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Puja Modha (UK / IN)

AI governance and data protection

Puja Modha is an English‑qualified commercial, data protection, and AI lawyer whose practice sits at the intersection of emerging technologies, regulatory strategy, and practical legal implementation. As a Partner at Aria Grace Law, she advises organisations across sectors on the responsible design, deployment, and governance of data‑driven and AI‑enabled systems, with a focus on the legal, ethical, and operational implications of these technologies.

Her background spans commercial contracting, technology law, data protection compliance, AI governance, and cross‑border advisory work, giving her a holistic understanding of how innovation meets regulatory reality. Puja has worked extensively with complex, high‑risk data environments and has interacted directly with multiple data protection supervisory authorities. She has led multi‑jurisdictional analyses – helping organisations interpret divergent laws, anticipate regulatory expectations, and operationalise compliance in a rapidly evolving legal landscape.

For Shrine, Puja brings a legal‑regulatory lens centred on accountability, trust, and the ethical stewardship of data and intelligent systems. She supports Shrine’s mission by helping shape frameworks that treat memory, identity, and AI as spaces requiring legal rigor, cultural sensitivity, and human‑centred governance. Her practice strengthens Shrine’s ambition to build technologies that honour the complexity of personal data – balancing innovation with care, consent, and long‑term societal responsibility.