Jan 2023 – Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

• As Head of Design at Asana, I had the privilege of leading a 100-person design organization spanning product design, brand, systems, content, and operations—distributed across the US, Europe and Canada.
• Our focus was simple, but ambitious: to craft tools that help teams move with clarity and confidence. Whether shaping the experience of orchestrating work—from daily tasks to company-wide strategy—or refining the brand’s visual and narrative voice, we aimed to make productivity not just possible, but deeply human.
• We designed for scale and nuance—balancing functionality with emotional resonance, and always grounding our work in the belief that better tools lead to better teamwork.

Jul 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

Oct 2020 – Jul 2021 · 9 mos

• Led design for Google’s AR Glasses—from early vision to real-world prototypes—crafting experiences that quite literally gave people new ways to see and interact with the world. Our team designed tools that layered digital insight over the physical world, merging bits and atoms to create moments of magic that still felt grounded and human.

Nov 2017 – Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• I built the Google AR design team from the ground up—recruiting, scaling, and leading a multidisciplinary group across the U.S., Singapore, Argentina, and Switzerland. Our work spanned foundational platforms, user-facing tools, and visual intelligence. Some highlights:
• ARCore Platform — Helped scale from zero to 1B+ supported devices by designing developer tools that unlocked creative expression and gave hardware OEMs real differentiation with AR.
• AR Experiences — Led design for products like Scene Viewer, AR Navigation, Measure, and AR Shopping—bringing utility and delight to everyday contexts.
• Google Lens — Shaped the early strategy and design for visual search in shopping, dining, and travel.
• Design Systems — Built AR’s first comprehensive design system and usage guidelines, enabling coherence across a fast-moving portfolio.
• Throughout, our focus was on making immersive technology more intuitive, accessible, and deeply useful.

Oct 2015 – Oct 2017 · 2 yrs

• I helped establish and grow Google’s early design footprint in AR and VR—starting with Google Tango. I built and led teams in Mountain View and Singapore, guiding design for emerging hardware and platform capabilities. Later, I led Design for Daydream—the company’s first foray into consumer VR—designing immersive interactions that prioritized comfort, presence, and clarity.

Nov 2014 – Oct 2015 · 11 mos

• At Waymo, I designed internal tools used by remote operators to monitor, manage, and support autonomous vehicles in the real world. These systems were mission-critical: real-time interfaces that blended autonomy with human oversight, ensuring safety, trust, and operational integrity.

Aug 2013 – Oct 2015 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• I led design for G Suite’s onboarding and signup experiences—creating a seamless entry point for millions of new users. My team focused on simplicity and confidence, helping businesses start strong.
• Previously, I led design for G Suite’s Revenue and Reseller platforms—tools that helped scale B2B growth across complex partner networks. By centering on the needs of resellers and administrators, our redesign doubled resold paid seats—representing $500M in revenue.

Jun 2012 – Aug 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos

• As the UX Lead for Google Apps for Work’s commerce and licensing systems, where I helped shape the purchase flows, billing architecture, and admin-facing experiences that powered subscription growth.

Sep 2010 – Sep 2011 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• AcrossThinLines made design education accessible to students and mid-career design professionals in the IT, advertising and entertainment industry through talks, workshops and courses in UX, Prototyping, Design-led innovation and Service Design.

Jul 2010 – Oct 2012 · 2 yrs 3 mos · NID Bangalore,

• Created a service design curriculum, planned and conducted workshops and module at NID Bangalore.

Apr 2010 – Dec 2010 · 8 mos

• This project focuses on developing open source Devanagari script text input solutions for touch screen phones, running on Linux OS. My role was to explore new methods of text input on mobile phones.

Mar 2009 – Sep 2012 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• I am deeply passionate about handicrafts and the rich stories behind their evolution. I established a nonprofit called Samarth Sansthan to identify and conserve the dying crafts of India. This nonprofit focused on developing craft clusters and on the education and empowerment of Craftsperson.

Jul 2008 – Apr 2012 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• At Yahoo, I designed tools for editors and advertisers that shaped how content flowed onto the network. By reimagining the ad editorial platform, we cut review latency in half and improved content quality at scale.
• I also led immersive ad format exploration—partnering with Sales and Engineering to deliver mobile-first brand experiences that landed with impact and shipped fast. Separately, I helped integrate TrueCar into Yahoo Autos, boosting product quality and business outcomes through tight design collaboration.

Jan 2008 – May 2008 · 4 mos · KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea

• The products and services in the globalizing markets are being superficially localized without giving due consideration to innate culture differences and their impact on cognitive interpretation of Mobile UI and architecture.
• While working as a research assistant, I conducted a cross-cultural comparative study on how people maintain their phonebook. The focus of the study was pivoted around the differences between the cultures and cognitive styles of Koreans and Indians and their impact on the way they organize their phonebook in their mobile devices.

Aug 2004 – Dec 2004 · 4 mos · Greater Ahmedabad Area

• I worked closely with the team of architects in designing experiences for public spaces and residential projects. I also got a chance to delve into some automobile design.

May 2002 – Jul 2006 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Worked on ‘Solar Passive Architecture’ under the guidance of Prof. Ravi Hazra, IDC, IIT Bombay. I designed a special technique of brick bonding which could make non-load bearing walls much more thinner, thermal resistant, cost effective and easy to construct. During this period I also documented the different methods used worldwide as passive architecture techniques.