Shweta Rajpal Kohli

Shweta is a public policy and media professional with over 25+ years of experience across venture capital, technology and media companies. She has led public policy teams in Asia for Peak XV, Sequoia Capital India, Salesforce and Uber. She has worked closely with founders, governments and regulators to champion key issues for the startup ecosystem.
Prior to her public policy career, Shweta was an award-winning journalist, widely acclaimed for her in-depth coverage of India’s economic
landscape. She is a recipient of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Fellowship for globalleaders by the US State Department. She was awarded the British Chevening Scholarship for Print Journalism, and the Asian Forum on Global Governance (AFGG) Fellowship by ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Germany and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), India.
Shweta has received several honors in Journalism including the coveted Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism by President Pratibha Patil and the Business Standard Seema-Nazareth Award for Young Journalists by President KR Naraynan at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. She was ranked among IMPACT Magazine’s most influential women in Media in 2018.
Shweta is the President and CEO of the Startup Policy Forum (SPF), an industry alliance of India’s new-age companies. The Forum’s members
include many of India’s most successful and high-growth startups representing over $80 billion in valuation. SPF’s mission is to be a trusted partner to founders and policymakers. It engages in policy advocacy for new-age companies, promotes Indian startups on a global stage and brings together a curated community of founders and startup ecosystem enablers.
A Bachelors in Journalism from Lady Shri Ram College, and a Masters in Political Science from University of Delhi, Shweta has undertaken mid-career programs at the Wharton Business School, INSEAD Business School and the University of Westminster.