Smriti Parsheera

About 

I am a lawyer and public policy researcher from India. My primary research interest lies in the study of digital technologies and their interaction with law and society, across areas such as digital access, privacy, data governance, digital public infrastructure,  and artificial intelligence.

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 completing my PhD from the School of Public Policy, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. My thesis studies the processes through which the idea of a unique identity project found its place on the Indian policy agenda and the intersection of different institutions, ideas, and interests that propelled its movement. 

My policy career of about 15 years has included setting up and leading the technology policy work at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) and working with organisations such as the CyberBRICS Project at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School, Brazil, the Competition Commission of India and the Government of India--UNDP Access to Justice Project. I was also a part of the research secretariat for the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission set up by India's Ministry of Finance. 

I serve on the Board of Trustees of Point of View, a non-profit dedicated to empowering women and sexual minorities to shape and inhabit digital spaces. I am also on the Advisory Board of SFLC.in, a law and policy focused organisation that works to keep  the Internet open and secure.