Area of Practice

Interaction Design Researcher, Facilitator

Education

BArch, Visvesvaraya Technological University

MDes in Industrial Design, IDC, IIT Bombay

Ph.D. in Interaction Design,  IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Work Experience

• PhD Researcher, IT University of Copenhagen
• Industrial Designer, Honeywell Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
• Research Associate, IDC, IIT Bombay
• Architect, Inform Architects Pvt Ltd., Bangalore

Interest Areas

community-centric participatory design and infrastructuring; speculative design; information infrastructures; alternative knowledges

Current Practice at Srishti

Interaction Design, Experience Design, Service Design, Design Research, Human-centered and Participatory design, Speculative and Critical design, Capstone and Thesis projects

Creative Practice and Outreach

Participatory Design and Community Wellbeing in India, where he explores how to engage with the issues and concerns of community wellbeing through participatory design approaches.

Works with multiple local and global academic, technological and domain expert partners such as MAYA Health, Jatan Sansthan, Manipal University, and the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.