Program lead for Scientific Program, Foundations of Science, Google.org
Shruti Sheth is the Program lead for Scientific Program, Foundations of Science at Google.org—Google's philanthropy—which contributes funding, products, and technical expertise to accelerate social impact. In their time at Google.org, they have co-launched the research program, Society Centered AI (SCAI), that promotes multidisciplinary, multistakeholder research with communities as participatory stakeholders by funding leading and Gemma Academic Program to Democratize Scientific Discovery using Google open models.
Most recently, Shruti leads the AGI Readiness Research Grand Challenge, which brings together the research work streams such as AI & Econ, AGI and Human Well-being and AI Trust and Safety to fund the academic research on how advanced technology can transform the world of social impact. Prior to Google, she has 25+ years of experience in delivering product portfolios, managing strategic partnerships to deliver state of the art smart grid solutions,
scaling startups within larger companies and acquisition and integration of acquired product portfolios.
Shruti is on the executive committee of Sankara Eye Foundation and holds a degree, MS in Electrical Engineering.
