Lalitha A R

Lead Researcher and Principal Investigator at iSRL (Interdisciplinary Systems Research Lab), an independent open research commons. Currently building IFID (Indian Food Informatics Data) — a deterministic ingredient identity substrate for India's packaged food ecosystem, grounded in FSSAI regulations, ITC-HS nomenclature, and Indian judicial reasoning. iSRL operates as open digital public infrastructure, explicitly modelled on coordination-without-convergence precedents like UPI and MusicBrainz. Recipient of the Nagarathna Memorial Grant 2026. Enrolled in IIT Madras BS Data Science & Applications program.