U.S.-India AI Fellowship Program

The U.S.-India AI Fellowship Program, organized by ORF America and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), seeks to devise innovative policy research and solutions, promote cross-cultural understanding, and build lasting relationships between emerging leaders interested in advancing AI cooperation. The year-long program brings together a cohort of 20 fellows (10 from India and 10 from the United States) with diverse backgrounds in industry, government, and academia.

Fellowship Overview:

Fellows of the inaugural cohort will have the opportunity to learn about current AI policy and technology developments, participate in in-person meetings in the United States, India, and the UAE, attend AI seminars and lectures with leading policy, industry and technology experts in the field, while also working independently and in cooperation with other fellows on their own research and analysis. The program is organized alongside the U.S.-India AI Task Force, a group of high-level experts set out to draft principles and recommendations for future U.S. and India technology relations. Fellows will have opportunities to interact with and contribute to the AI Task Force.

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2024-25 U.S.-India AI Fellows

USA | Elie Alhajjar
Senior Scientist,
RAND

USA | Ingrid Erickson
Associate Professor,
School of Information Studies, Syracuse University

USA | Anjali Fernandes
Executive Director,
The Safety Net Product Studio

USA | Vaibhav Garg
Executive Director, Cybersecurity Research & Public Policy, Comcast Cable

India | Priyanshu Gupta
Project Scientist,
India Meteorological Department,
Government of India

India | Neeraj Jain
Vice President,
Network Enhancement, Open Network for Digital Commerce

USA | Divyansh Kaushik
Vice President,
Beacon Global Strategies


USA | W. Matthew Kennedy
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute


USA | Zeena Nisar
Policy Advisor,
National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, U.S. Senate

India | Jyoti Panday
Regional Director, Asia,
Internet Governance Project,
Georgia Institute of Technology

India | Jatin Patni
AI/ML and Quant Advisory (Director), EY India


USA | Katelyn Radack
Instructor of International Relations,
U.S. Military Academy at West Point

India | Mandeep Rai
Director,
Space Control Centre, Government of India

India | Resham Sethi
Senior Program Officer, Digital Health (India & South Asia Hub),
PATH

India | Raj Shekhar
AI Regulation Fellow, iSPIRT Foundation

India | Megha Shrivastava
MoFA Taiwan Fellow and Visiting Scholar, Institute of National Defense and Security Research, Taipei, Taiwan

India | Anish Somani
Program Director,
IndiaAI Mission (Additional Charge) and MeitY Startup Hub, Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India

India | Urmi Tat
Manager,
Public Policy and Government Affairs,
Salesforce India

USA | Honson Tran
Developer Experience Lead,
Latent AI

USA | Alexa Wehsener
Foreign Affairs Officer,
U.S. Department of State