Bishakha Bhattacharya

Bishakha Bhattacharya

Bishakha is Head of Public Policy for AWS in India and South Asia.

In her career spanning over two decades, she has diverse experience across functions and organizations and has been engaging on policy and regulatory matters for over a decade – working with various key Ministries and States.

In her current role, in AWS, she leads a team of public policy professionals, working on Digital, Cybersecurity and Privacy policy. She interacts with policy makers in the Government and regulators and is involved in AI initiatives, having served as a member of the MEITY committee on India AI FutureSkills. She is the co-chair of Assocham’s National Council on Cybersecurity and Cyberlaw and co chairs USIBC’s AI Task force. Along with her team, she has identified opportunities to partner with the Government on skilling, digitization initiatives etc. as the Public Policy team seeks to make an impact in the country with support from global and business teams.

In her previous role in IBM, she worked extensively on Data Privacy and Trade issues, and spear-headed Government partnerships that included support to India’s response to the pandemic. Prior to that, she was heading NASSCOM’s Public Policy team, where she worked closely with the Indian IT sector as well as Tech startups on ease of doing business, IPR, Trade, Tax, Exports, Privacy and a whole gamut of issues representing the Industry in national and international forums. She was a country expert for UNCTAD from India for ecommerce.

Starting her career in the high-tech world of IC design and manufacturing, she has been involved in international technology transfer projects.

Bishakha is an alumna of IIT Kanpur. She is an Indian classical dance and music enthusiast.

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