Ambarish Vemuri

Ambarish is an Indian career diplomat with eight years of experience and has served in various capacities at the Indian Embassies in Kyiv, Moscow, and at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.

His experience lies in Political & Economic Affairs, Foreign Policy Planning & International Relations Research, Strategic Outreach & Narrative Building and Crisis Operations Management. Prior to a career in Diplomacy, Ambarish has worked in Corporate Consulting and Business Analytics.

He holds a Masters Degree in Philosophy from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani. As a diplomat, he has trained at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie and the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service, New Delhi.

At CISAC, Ambarish will research the intersection of critical and emerging technologies and foreign policy, specifically in relation to the USA-India cooperation on critical and emerging technologies.