. Her research focuses on India’s security and foreign policies. Before joining Carnegie India, she worked at the Takshashila Institution as a programme associate and a researcher in the Indo-Pacific programme.

Ritul was an Assistant Engagement Manager at the Takshashila Institution. His work essentially involved building and nurturing the vibrant alumni network of Takshashila. Prior to this, he was working as a Development Associate at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.

Rohan is the Assistant Programme Manager of the Graduate Certificate in Public Policy (Technology and Policy) programme at Takshashila. He graduated cum laude from Ashoka University with a BA (Hons) in History & International Relations interdisciplinary major and a Media Studies concentration.

Shrikrishna works as the Knowledge Manager at The Takshashila Institution. His role involves building knowledge management capacities for research and policy verticals to enable effective conservation, discovery and growth of knowledge, and also managing public engagement on policy output.

Wini is a Communications Manager at the Takshashila Institution. She graduated with a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She holds a Bachelor’s degree (with Honours) in Political Science from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. Prior to joining Takshashila, she worked as a Research Analyst with the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore.

Sudeep Divakaran is currently working as a Platform Architect for Intel Corporation. An engineer by education, he also a PGD in IPR law from NLSIU. He previously worked as a Research Scholar at Takshashila from 2016 to 2017. His main areas of focus were telecom policies, blockchain & network security.

Ameya Naik is an Associate Fellow (non-resident) with the geostrategy programme at the Takshashila Institution. He teaches courses on public policy analysis to the students of our public policy programmes.

Carl Jaison is Manager (Programme Development) at Takshashila Institution where he leads the planning and execution of Takshashila's events and corporate engagement programmes.