Anamitra Deb currently serves as Managing Director of Responsible Tech at Omidyar Network, a philanthropic organization whose mission is to bend the arc of the digital revolution toward shared power, prosperity, and possibility. He oversees teams working on tech platform accountability and regulation; privacy, data governance and online trust and safety; better tech cultures and products; responsible and open source tech; and guardrails for emergent tech such as generative AI.
He has authored several reports in responsible tech, market-based solutions, impact investing and strategic philanthropy, and lectured on these topics at the University of California (Berkeley) and Georgetown University, among others. His writings and perspectives have been featured in major publications, including The Economist, The Washington Post, Wired, Barron’s, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and The Times of India.
Anamitra is a Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. He sits on several advisory boards including Consumer Reports’ Innovation Council and the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas.
As a Rhodes Scholar, Anamitra received two master’s degrees from the University of Oxford, and is a proud graduate of Mount Allison University and the Lester B Pearson UWC in Canada. Originally from India, he lives in California with his wife and two energetic sons.