Aruj Khaliq is an award-winning intervention scientist, Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability governance specialist, and 30 Under 30–nominated educational leader whose work has created opportunities for over one million individuals across the Global South over the past 13+ years. A postgraduate scholar at the University of Oxford, she specialises in designing large-scale social interventions and policies at the intersection of AI governance, human agency, and sustainable development.

Aruj is the founder of ALIF, an executive advisor of Pakistan’s National Artificial Intelligence Task Force, and Head of Academics at Learning Alliance International. She has designed and led pioneering interventions including the world’s first systematic review on AI and Teacher Agency, a global comparative analysis of AI teacher-readiness policies, and advisory roles supporting governments and organisations in AI Literacy programme design and implementation. In sustainability education, she is the architect of Pakistan’s largest school-based intervention, ECO Schools, and the brains behind IB Ripple- the world’s first research journal for IB students. She has also contributed to influential global projects such as the Youth Support Programme (University of Warwick), Generation Justice (European Union), and Think–Educate–Aspire (University of Birmingham), advancing youth capability, digital equity, and pedagogical innovation.

In 2023, Aruj became the only Pakistani invited by UCL to present at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, where she introduced the first Global South–driven theoretical framework on Whole School Approaches to Sustainability. Her authorial work appears in international venues, with a major Bloomsbury publication forthcoming in 2026. Her impact has been recognised by UNESCO Youth, UNDP, national and international media, and the International Baccalaureate. She currently divides her time between the UK and Pakistan while advancing research and policy in AI governance and sustainability interventions.