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Madhulika Srikumar

Madhulika Srikumar is head of the AI Safety Program at Partnership on AI, a global non-profit partnership of industry, academic and civil society organizations. She is trained as a lawyer and holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. In 2019 she was an India-US Public Interest Technology Fellow at New America in Washington DC and an Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi. In 2021 she grew her responsibilities as Program Lead for Safety-Critical AI, focusing on responsible publication of AI research. In December 2022 she co-authored a Nature Machine Intelligence comment on ethics review, and in September 2025 she co-authored a Partnership on AI report on real-time failure detection for AI agents.

Works
9
Citations
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Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2019

    Public interest technology fellow

    She is an India-US Public Interest Technology Fellow at New America in Washington DC in 2019, and an Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi.

  2. 2019

    An LL.M. at Harvard Law

    Heading to Harvard Law School in 2019, she receives support from an Inlaks Shivdasani Scholarship. She is trained as a lawyer and holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School.

  3. 2021

    Program lead for Safety-Critical AI

    Her role as Program Lead for Safety-Critical AI at Partnership on AI grows in 2021, with a focus on responsible publication of AI research.

  4. December 2022

    Advancing ethics review practices

    A comment in Nature Machine Intelligence, titled 'Advancing ethics review practices in AI research', appears in December 2022 with her as co-author.

  5. September 2025

    Real-time failure detection report

    Partnership on AI's report 'Prioritizing Real-Time Failure Detection in AI Agents' lists her as a co-author in September 2025.

  6. As of October 2026

    Head of the AI Safety Program

    She is head of the AI Safety Program at Partnership on AI, a global non-profit partnership of industry, academic and civil society organizations.

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  1. Scholars 2019: Madhulika Srikumar, Mohammad Haider, Nikita Shah & Pratyush Anand — Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation Blog inlaksshivdasanifoundationblog.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Madhulika Srikumar - CSER cser.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Welcoming New Team Members and Roles at PAI - Partnership on AI partnershiponai.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Advancing ethics review practices in AI research | Nature Machine Intelligence nature.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Prioritizing Real-Time Failure Detection in AI Agents - Partnership on AI partnershiponai.org. Checked 15 October 2026.