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Sudhan Chitgopkar, a University of Georgia alumnus from Cumming, will work to merge his knowledge of computer science with studies in law as a 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholar, a fully-endowed, multidisciplinary leadership development program for graduate students at Stanford University.
Sudhan graduated summa cum laude from UGA in 2023 with bachelor’s degrees in computer science and international affairs from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Public and International Affairs, where he was a Security Leadership Program Fellow. He then earned a master’s degree in computational science and engineering from Harvard University in 2024.
Sudhan will pursue a Juris Doctor at Stanford Law School. His long-term intention is to work at the intersection of law and computation, “shaping doctrine to ensure algorithms are transparent, fair, and democratically governed,” he said. His goal is to not only apply algorithms to policy challenges but also to the governance of algorithms themselves.
