Senior Adviser, NITI Aayog

Ms. Anna Roy is a 1992-batch officer of the Indian Economic Service and has served in the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Civil Aviation. Prior joining the IES, she was a lecturer at Delhi University and worked at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). At NITI Aayog, she heads the vertical dealing with data management and frontier technologies. In this role, she has led teams that have published major reports such as National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain- the India Strategy, Approach Paper on AIRAWAT, Responsible AI- Principles & Enforcement Mechanism, the Data Empowerment & Protection Architecture (DEPA) etc. She also heads the Women Entrepreneurship Platform, a NITI flagship that works towards developing the entrepreneurial ecosystem for women. Ms Anna Roy pursued her education from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University, and Delhi School of Economics.