Shruti Sharma

Program Manager and Research Associate, Renewing American Innovation
Shruti Sharma

Shruti Sharma is a program manager and research associate in the Renewing American Innovation program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she supports research on semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies in the context of national and economic security. Prior to joining CSIS, she held research and consulting roles in technology policy and digital governance, evaluating large-scale digital initiatives, analyzing algorithmic systems and online information dynamics, and producing policy briefs and strategy memos to support senior decision-makers and international dialogues on AI and platform regulation. Shruti holds an MA in strategy, cybersecurity, and intelligence from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and an MA in international studies from Symbiosis International University in India. She has published on technology policy, cybersecurity, and digital governance.

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Lessons from Covid-19 for Global Health Security

Health access is fundamentally a systems challenge that depends on the interaction between the innovation system, which generates new technologies through research and investment, and the delivery system, which manufactures, distributes, and administers medicines.

Report by Anne Pritchett, Alexander Kersten, and Shruti Sharma — August 27, 2026

Powering Innovation: Data Centers, Compute, and U.S. Competitiveness

AI, cloud computing, and digital services are making compute a strategic resource. This paper examines how the United States can expand data center infrastructure while addressing community concerns and strengthening innovation, economic growth, and competitiveness.

Report by Sujai Shivakumar and Shruti Sharma — August 11, 2026

Tracking Global Compulsory Licensing Trends in Biopharmaceuticals

From HIV/AIDS to Covid-19, global health emergencies have revived calls for compulsory licensing. But history shows that innovation, technology transfer, and manufacturing capacity—not patent waivers alone—drive access to lifesaving medicines.

Commentary by Alexander Kersten and Shruti Sharma — July 22, 2026

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Tracking Global Compulsory Licensing Trends in Biopharmaceuticals

An audio version of "⁠Tracking Global Compulsory Licensing Trends in Biopharmaceuticals⁠," a new commentary by CSIS’s Alexander Kersten and Shruti Sharma. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

Podcast Episode by Alexander Kersten and Shruti Sharma — July 22, 2026

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Innovation Lightbulb: AI has a memory problem

As AI data centers consume a growing share of global memory supply, shortages of advanced memory chips are emerging as a critical constraint on AI deployment and industrial competitiveness. Policymakers must expand memory and packaging capacity to avoid future bottlenecks.

Newsletter by Shruti Sharma — June 25, 2026