“I respect Anthropic’s research and safety-first approach to building AI, which aligns with my personal values. The people I’ve met are smart, mission-driven and intellectually honest – and they ship great products at incredible speed,” Mohanty wrote.
He said his role would focus on building partnerships with government, industry and civil society while shaping the company’s early footprint in the country.
Mohanty was the lead writer for India’s AI governance guidelines and has also led public policy for Google India from 2018 to 2022, overseeing privacy, platforms and responsible AI for the tech giant.
“Two weeks inside a frontier AI lab has left me feeling more convinced about the power of this technology to radically improve our lives. Equally, we need to be mindful of the risks and act thoughtfully,” he added.
Anthropic, backed by investors including Amazon and Google, is known for its flagship chatbot Claude. The AI firm previously hired former Microsoft executive Irina Ghose as its Managing Director of India in January this year. By February, Anthropic opened its India office in Bengaluru. The series of hiring comes at a time when global AI firms are racing to tap into a large population and diversity of use cases and languages to refine AI interaction with humans.Also Read: How India’s digital personal data protection law shapes enterprise AI futures
First Published: Apr 10, 2026 12:11 PM ist
