Area of Practice

Researcher

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering

Post graduate in Industrial Design

Ongoing PhD candidate within the field of design and digital humanities

Work experience

• Design engineer at Godrej Interior
• Documentary film research associate at IIT Bombay, documenting product design history in India
• Worked with authors and children to illustrate the cultural history of common folk living in Peshwai, Pune
• Design researcher and consultant at BRnD studio, Bombay
   

Interest Area

internet memes; satire; political dissent; illustration and behaviors online; speculative design and non-human centered design

Current Practice at Srishti

Working with students on speculative design projects, online behavior, social media platforms and platform governance using lenses digital ethnography,

Working with counter-epistemologies as a tool to critique academic discourse and knowledge formation

Creative practice and outreach interests

Working with Center for internet and Society to re-visualize cybersecurity metaphors for Indian contexts.

Working with different researchers to understand and interpret the data protection bill-2019, using illustrations and local metaphors.