Riyanka Roy Choudhury, a student of the 2011-16 batch of the National law University (NlU), Odisha, received a gold cord and a special notation in the commencement programme during her graduation at the Berkeley law School, United States.
At Boalt Hall, her research covered artificial intelligence related policy issues and the application of block chain in protecting the original work of artists.
Riyanka is a lawyer and an associate editor at Berkeley Technology law Journal. She gained her Master of laws from UC Berkeley with specialisation in law and Technology and Business law. As a practicum associate at Berkeley law New Business Counseling Practicum, she counseled and drafted legal agreements to start-ups who cannot afford legal services. She also conducted training workshops and provided IP strategies to her Silicon Valley clients.
Riyanka attended the US Intellectual Property law Summer School and assisted Kate Didech, CodeX fellow where she analysed feasibility of worksheets, developed at Stanford, to make accessory dwelling units regulations more comprehensible and navigable.
Riyanka worked as a legislative Researcher at the office of Union Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
As part of core team and in her policy framework experience in ‘Mission Antyodaya’ project, team of interns under her leadership found solutions to India’s socio-economic problems by inter linking various schemes and policies with one another.