Sahaj Vaidya, a PhD scholar at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, specializing in AI transparency, safety, and governance. She has a strong background in algorithmic auditing, explainable AI, and ethical AI frameworks, with a track record of collaborating with multi-stakeholder AI governance initiatives.

Her contributions include:

✔ The Open Explainability Protocol—a framework ensuring AI decision-making transparency, adopted in corporate AI ethics teams and regulatory discussions.

✔ AI Bias Auditing & Fairness Metrics—research on bias detection in hiring algorithms, used in industry AI compliance guidelines.

✔ Advisory Roles in AI Policy Development—collaborating with policymakers on AI governance frameworks and risk mitigation strategies. At CivicDataLab, Sahaj is a part of the ParakhAI project focusing on development of open source Participatory AI framework.