Ronak Desai at Worcester World Affairs Council

Ronak D. Desai is an Associate at the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute. A recognized scholar and practitioner in the fields of law and foreign policy, his work focuses on US-India relations, diaspora politics, anti-corruption, Congress, sanctions, and global governance.

An attorney in the private sector where he leads the India practice at a prominent international law firm, Ronak also advises clients on a broad range of complex investigative, regulatory, litigation, compliance, and public policy matters. He has extensive legal and policy experience in both the public and private sectors. From 2014-2016, he served as Democratic Counsel to the Select Committee on Benghazi in the United States Congress. His previous Capitol Hill experience also includes his time on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Judiciary Committee.

In 2006, Ronak was part of efforts to help secure Congressional approval for the landmark US-India civilian nuclear deal, which…