Aniruddh Nigam
Biography
Aniruddh is a technology lawyer from New Delhi, India. He graduated from the National Law School of India in 2019, where he was an avid debater and became interested in how the law responds to the emergence of new technologies. Prior to attending SPIA, Aniruddh worked at a legal think tank which advises the Indian government on legislative and policy affairs. In this role, he helped central government ministries and public institutions develop legislative agendas, implement regulatory reforms, and draft laws and regulations. Aniruddh’s work focuses on the development of legal frameworks for emerging technologies, with an emphasis on data protection, platform governance, cybersecurity, and digital public infrastructures. This summer, Aniruddh completed his MPA internship working as a Compliance and Business Risk Intern at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington. At Princeton, he hopes to develop an interdisciplinary understanding of the relationship between technology, markets, and the state. In his free time, he can be found playing real-time strategy video games, supporting Arsenal FC, or blundering chess endgames.