Raashi Saxena

Raashi Saxena

Public Interest Technologist

Raashi Saxena

Raashi Saxena is a renowned public interest technologist, trainer, consultant and carries a wealth of experience in open-source technology, social impact, and practice. She holds several advisory positions, including with The Internet Rights & Principles Dynamic Coalition, Missions Publiques’s “We, the Internet” Project, and Threading Change, a sustainable fashion non-profit. As a consultant, her clients include Digital Communication Network, Accessibility Lab, studio intO, Superbloom, Accessibility Lab, The Innovation for Policy Foundation, Internews, Gapminder Foundation, and the IO Foundation. As a highly sought-after international speaker, Raashi has spoken on panels and conferences across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Her expertise has been recognized in prominent publications such as the Mozilla 2022 Internet Health Report and Pew Research Center’s 2021 Report on Digital Spaces. The World Economic Forum has honored Raashi as one of the Six Inspirational Young Female Leaders, and a member of the Expert Network. She currently holds the position of Curator of the Global Shapers Bengaluru Hub. Additionally, she was recognized by Women Deliver as a Young Leader. Based in Bangalore, India, Raashi works tirelessly towards creating a positive social impact through her various global endeavours.

Existing Ecosystem Approaches to Inclusive and Accessible Digital Financial Services

In today’s landscape of increasingly riskier digital experiences and the recent Crowdstrike related IT global outage, universal access to digital financial services is seen as a critical infrastructural resource. Taking a decentralized approach that incorporates ethical design principles to safeguard the privacy, security, and autonomy of users is vital, that the Interledger Protocol seeks to fa…