Jan 2024 – Aug 2024 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Took over from the previous UXR Lead to help manage the team, reporting now to the UX Design lead in Mumbai
• Handled project pitches, co-ordination and prioritization of tasks for the team, leaves and timesheets
• Hiring and recruiting new team members, as well as training initiatives

Jun 2023 – Feb 2024 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Conduct end-to-end research alongside design and product teams and collaborate to translate research insights into actionable steps for design impact.
• Facilitates discovery workshops to discover stakeholder needs as well as to brainstorm solutions with the stakeholder teams.

Apr 2022 – May 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Design, plan and execute primary research using a wide variety of methods like user interviews, focus groups, heat mapping and other qualitative methods
• Facilitate discovery workshops to discover stakeholder needs as well as to brainstorm solutions with the stakeholder teams

Dec 2022 – Dec 2022 · 0 mo · Remote

• As a teaching assistant for the perceptive communication course, my role involved facilitating student groups to discuss and ideate on solutions, co-facilitating learning activities, grading assignments and holding office hours with the students to help them with the course as required.

Aug 2021 – Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Jun 2021 – Mar 2022 · 9 mos

• I was a facilitator for the UNLEASH Hacks in the Caribbean, India, Bangladesh and Europe where I guided teams through an immersive innovation challenge within global development, business and innovation. At the end of the Hack, participants pitched their developed solutions in front of their peers, experts and a panel of judges representing global companies and NGOs.

May 2021 – May 2021 · 0 mo

• I was selected to take part in the UNLEASH Facilitator Training. Selected trainees went through an interactive 4-weeks program to acquire facilitation skills and foster their ability to guide teams as they design innovative solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals. Through a combination of learning modules and practical workshops, trainees learned to facilitate the UNLEASH Innovation Methodology, which is based on best practices from innovation and design thinking.

Oct 2020 – Dec 2020 · 2 mos

• UNLEASH Hacks are localized and scalable innovation processes designed to address current sustainability challenges in specific real-world contexts.
• As an Organizing Team member, my responsibilities include expert on-boarding, participant outreach, partnership engagement, event branding, selection and management of participants in addition to the execution of the two-day online hackathon.

Jun 2021 – Jul 2021 · 1 mo · Delhi, India

• As a teaching assistant for the professional communication course at the Plaksha Tech Leaders Fellowship, my role involved assisting in presenting class material, co-facilitating learning activities, grading assignments and holding office hours with the students to help them with the course as required.

May 2021 – May 2021 · 0 mo · Leh, Ladakh, India

• As a teaching assistant for the course Interpersonal Dynamics at the Naropa Fellowship, my role involved assisting in presenting class material, co-facilitating learning activities, and supporting the professor and students as required throughout the course.

Dec 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 mo · Delhi, India

• I assisted Prof. Amit Kumar at Ashoka University as a teaching assistant for the course Perceptive Communication taught to 200 students enrolled in the prestigious Young India Fellowship. My role involved assisting in presenting class material, facilitating learning activities, holding office hours with students and grading their assignments.

Jul 2020 – Jun 2021 · 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Re-designed the primary business intelligence tool for one of Africa’s largest banks to improve overall usability
• UX Research: Analysed 10+ users’ behaviour through detailed user interviews and usability tests for 4 different user personas
• UX Design: conducted UX audit & expert reviews to design high and low fidelity wireframes & visual mock-ups based on user feedback
• Prototyping: Designed & tested interactive prototypes with users across 4 personas
• Visual Design: Created detailed designs for a user-friendly interface and style guide
• Market Research: Conducted primary research & competitor analysis of the Business Intelligence landscape to identify market trends
• Mobile Web Version: Created the prototypes for the first mobile version of the business tool

Nov 2019 – Jul 2024 · 4 yrs 8 mos

• Design marketing collateral & content for 20+ clients including start-ups & MSMEs in technology, e-learning & publishing
• Ashoka Alumni Portal Redesign: Conducting UX review of the portal and usability tests to improve adoption for 1000+ alumni
• Clean Plate: Designing an e-learning website for home cooks and baking enthusiasts using Sketch design software
• Lingua: Designing a mobile app that matches translators to immigrants in London to improve access for non-English speaking migrants
• Conceptualized & designed logos for 10+ start-ups, NGOs & MSMEs in Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, & Kochi across 6+ industries
• Designed 10+ workbooks used by 10,000+ school children across 20+ private schools in Tamil Nadu

Nov 2019 – Nov 2019 · 0 mo · Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

• As a part of the UNLEASH Innovation Lab SDG4 cohort, we built solutions to improve SDG 4: Access to Quality Education. Our team is currently working from Slovakia, Liberia and India to create a kit that helps teachers tackle fake news in the classroom. Our flagship product is a board game that is currently in prototyping..

Aug 2019 – Oct 2019 · 2 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Worked as the Executive Assistant to Chancellor KV Ramani, Founder and Ex-Chairman of Future Software and co-founder of NASSCOM.
• Created a comprehensive project management system for the Sai University team.
• Co-ordinated operations with partner 9.9 Education to implement initial stages of the project.

Feb 2019 – Feb 2019 · 0 mo · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Our team from Indonesia, Germany and India was awarded the First runner up of the Impact Challenge at Harvard College, Boston for our pitch on Fintech opportunities in Indonesia.

Jul 2018 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · Chennai Area, India

• As Executive Assistant to the CEO, I was responsible for:
• Communications from the CEO's office, scheduling strategic meetings and daily administration.
• Co-ordinating project-based work with the Chicago, Delhi and European offices.
• Reviewing operating practices and suggesting and implementing improvements where necessary
• I was also responsible for supervising, coaching and training interns. I managed 3 interns from the National Institue of Fashion Technology (Chennai) for their final year internships.
• In addition, I was a project manager on the sustainability team, where we worked on sustainable product development, implementing green manufacturing practices and reuse, recycling and upcycling of our export surplus.

Sep 2017 – May 2018 · 8 mos · Delhi, India

• 1. Increased the online presence of PhilARThropy and its merchandise.
• 2. Collaborated with NGOs Teach for India and Manzil’s Craftkari, AAG, Purple House, Cakeman, Slam out Loud and Bodhi Tree.
• 3. We also had agreements with Indian Arts and Craft Museum and Café Lotta out Delhi showcase venue and marketing.
• 4. Setting up exhibit stalls and showcases in different art festivals to raise close to 20,000 in sales.

Apr 2016 – May 2016 · 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

• I was a psychotherapy intern which involved assisting therapists in the rehabilitation process for patients with chronic mental illnesses.
• The Richmond Fellowship Society (India) is a registered, charitable NGO providing rehabilitation services to persons with mental illness through its Branches operating at Bangalore, Delhi, Lucknow, and a rural Branch at Sidlaghatta in the State of Karnataka.
• The Fellowship facilities are run based on Therapeutic Community principles. The services include outreach programmes and rehabilitation activities through our halfway homes, long term care, day care with vocational training for persons with mental illness and Manpower development and research in the field of Mental Health; advocacy and creating public awareness, organizing symposia and workshops and protecting the rights of persons with mental illness.
• The Fellowship is also well-known for offering training in Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Counselling.

May 2015 – Jun 2015 · 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

• As an editorial intern at Pratham, I helped create exciting, engaging stories for children, in Indian languages, and creating access to them, all across the length and breadth of India. I had the opportunity to work on Storyweaver, a one-of-a-kind online platform that provides free access to all stories published by Pratham Books. I also created and curated online content for Pratham Books through their blog
• One of the largest non-governmental organizations in the country, Pratham focuses on high-quality, low-cost, and replicable interventions to address gaps in the education system. Pratham Books was founded with the mission of putting “a book in every child’s hand” and is the largest multilingual publishing house in India with over 1300 volunteers for the flagship reading programme.