A Data & Society affiliate, Aayush Rathi is a research lead at the Centre for Internet and Society, where he does interdisciplinary work on labor informalities, welfare systems and digitization. His work contributes to academic and policy discourse through sociolegal research that amplifies the experiences of historically marginalized communities. Aayush also works with free software projects that create empowering technologies for vulnerable communities, and is currently helping Tails OS raise funds. He holds a degree in law and humanities from the National University of Juridical Sciences.