Designer who can code. I care about simplicity, running design experiments and bagels.

I chose design as a career to witness and shape the experiences that humans share with each other. I value human connections a lot.

My journey came full circle — starting as an engineer, growing into a designer, and now thriving as a design engineer where I blend code, systems thinking, and creativity to build tomorrow’s tools.

Currently Product Design Intern @Kahana

MS-HCI/d @Indiana University Bloomington

Previously collaborated with

Experiences That Helped Me Grow as a Designer

  • Research @Community-Computer Interaction Lab

    At C-CIL, I led qualitative research on how followers navigate parasocial relationships on Instagram.

  • Associate Instructor @Indiana University

    I mentored 250+ students across courses — Interaction Design Methods and Product Management.

  • Participatory Design Workshop With Older Adults

    Facilitated a co-design workshop with older adults and analyzed 2+ hrs of data to inform peer check-in toolkit design for older adults.

Back in India, I was actively involved as a UX Designer in multiple student organizations

Developed and maintained components of a competitive coding website that hosted regular coding competitions for college students using ReactJS.

Designed and developed the landing page for a national-level hackathon using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, which attracted 300+ student registrations.

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