
Puja is an Indian lawyer and public policy professional working with the GovStack initiative at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, contributing to international efforts to strengthen the design and implementation of digital public infrastructure through interoperable standards, governance guidance, and capacity building. She holds a Master of Public Policy from the Hertie School in Berlin, where she received the Hertie School President's Award, and she also leads the Hertie Network on Digitalisation. Before joining GIZ, she worked at a GovTech startup in Berlin and practised law in New Delhi, specialising in white-collar crime, as well as technology law and public policy.