Nusrat Farooq is an expert in Responsible AI operations, with experience that spans business, tech and geopolitics. She founded effectivRAI, a CEO advisory and tech firm committed to trusted and responsible AI operations. She previously led the enhancement of Incident Response Protocol at Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), which was founded by Facebook, Microsoft, YouTube and X (formerly Twitter, which exited in Sep 2024). In this role, she coordinated responses to terrorist and violent extremist attacks across 60+ countries, working with over 30 technology companies and 200+ global stakeholders.

Her work has involved international development, track-2 diplomacy, crisis response, education, business development and social science field surveys. She has served organizations such as the World Bank, Columbia Law School, UNICEF, India Institute, Harvard University, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Nusrat is pursuing a PhD at Yale University specializing in the political economy of advanced compute (AI) competition between firms and states. She holds an MPA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Kashmir. She has been recognized as an emerging leader by Morocco's Policy Center for the New South and by Germany’s Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit.

She has presented on responsible AI at the UN-Office of Counterterrorism twice. She has been published by Bloomsbury, Palgrave Macmillan, Taylor & Francis, and by Columbia Public Policy Review. She is also a contributor at Tech Policy Press.