Nitin Saluja
Nitin Saluja is a public policy professional working at the intersection of technology, governance, and society. He is currently Director – Government & Public Affairs (India) at The LEGO Group.
Previously, he held policy roles at Amazon, Meta, and ByteDance, focusing on digital regulation, public policy, and stakeholder engagement.
His work focuses on bridging industry and government to support responsible innovation and stronger public institutions.
Learning to Think, Influence, and Stay Human in Public Systems
Public policy isn’t just about rules and institutions—it’s about judgment, responsibility, and the people behind the decisions.
In The Policy Self, Nitin reflects on working inside complex public systems—navigating uncertainty, building trust, and leading with integrity.
Through personal insights and professional lessons, the book explores how to stay thoughtful, ethical, and human while shaping public policy.
Trusted by the best
“Worked on digital policy and regulatory engagement across India’s evolving technology landscape.”
“Leading government engagement to support responsible innovation and public value.”
“Focused on technology policy, platform governance, and stakeholder collaboration.”
“Worked on policy strategy and regulatory discussions around emerging technologies.”
Book Chapters
This book unfolds as a quiet journey through the lived reality of policy work. Rather than offering formulas or prescriptions, the chapters explore how influence is actually built over time through observation, judgement, restraint, and human presence inside complex institutions. Each chapter reflects a stage, skill, or inner shift that policy professionals experience as they learn not just to work within systems, but to understand themselves within them.
Chapter 1: The Unseen Profession
An introduction to policy as a quiet, behavioural craft beneath visible outcomes. This chapter uncovers the invisible labour, emotional texture, and institutional navigation that shape real policy work.
Chapter 2: The Policy Lens - Entering the Field
A reflection on the early years of a policy career: learning through leg work, observation, note-making, and absorbing complexity before participating in it.
Chapter 3: The Policy Arc - How Policy Actually Moves
A grounded explanation of how ideas travel in real systems: alignment windows, friction and flow, momentum, trust loops, inflection points, and the quiet, iterative rhythm through which policy actually evolves.
Chapter 4: The Policy Craft - Skills That Shape the Practitioner
An exploration of the technical and behavioural skills that build credibility - analytical clarity, narrative framing, institutional literacy, writing for action, composure, patience, and the inner disciplines that sustain long-term effectiveness.
Chapter 5: The Policy Journey - The Inner Career of a Professional
A chapter on internal growth - humility, emotional steadiness, clarity, coherence, and the long arc through which a professional matures beyond titles and roles.
Chapter 6: The Policy Mind - Thinking in Complex Systems
Explores cognitive architecture, systems thinking, foresight, ambiguity management, and the disciplined mental habits that allow clarity in complexity.
Chapter 7: The Policy Voice - Communicating Influence
An exploration of how communication shapes influence: tone, persuasion, writing clarity, senior briefings, and the power of calm authority.
Chapter 8: The Policy Table - Negotiation, Power, and Presence
An exploration of how communication shapes influence: tone, persuasion, writing clarity, senior briefings, and the power of calm authority.
Chapter 9: The Policy Ecosystem - Navigating Institutions, Media, and Public Perception
A wide-angle view of the larger ecosystem - institutions, think tanks, associations, media, digital publics, and the credibility that sustains influence.
Chapter 10: The Policy Self - Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
A concluding reflection on longevity, emotional hygiene, curiosity, boundaries, renewal, and finding meaning across the long rhythm of a policy career.
Policy, Leadership & Institutions
In this talk, Nitin shares lessons from his journey across global tech companies and public institutions, and how those experiences shaped his approach to policy and leadership.
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