Speakers from TASI 2026

Journalist, researcher and policy practitioner with over 10 years of experience working at the intersection of disinformation, technology, artificial intelligence, and public policy. Currently leads WebQoof, the award-winning fact-checking initiative at The Quint, where he manages editorial strategy, international partnerships and AI-driven product development. His work increasingly focuses on AI governance, digital policy, information integrity and emerging technologies, with particular interest in how AI reshapes geopolitics, democratic institutions and public discourse.

Dr. Adam Seldow serves as Senior Director of Education Policy at Roblox with the goal of contributing to the next generation of creators. Dr. Seldow taught secondary school mathematics and led technology in large US school districts. He earned his undergraduate degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point and his master's and doctoral degrees in education policy and leadership from Harvard University.

Aditi Agrawal is an independent journalist who reports on technology policy including privacy, surveillance, online speech and cybersecurity. She publishes her own newsletter, The Tech Trace, where she reports and analyses latest policy developments. She has previously worked at Hindustan Times, Forbes India, Newslaundry and Medianama, and has reported for Al Jazeera, The Hindu, The Print and The News Minute.

An Indian Police Service Officer. She holds domain specific expertise on Combatting cyber crimes against women and children. Ms. Dongre is part of the INTERPOL South Asian Child Trafficking Victim Identification Task Force and was an integral part of the Kerala Police team addressing child sexual abuse. She had the privilege of representing Kerala Police at the National security conference 2023 of the Government of India on Kerala Police’s institutionalized approach in Combating Online Child sexual abuse. She has been accoladed for her sessions for police recruit trainees on Child Sexual Abuse material and police-public perception at Kerala police academy. Ms Aishwarya has authored a research paper : The Perfect Victim- which analyses crime data trends between online and offline child sexual abuse and another research based on Drug Investigation in India. She organized a “Women Security Fair – Uyare,” a one of its kind gathering of district departments to provide a multi-pronged approach to women’s safety and security. Over 3000 women attended the initiative, where attendees discussed cyber security, financial security, employment security, and health and emotional well-being. Ms Dongre set up Kerala’s first Cyber Simulator room in Kochi for protecting children in the online space by exposing them experientially to online cyber crimes. She also Initiated A Cyber Ambassador Project as a District Police head of Thrissur Rural, that made youth leaders as cyber safety ambassadors from different colleges and youth organizations. She believes that technology is here to grow – and as enforcement officers riding the tide is the only way forward. She was one of the 5 participants chosen from India for the prestigious US Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program in 2024 on working in the space of Combating Human Trafficking with Technology.

Aishwarya Salvi is a digital and AI policy specialist working at the intersection of technology, public policy, and international development cooperation. At GIZ, she works on digital policy and international cooperation, supporting collaboration between India and Germany on emerging technologies and digital transformation. Her work has increasingly focused on AI, with a particular interest in AI governance, responsible and inclusive AI, open-source AI, and strengthening AI ecosystems.

Akash Pugalia is Chief Digital Officer at TP, where he leads TP.ai Data Services and the company's global Trust & Safety business. With more than 25 years of experience across technology-enabled services, Media & Entertainment, Gaming and Trust & Safety, Akash has built and led global businesses serving some of the world's leading technology platforms. His work focuses on the intersection of AI, data, human expertise and trust, with particular emphasis on responsible AI, AI data, online safety and the evolving role of human intelligence in AI-enabled environments. He is passionate about building practical approaches to Trust & Safety that balance innovation, scale and the need to protect people in increasingly complex digital ecosystems.

Aman Taneja is a lawyer and policy professional with 13 years of experience in technology law and policy in India. A Partner at Ikigai Law, he leads the firm's emerging technologies, IP and disputes practices, advising on platform regulation, online safety, AI governance and the creator economy.

Amlan Mohanty leads public policy and external affairs for Anthropic in India. His career has been at the intersection of technology, law and public policy in India. At NITI Aayog he was the lead writer of India’s AI governance guidelines, and as an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Responsible AI, IIT Madras, he published research on agentic AI, risk mitigation and AI governance in South Asia. At Carnegie India he led the AI programme, publishing essays and convening track 1.5 dialogues. From 2018 to 2022 he led public policy and government affairs for Google in India across privacy, platforms and responsible AI, and before that practised as a technology lawyer in Bengaluru. He has taught tech and AI policy at the National Law School of India University, where he earned his B.A., LL.B. (Hons.).