Tvesha is a Researcher on the Online Safety Team at The Alan Turing Institute, where she supports the team’s efforts in measuring and mitigating online harms using surveys and experiments. Currently, her research is focused on online gender-based violence, deepfake abuse, and AI-generated misinformation. Previously, she partnered with policymakers in India to drive research on access to justice and police reforms. She has co-authored high-impact reports on crime victimisation, police training/motivation, and police use of facial recognition technologies and crime information systems. Tvesha is also interested in building digital capacity within governments. Her research on implementing safe and inclusive digital public infrastructure has informed national and international partners across government, civil society and the private sector, and has been cited by Apolitical UK.
Tvesha holds a Master’s degree in Criminological Research (with Distinction) from the University of Cambridge, where her thesis examined the demand and supply side of human trafficking in West Bengal, India through a geospatial lens. She has over 6 years of work experience as a researcher in public policy, social impact, and as a chartered accountant.
