Dr Vishnu S Pillai is an assistant professor at the Kautilya School of Public Policy. Dr. Vishnu completed his PhD in Public Policy from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong in June 2022, with his thesis in the area of regulating AI technologies. Before pursuing his PhD in Public Policy, he was with Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Limited for five years. Through their Build India Scholarship Program, L&T sponsored his M.Tech in Construction Technology and Management from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK). Before joining Kautilya, he worked as a Principal Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (a think-tank for the Ministry of Corporate Affairs), where he researched the Companies Act and innovative CSR and developed courses on Public Policy for corporate professionals and government officers.

At Kautilya, Dr. Vishnu teaches courses on Statistics, Research Methods, and Regulatory Frameworks for AI technologies. His research area lies in the intersection of technology and governance, especially in the regulation of AI. His works in this area have been published in the Journals Science and Public Policy and Journal of Asian Public Policy.