About Anika

Anika Dugal is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Gender Equitable AI (CGEAI), an organization of 200+ young people working to address gendered harms in AI. 

CGEAI focuses on AI issues that disproportionately impact women and girls, including nonconsensual explicit deepfakes, algorithmic bias, and AI-driven online harassment. The organization's #StopExplicitDeepfakes campaign garnered over 43,000 views, leveraging grassroots policy advocacy and digital outreach to destigmatize the issue of nonconsensual deepfakes and empower victims. CGEAI's goal is to help create a world where the equity of women and girls in emerging tech is non-negotiable. 

Anika is grateful to be an Angier B. Duke, Coca-Cola, Duke Technology, and Laidlaw Scholar. She has been awarded the Points of Light Award and a letter of commendation from Governor Phil Murphy. She served as a representative to the 70th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, a U.S. Senate Youth Program delegate, and was invited to the White House to meet President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. She has been recognized as a Prudential Emerging Visionary, Young Futures Innovator, Groundbreaker for Global Good, and received a shoutout on the TODAY Show. Anika was also named one of Her Campus’s “22 Most Inspiring People Under 22." 

Anika previously advised the U.S. Department of Education’s Digital Wellbeing Challenge, a national initiative promoting responsible AI in school districts across the country. She also served on Congressman Pallone’s Youth Advisory Council, representing over 130,000 constituents. Anika is currently an undergraduate at Duke University studying Computer Science and Public Policy and directed Duke's first undergrad-led tech policy conference, Digital Frontiers 2026. She is passionate about the intersections of AI, human-centered innovation, and social entrepreneurship.