Area of Practice

Art and Design Pedagogue

Education

Bachelors Degree in Graphic Communications Management with a Minor in Visual Communication, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

Master of Arts Degree in Education: International Schools (Distinction), Oxford Brookes University, Westminster Institute of Education, Oxford, UK

PhD Candidate in Art and Design (Practice-Based), Srishti, School of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore. Research area includes pedagogy for the study of plants in art and design in India.

Certification in Effective Online Tutoring, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, UK

Work Experience

• designed and marketed a range of eco-friendly paper products in Mumbai and Bangalore

• designed and art directed the design of corporate identities, logos, calendars and paper products

Interest Areas

art and design pedagogy and paper; assessment; botanical art and design

Current Practice at Srishti

Patterns, Art and design related to plants, Public art

Creative Practice and Outreach

- Plant Motifs in Craft Practices: Future Interdisciplinary Possibilities

- Conference Presentation- Craft Economies: Inequalities, Opportunities, Interventions, STEAMhouse, Birmingham, December 2019

-Raja Ravi Varma: Encounters with the Botanical, Presentation- National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore, Hosted by Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation, 28th April, 2019;  at Lenin Balavadi, Hosted by Trivandrum Heritage Walk, Trivandrum, 21st July, 2019

-Module on Sustainability for Understanding Design, SWAYAM online course designed by Dr. Nina Sabnani, Industrial Design Centre (IDC)- Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai  (2019)

-Pedagogy with the Botanical (2018), Research Exhibition and workshop, Botanical Gardens, Sweden

-Sheets With The Most Stains (2011), ‘Unbound’ Group Exhibition (Scion, Bangalore)

-Calendar (2011), in collaboration with Smriti Mehra & Gabriel Harp, ‘Pushpa Patha: The Flower Trail’ Group Show (Gallery BMB, Mumbai)

-Spacecollab Seminar Series- In collaboration with Dr Rajesh Kasturirangan, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2010)