Radhika Ramesh
Radhika Ramesh is a student in the 2025-26 cohort of UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)'s Master of Public Administration (MPA).
Radhika brings 5 years of experience working at the intersection of law and policy advocacy. She previously worked as a policy specialist at the non-profit and think tank, the Good Food Institute, and helped drive policy, strategic communication, and scientific initiatives. Some of the areas she worked on include: influencing national policies on biotechnology for food innovation with the Ministry of Science and Technology, India, developing multi-stakeholder partnerships, influencing government bodies and policymakers to create more dynamic policies, and enabling awareness and access to information on public funding and regulations.
Radhika is committed to learning more about scaling catalytic innovation at the government, corporate, civil and citizen levels to address the grand challenges in areas such as food, biotechnology, health, and mobility. She is interested to help institutions develop more strategic programs that deliver solutions to some of the grand challenges that we currently witness. She is a feminist and strives to be a louder voice for the Global Majority.
Her recent favourite read was the sci-fi fiction novel, Three Body Problem. She is an amateur sports woman who enjoys playing football, badminton, and swimming during her free time.
Nationality: Indian
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