Dr. Amar Patnaik is a distinguished policymaker, academic and former Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IA&AS) officer with more than three decades of experience in public finance, technology and governance. Since June 2019 he has represented Odisha in the Rajya Sabha, India’s upper house of parliament. Heading the IT Wing of his party and serving on committees for finance, data protection and environmental policy, he bridges administrative expertise with legislative leadership. An alumnus of St Stephen’s College, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Wharton, he is also a published author and thought-leader in technology law. Dr. Patnaik’s career reflects a rare combination of audit-service rigor and strategic innovation.