Meet Pragya Misra, OpenAI's first employee in India
Meet Pragya Misra, OpenAI’s first employee in India
Sam Altman-run OpenAI has hired Pragya Misra as its first employee in India, filling the position of Public Policy and Partnerships Lead as the country votes in a new administration that will significantly impact its artificial intelligence regulations.
“Excited to share that I’ve joined @OpenAI as their first hire in India to lead Public Policy & Partnerships to advance OpenAI’s values of safety, transparency, and human-centric innovation. #indiaAI,” Misra wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday.
She added that the ChatGPT developer is eager to contribute to “India’s AI mission by collaborating with developers, users, academics, civil society, and policymakers to harness AI’s potential for societal benefit for Bharat.”
Excited to share that I've joined @OpenAI as their first hire in India to lead Public Policy & Partnerships to advance OpenAI's values of safety, transparency, and human-centric innovation. #indiaAI
— Pragya Misra (@pragyamisra) May 1, 2024
Who is Pragya Misra?
Misra, 39, is a commerce graduate from Delhi University and holds a Diploma in Bargaining and Negotiations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, according to her LinkedIn profile. She also has an MBA from the International Management Institute.
Prior to this, she was serving as the Director of Public Affairs for Truecaller, a contact verification company. In her earlier company, she was working closely with government ministries, key stakeholders, investors and media partners to take its agenda forward.
Before that, Misra worked for three years with Meta Platforms, wherein she led WhatsApp’s campaign against misinformation in 2018.
She has also worked with Ernst & Young as well as the Royal Danish Embassy in New Delhi.
Besides this, Misra hosts her own ‘Pragyaan Podcast’, focusing on a range of topics like meditation, and consciousness among others. As a podcaster and an Instagram influencer (@pragyaan_podcast), she is followed by around 35,000 people.
Not just that, she is also a golfer and has represented the country in multiple international tournaments from 1998 to 2007.