Bio
Soujanya Sridharan is a senior manager at Aapti Institute, where her research spans a wide range of themes that speak to participatory governance efforts in the data, infrastructure and platform domains. Specifically, Soujanya has been instrumental in leading the development of Aapti’s platform economy initiative that advances fair working conditions for millions of gig workers. She holds an MA in development from Azim Premji University. Her interest in tech policy stems from her thesis research on labour unions within India’s information technology (IT) industry. This was followed by a stint with IT for Change, where she was involved in gender and technology initiatives.