Maitreya Shah (he/him) is the Technology Policy Director at American Association of People with Disabilities. He is a lawyer and researcher with extensive experience working at the intersection of technology regulation and disability justice. Most recently, he was a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
He has previously worked with the European Network on Independent Living, Regulatory Genome at the University of Cambridge, the Prime Minister’s Office of India, and legislators in the Indian Parliament, among others. His work encompasses the fields of digital accessibility, AI governance, disability law, and regulatory technologies. He is also currently an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center and a tech policy fellow at UC Berkeley. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in arts and law (JD equivalent) from Gujarat National Law University, and LLM from the University of Pennsylvania Law School where he was a Dean’s Merit Scholar
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