Aditya (Adi) Sai Phutane is a Ph.D. student in Public Administration and Public Affairs at Virginia Tech. Adi has a background in engineering. Prior to pursuing his Ph.D., he completed his master’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thereafter, he worked at a materials testing company in Minneapolis. His abiding interest in ethics and technology brought him eventually to pursue an interest in public policy and, more particularly, in  technology policy. Within that subfield, he is especially interested in early-stage consultations with industry experts and how public agencies view them in relation to their public standing in rulemaking processes. In his free time, when not reading, Adi bikes, cooks and enjoys photography.