Rishi Paramesh

Rishi Paramesh serves as an International Policy Institute Cybersecurity Fellow at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, where he operates under the International Policy Institute (IPI)—a research center focused on global security and governance challenges.

His research centers on cybersecurity with specialized emphasis on systemic risk analysis and international policy frameworks. Notably, he led Jackson School student researchers in a project commissioned by Microsoft to investigate systemic cyber threats, delivering actionable insights to Microsoft's Defending Democracy Team—an initiative safeguarding electoral processes from digital interference. This work highlights his applied approach to bridging academic research with real-world policy solutions in technology governance.

Through the IPI, Mr. Paramesh contributes to interdisciplinary dialogues on cyber-enabled threats to democratic institutions, focusing on cross-border risk mitigation strategies and private-sector collaboration models in national security contexts.