Indian Fellows 

1. Amrutha M, Bapuji Institute Of Engineering and Technology
2. Anand Rajagopal, Koan Advisory Group
3. Ansuiya, Genpact
4. Anuja Amralkar, Centre for Indo-Global Affairs (CIGA)
5. Aparna Raj C, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
6. Arjun Yadav, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta
7. Aswin Asokan, Global Shapers Community
8. Chandana Salunke, Stofo Technologies
9. Debopriya, IBM India
10. Deborah Swati Lall, NIXI
11. Harshit Kumar Kushwaha, IIT Madras
12. Ishita Trivedi, LinkedIn
13. Joshua Bahirvani, Zoom
14. Meghna Pradhan, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
15. Mitalee Joshi, Govt. Holkar Science College
16. Nidhi Pandey, Maharaja Suheldev University
17. Nitish Bhardwaj, National Council of Applied Economic Research
18. Ravi Sarode, Fortinet
19. Rishita Chaudhary, Gooey AI
20. Samrat Banerjee, GIZ India
21. Shubhika H Goel, Broadband India Forum
22. Shweta Kushe, Deloitte
23. Subodh, Nasscom
24. Zishan Badshah Nadaf, WoRisGo

Specially-Abled Fellow

   25. Priyam Jain, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tuljapur

Chapter Fellows (OBs)

1. Chetan Gera (Delhi), Brands.io – .Ai Domain Registrar
2. Gungun Sharma (Mumbai), National Forensic Sciences University

Government Fellows

1. Aakanksha Tripathi, CDAC, Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India
2. Anushka Tripathi, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, Ministry of External Affairs
3. Deepak Kumar Kharwar, National Knowledge Network
4. Pranay Agarwal, Ministry of Electronics & IT, Govt. of India through IIM Calcutta Innovation Park

Local Fellows

1. Alpesh Shinde, GoDaddy
2. Anuprita Pevekar, NMIMS Forum
3. Forum Parekh, Accenture
4. Mario Fernandes, NMIMS
5. Neelangini Tiwari, BITS Law School
6. Nikhil Bansal, PureID
7. Siddhesh Chaube, MITS
8. Victor Prince, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Indian Fellows Waiting List

1. Abhay Raj Kaushik, People’s Action for National Integration – PANI
2. Debraj Dey, Arctic Wolf Networks
3. Dr. D. Shanthi, Vignan’s Institute of Management and Technology for Women
4. Sanoop Sajan Koshy, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
5. Shipra Shriti, TERI School of Advanced Studies/ Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports- Department

International Fellows

1. Bibek Tiwari, Mid West University Graduate School of Law, Nepal
2. Catherine, Global Index on Responsible AI, Indonesia
3. Dalugodage Sehansa Dilsadi, Information Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
4. Fandy Zulmi, Center for Child Study and Protection, Indonesia
5. Kahada Arachchige Dimuth Yashira, Lanka Communication Services (Pvt) Ltd – (Lankacom), Sri Lanka
6. Lajga Tuladhar, SecurityPal AI Inc., Nepal
7. Maureen Owusu-Addae, Egigfa, Ghana
8. Michael James Roger Cauilan, M7 Broadband Network Corporation, Philippines
9. Rajathurai Rajasuresh, Welfare Benefits Board, Ministry of Finance, Sri Lanka
10. Samir Sourob Chowdhury, Nalanda University, Bangladesh
11. Sanjina Kshetri, Youth Internet Governance Forum, Nepal (yIGF Nepal), Nepal
12. Shweta, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany
13. Souad Abidi, SopraSteria, France
14. Sudip Dhungana, Internet Society Nepal Chapter (Open Internet Nepal), Nepal
15. Utpal Kumar Saha, Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL), Bangladesh

International Fellows Waiting List

1. Labbi Karmacharya, Bureaucrazy (Civic Platform) / Islington College, Nepal
2. Mohammad Zaher Andishmand, GTU Institute of Engineering and Research, Afghanistan
3. Sadichchha Silwal, Internet Society Nepal Chapter, Nepal
4. Samikshya Dahal, Patan Multiple Campus, Nepal
5. Tahmina Akter Supti, Global Peace Foundation, Bangladesh Women IGF, Bangladesh

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Thank you for your cooperation, and we look forward to welcoming this year’s Fellows!

Waitlisted Candidates: If any selected fellow withdraws their application for any reason or does not accept the fellowship within the specified timeline, the vacancy will be offered to the next candidate on the waitlist, following the order of the waitlist.

On behalf of the inSIG 2026 Fellowship Committee

Shveta Kokash & Jay Paudyal

Fellowship Chairs, inSIG 2026