re:publica 25
26th-28th May 2025
STATION Berlin
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Head of Unit at the European Commission
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European Commission
Prabhat Agarwal currently serves as the Head of Unit at the European Commission responsible for the enforcement of the Digital Services Act. He has been integral to platform policy and regulation since 2016, after years of diverse digital policy roles within the Commission. Earlier in his career, Prabhat contributed to industrial R&D as a Senior Scientist at NXP Semiconductors and Philips Research, focusing on semiconductor and nanotechnology. He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Cambridge. His work and interest has been the nexus of science and technology, society, and governance.
Prabhat lives in Brussels with his family of three kids and a cat.