Council Member
Niyam Bhushan
Design Leader, Entrepreneur and TEDx Speaker
- Standing
- Member
- Capacity
- Independent Member
- Location
Delhi, India
Niyam Bhushan is a design leader, entrepreneur, author and TEDx speaker with more than four decades of work across design, technology and digital transformation in over 20 industries, including engagements involving Google, Apple, Adobe, government institutions, startups and universities. He contributed to the foundations of the Indian-language fonts and encoding now used across Android, Apple platforms and the web, and from 2021 to 2023 he worked on health-AI initiatives for Google addressing population health for more than 80 million people. In 2020 he co-founded Pruve Systems, a US-headquartered venture in self-sovereign identity and an inclusive digital signature designed to bridge literacy barriers. A practitioner of Privacy by Design and a long-time contributor to free and open-source software, he co-founded the India Linux User Group Delhi and helped launch Creative Commons in India. Through DesignRev.in, with NASSCOM's support, he has mentored more than 300 Indian startups. He is the author of Art of Logo Design and Awaken Your Creativity.
Notable roles and recognition
- Co-Founder, Pruve Systems (self-sovereign identity)
- Founder, DesignRev.in
- Co-Founder, India Linux User Group Delhi (ILUG-D)
- Author, Art of Logo Design and Awaken Your Creativity
Niyam Bhushan holds a seat on the AI Trust Council, the independent multi-stakeholder body that governs the Trust Identity Protocol.