Technology Policy: National Capacities and International Opportunities

This is the final webinar in our series on Australia–India Technology Impact Assessment for critical technologies affecting ‘peace and stability’. The discussion will feature two internationally prominent tech specialists, Nitin Pai, co-founder of the Takshashila Institution in Bengaluru, and Professor Simon Goldstein from the University of Hong Kong. They will take a broad view of the topic. The project is funded by the Australia India Cyber and Critical Technologies Partnership.

Nitin Pai is the director of the Takshashila Institution, an independent think tank and school of public policy based in Bangalore. His interests cut across everything from high-tech geopolitics, synthetic biology, space, defence economics, maritime strategy, and ethical reasoning. Before moving back to India in 2012, Nitin worked for many years in the area of technology policy for the Singapore government. He played a small role in the deregulation of the telecommunications industry and the deployment of broadband infrastructure. Between…