Sruthi Vanguri

(she/her)

Sruthi is a doctoral researcher within DATAGOV. Her research sits at the intersection of digital governance, critical data studies, and critical policy studies, with a focus on how data-driven infrastructures are reshaping state practices. With a regional focus on India and Europe, she studies the global circulation of digital policy models and their local implementation. Her current PhD research focuses on the global adoption of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and its implications for sovereignty and statecraft.

Previously, she worked as a digital economy researcher at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) and was an Early Career Fellow with the Internet Society (ISOC).

Sruthi holds an MPP in Science, Technology, Innovation and Development from IIT Delhi, an MA in Political Science and a BA in Economics, both from the University of Delhi.