Abhishek Roy Choudhury

Research Fellow

Abhishek Roy Choudhury is a Research Fellow at ISD, currently working on the impacts of policy interventions in the disinformation landscape as part of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s German Chancellor Fellowship Programme, under the patronage of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and is financed by the Federal Foreign Office. His work focuses on analysing the effectiveness of policy measures in addressing the infodemic, with a comparative study of the EU and India.

Prior to working as a fellow at ISD Germany, Abhishek developed communication strategies, designed data-driven reports, and managed stakeholder engagement initiatives, particularly in the fields of political strategy and governance. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Arts, majoring in History, from Jadavpur University, in Kolkata, India, and an MBA from the Pune Institute of Business Management, in Pune, India. His professional journey includes working with organisations such as KPMG India, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Government of India), and other political consulting organisations in India. His experience spans political consulting, government and public service advisory.