Smriti Parsheera

About me

I am a lawyer and public policy researcher from India working on issues at the intersection of technology and society. My areas of interest include digital inclusion, privacy, data governance, and digital public infrastructure.

I am currently a Research Fellow with the Interledger Foundation, a global nonprofit foundation and steward of the Interledger Protocol and a Non-resident Fellow with the CyberBRICS Project at the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before this, I was involved in setting up and led the technology policy work at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), one of India's leading research institutions in the field of public economics and policy, from 2016-20.

My other policy engagements have included working as a researcher with the Competition Commission of India, as a project officer in the Government of India -- UNDP Access to Justice Project, and a member of the research secretariat for the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission set up by India's Ministry of Finance between 2011-13. 

Since 2022, I have been a Board Member of Point of View, a non-profit dedicated to empowering women and sexual minorities to shape and inhabit digital spaces. I am also a part of the Advisory Board of SFLC.in, a law and policy focused organisation that works on keeping  the Internet open, secure and safe for all.

I studied  law at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law with a Certificate in Law and Business from the Wharton School. I am currently pursuing a PhD at the School of Public Policy, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.