Sriganesh Lokanathan is the Data Innovation and Policy Lead at UN Global Pulse Lab Jakarta, a joint initiative of the UN and the Government of Indonesia. He is a practitioner and interlocutor at the nexus of data, algorithms, policy, and development across emerging Asia Pacific. Previously he co-established and led the internationally recognized multi-disciplinary research practice on big data and AI for development at LIRNEasia, a regional think tank based in Sri Lanka. His work involves the conceptualization and implementation of big data analyses and AI to support global development, understanding its implications on society, and mainstreaming its use for social good. He was a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Transport and Logistics at the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka, a board member of Citra Social Innovation Lab, a joint effort of the Government of Sri Lanka and the UN. He has served as an advisor to a variety of government ministries and also been part of government committees for mainstreaming the use of big data in developmental policy and official statistics. He has written widely and a frequently invited international speaker on responsibly leveraging data and algorithms for development. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore.