Sridhar Krishna is a Senior Scholar at the Takshashila Institution where he led the 20 million jobs project before joining the group researching on AI Governance. He graduated from BITS, Pilani and has an MBA from SP Jain, Mumbai. He also works with ambitious young IT firms helping them scale and with a civil society organisation on judicial reform. Till recently, he was a Managing Director at Accenture where he worked on analytics and AI.

PM Heblikar used to work as the Special Secretary in the Government of India. He specializes in insurgency and counter-insurgency developments in India’s northeast region and in its neighborhood.

Ananya Rao was working as an intern at Takshashila from May 2020 to July 2020. She is currently working as a Research Associate at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE). She is part of a team working on capacity building for Community Forest Resource Rights management in Chhattisgarh.

Pranav Valmeekanathan used to work as an Associate Programme Manager at the Takshashila Institution from May to July 2020. He is a Political Science and Economics Graduate from Ashoka University. With a robust foundation in public and foreign policy, he has also has stints in venture capital and entrepreneurship.

Aarushi Kataria was a Junior Research Scholar at the Takshashila Institution and contributed to the 20 Million Jobs project. She graduated from the Ashoka University in economics and political science. Her research interests lie at the intersection of politics and economics.

Rohan Pai was an Assistant Programme Manager with the Defence & Foreign Affairs programme at Takshashila Institution.

Rohan graduated from Ashoka University with a bachelor’s degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Media Studies.

Shreya Ramann is a lawyer currently working as an Associate at Trilegal in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Practice. She is a graduate of NLU Delhi and has worked at Swaniti Initiative. Her research interests are technology law and policy.

Atish used to manage Takshashila’s digital properties, including its website and social media pages. He also designed collaterals for branding & outreach, and was involved in the organizing public and alumni-only events.

Akshay Alladi is a policy enthusiast currently working in the startup ecosystem. He has an MBA from IIM Calcutta and a former management consultant who worked at Mckinsey and Flipkart. He is currently working as a Director, Portfolio Support Group of Advent International.

Prasanna Naidu is a video producer with the Takshashila Institution.

He has previously worked as an advocate in Mumbai’s District and Magistrate courts. Then, he learnt video editing and started his own YouTube channels.

Sakshi Arora was an intern working at Takshashila from July to September 2020. She is currently working as an Associate Consultant at Sattva Consulting. She has also previously worked with the Government of Karnataka as an intern in the Sakala Mission - Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (e-Governance).

Shankar Khasnis is a business and strategy consultant. With over 20 years’ experience, Shankar has served a wide spectrum of clients across industries both in India and around the world. An engineer from Bangalore University, Shankar is responsible for assessing market opportunities & advising clients on investment ecosystems to deliver successful business results.

Shivam Mani is an undergrad studying Political Science, Chinese/Global China Studies at Duke/Duke Kunshan University. He is interested in history, politics, international affairs, and Chinese language with a particular interest in South/East Asian, and Middle Eastern history.

Kingshuk Saha works as a researcher with the Indo-Pacific Studies programme at the Takshashila Institution. His research interests include Indo-Pacific, Indian Foreign Policy, Political Risks, Law and Public Policy.

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.