Nitin Pai is co-founder and director of the Takshashila Institution. Before moving back to India in 2012, he worked in the area of technology policy for the Singapore government. He studied electrical engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as an Singapore Airlines-Neptune Orient Lines undergraduate scholar. He also holds Master's in Public Administration from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS).