My Story

Born and brought up in multiple cities across India, I grew up with a love for traveling, exploring new places and discovering diverse people, cultures and artefacts that make these places. 

My journey in design began with five years of architecture school, where I nurtured my passion to create spaces and experiences that make an impact on people's lives by challenging the status quo through design experimentation. I worked as an architect in Auroville, Mumbai and Ladakh where I collaborated with clients, technical consultants and local artisans to design and construct hospitality projects rooted in contextual identity and practical functionality. 

But I was curious to learn more. Be more.

I wanted to shape myself as a designer who can speak the language of business strategy and technology so that I could collaborate with people of diverse professions to innovate and tell stories through unique product-service experiences.

I graduated from the Master of Integrated Innovation for Products and Services Graduate Program at Carnegie Mellon University in 2020. During my time in Carnegie Mellon, I learnt about the importance of human-centred design in technology and business strategy. At present, I’m well-versed in taking projects from the initial discovery phase to the development/testing phase by integrating diverse perspectives through a collaborative and iterative process to innovate and craft end-to-end product experiences.

My main interests are studying how interactions between the digital and physical can facilitate deep decision-making choices, specifically in understanding broader and less visible concepts such as inclusivity and accessibility.

In my free time, I like to experiment with DIY crafts, paint and sketch, do cat-sitting and travel.