Upasana Sharma is a research analyst and co-convener of the Global Technology Summit with the Technology and Society program at Carnegie India. Her research focuses on issues of digital inclusion and artificial intelligence. Prior to joining Carnegie, Ms. Sharma worked as an associate in the South Asia practice at the Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington, D.C. At ASG she supported various clients through research, writing, and project coordination on issues ranging from digital public infrastructure, U.S.-India technology collaboration, to primary healthcare and gender. Ms. Sharma worked as a graduate assistant at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and Research Assistant at the Institute for Security, Policy, and Law at Syracuse University. Prior to this, Upasana was the political economy program coordinator and research assistant at Carnegie India.

Ms. Sharma received her MPA from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and graduated cum laude with a B.A. in international relations from Mount Holyoke College. She also holds a general course degree with an emphasis in public policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she was the recipient of the John C. Phelan scholarship.