May 2024 – Present · 2 yrs · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Remote

• Reviewing students' game projects and providing guidance on creative direction, game design and production, ensuring their projects excel and are completed on time.

Mar 2023 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Remote

• I primarily looked into government/university partnerships and secured accreditation from the Media & Entertainment Skills Council (MESC), making Gamer2maker the only vocational game dev institute in India to provide government-recognized diploma certificates.
• Authored India's first masterclass and syllabus for Game Writing & Narrative Design and a B.tech elective syllabus on Game Development which is now implemented in Osmania University and its affiliated colleges.

Sep 2022 – Dec 2022 · 3 mos

• Collaborated with the founder to strategize B2B business plans and decisions for the growth of the choice driven storytelling game "StoryPix," following comprehensive market analysis.
• Optimized the design and user experience of key product features, overseeing their completion in collaboration with in-house team and external vendors.

Jul 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Remote

• Wrote the story outline and a full narrative script for their in-development single-player action horror game - "Chalice of Souls: Grahan"
• Oversaw and consulted Narrative Design implementation in combat, stealth, level design, progression and quest structures to refine storytelling and presentation.
• Additionally, I developed a core gameplay hook, enhancing the overall creative direction/experience.

May 2022 – Present · 4 yrs · India · Remote

• I've authored Tamil Nadu's AVGC-XR Policy and budget and consulted the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Software Exports Promotion Council (SEPC) on policy reforms needed for the video games industry.
• I've also consulted on "Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill" and central government agencies such as SERB & INAE (under DST) on the 'Digital Gaming Research Initiative".
• I spearheaded India's first video games industry representation. This representation prevented a blanket regulation of proposed IT Rules related to Online Gaming by excluding video games from the scope of the proposed bill.
• I've organized 2 more nationwide representations with a consortium of 80+ video game companies across India. The current awareness in the Government system on the distinction between video games and real money games and the political will to segregate them from a legislation/regulation perspective as seen in Online Gaming Bill 2025, can be directly attributed to these representations.

Nov 2021 – Jan 2022 · 2 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• I headed Game Design & Production for a blockchain company doing a Web3 game with the intention of making a fun game first and shifted the company's perspective from the NFT/Monetization first approach.

Aug 2019 – May 2020 · 9 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Advised a startup with a pioneering product—a gamified psychometric assessment in the form of a card game for enterprise/corporate and consumer applications.
• Served as the principal game designer for the mobile version of the game, prepared new frameworks for improving accuracy of the psychometric assessments and managed the project.

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 4 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• In my venture, I lead Game Direction, Writing, Production and general business administration.
• Currently, we are developing a PC/Console game - "In The Valley of Stars" A genre mashup first-person narrative adventure game set in contemporary Chennai, India.

Jan 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• My first startup that marks my initiation into entrepreneurship and game development. A journey of mistakes, learnings, self-discovery and growth that paved the way to successfully land several consulting gigs and starting my registered game company - Outlier Games.

Oct 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos · Hyderabad, India