Bharath Reddy
Bharath Reddy is an Associate Fellow with the High-Tech Geopolitics Programme at the Takshashila Institution. His research sits at the intersection of technology, geopolitics, and India’s national interests — focusing on AI governance, open-source technology, and telecommunications.
He spent 12 years as a telecommunications engineer building software for 4G LTE base stations. That technical foundation helps him bridge the gap between policy and practice in areas such as AI compute, semiconductor supply chains, Open RAN, and digital infrastructure.
His recent work has examined the geopolitics of the AI supply chain, US-China AI competition, generative AI and copyright, and India’s pathway to AI diffusion. His writing appears in The Hindu, Indian Express, Deccan Herald, ASPI Strategist (Australia), Economic & Political Weekly, and CASI at the University of Pennsylvania.
He also manages and co-teaches Takshashila’s Graduate Certificate in Public Policy (Technology and Policy specialisation) and its Politics and Policy of AI course. Email: bharath@takshashila.org.in.
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