Trupti is the Programme Lead of Sciencewise at Involve who joined in 2025 and whose work spans both Innovation and Practice and Capacity Building and Standards teams. She is also responsible for other science and tech projects at involve.
She has a background in science and society. She led a national public dialogue on Genomics and Biobanking, in particular focusing on equity and under representativeness of non-European ethnic groups in health research at Genomics England as a part of their Diverse Data initiative. The project produced an ethical policy framework for biobanking and health research more widely. She also worked as an academic on projects related to science and society at the interface of government and research including one with DCMS on what privacy laws should look like on smart home devices prior to their rollout to market, and another with the European Commission at the end of Horizon-2020 on ways to engage the public and bring their voices into decision-making in science and innovation post-Responsible Research and Innovation. Within the latter role she developed case studies on fab labs, living labs and maker spaces the Commission was piloting as a way to bring public voices into discussions which are often closed off.
Outside of her work she is super into all things cities - architecture, urban planning and the history of city dwellers