Ria Pillai is a Master’s student of Public Policy at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She is a political science gold medalist, and has been a Participatory Democracy Fellow with the Bangalore Political Action Committee - heading the pedestrian infrastructure development project. She currently works as an Information Officer at the Global Academy for Future Governance and is also a Climate City Pulse Fellow with Young Leaders for Active Citizenship. Ria’s interests lie at the intersection of geopolitics, sustainable development and artificial intelligence.