Dr. Archana Gulati

Technology Domain ISPP,
Civil Services Retd. Rx. Adviser Digital Communications Niti Aayog

Dr Archana G. Gulati is a strategic adviser on digital transformation frontier technologies and competition regulation. She also teaches at leading universities and public policy Institutes. With over 33 years of experience, her journey began as an Indian Civil Services officer (1989 batch), and she continued to excel in her field after taking voluntary retirement in 2021. Her career milestones include serving as a Senior Adviser on Competition Law with Trilegal and as the Head of Public Policy at Google, India, until October 2022.

Dr Gulati’s academic journey is marked by her pursuit of excellence. She holds a BA Honours in Economics from Lady Sri Ram College, Delhi University, an LLM (Telecom & IT law) from the University of Strathclyde, UK, and a PhD. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Her various posts in the Indian government include Advisor (Digital Communications) at the National Institute for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Chairperson of the Telecom Commission of India, and Advisor and Head of the Combinations (M&A) Division at the Competition Commission of India.

Dr Gulati has been an expert with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) since 2010. She was Co-rapporteur of the ITU-Development sector& Study Group 1, Q6/1 (2018-21), which dealt with Consumer Protection in the Digital Age. She has also represented the Asia Pacific Region as Vice-Chair of the ITU Working Group on Finance and Human Resources.