About Mala

Currently doing

• Director of Program Management, AI Safety @ ML Commons
• Supporting NYU's Center for Health Data Science
• Starting a new fellowship with a European nonprofit / think tank. More info coming soon.
• Advising the ITU's OSEE program
• Making videos about tech and social good. Watch here on YouTube
• Eagerly waiting the publication of my second novel - What it Meant to Survive in October 2024

Previously did

I was previously a Senior Advisor at the World Health Organization, where I supported the Open Source Programme Office that I helped launch while I was the Director of Tech for Social Good on the GitHub Social Impact team. Previous to joining GitHub in April 2019, I worked in tech for international development (ICT4D) as a UX researcher and designer, mostly for other United Nations agencies, like UNICEF and WFP.

If you're curious about my work, you can read more on my website. Please reach out at malakumarconsulting [at] gmail [dot] com or on Linkedin.