Ashveena Gajeelee is a public policy specialist who is a current teaching fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government as well as a Global Access in Action (GAiA) Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

In her home country of Mauritius she has worked for several governmental ministries including Agriculture, Prime Minister's Office, and Environment. She later joined the Financial Services Commission as Head of Policy and International Affairs before working with Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries to implement international norms in the financial services sector.

Ashveena holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Biochemistry at Rhodes University, a MPA from Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), and a dual master from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (MPA) and the Graduate Institute of Geneva (International Affairs).