Saikat Chakrabarti is an American political advisor, activist and software engineer.
He was formerly the chief of staff to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the U.S.
Representative from New York's 14th congressional district representing portions of The Bronx and Queens in New York City.
He was named to the Politico Playbook power list to watch in 2019.
On August 2, 2019, he left Rep.
Ocasio-Cortez's office to run "New Consensus", a group to promote the Green New Deal, a proposed United States economic stimulus package that aims to address climate change and economic inequality.