What I'm about.
Download ResumeI grew up designing in India, trained in interaction design at Strate School of Design in Bangalore, then moved to New York for a graduate degree in strategic design at Parsons School of Design. That arc was deliberate. I wanted to understand not just how to design, but what makes something worth designing in the first place.
I work across interaction design, UX research, and product strategy. I've collaborated with the Microsoft Inclusive Design Team on AI tools for neurodivergent users, with IKEA on digital platform strategy for India, and with ALSTOM on suburban rail UX. My Parsons graduation project, LayerLabs, tackled pre-commitment infrastructure decisions for AI-native founders. Earlier work spans Huemen Design Studio for Harman and Kinesis Network.
MS in Strategic Design & Management, Parsons School of Design, New York (2026)
M.Sc. + B.Sc. Interaction Design, Strate School of Design, Bangalore (2019–2024)
Based in New York City, a recent Parsons graduate actively exploring full-time roles at the intersection of AI, design, and strategy. I'm most energised by work that's early, ambiguous, and genuinely consequential.
Most products add AI on top. The stronger ones are built around it from the start. At LayerLabs I built decision-support tools for founders making irreversible infrastructure choices. At Microsoft I designed a voice-first assistant that adapts to emotional context in real time, always asking: what should the AI decide, and what should the user own.
Good interaction design is invisible until it's missing. I work at the level of flows, states, feedback, and friction, making sure every micro-decision earns its place. Leading interaction design on Suvide and Align pushed me to design for high-distraction, high-stakes moments where a wrong step has a real cost.
I use design to ask the harder question before the product gets built. LayerLabs was built on exactly this: most early-stage failures are commitment failures, not technical ones, so I built frameworks that help founders decide before they commit. Strategic design, to me, means knowing when to design a product and when to design a decision.
My research practice is built around closing the gap between what users say and what they actually do. For IKEA I studied how cultural behavior and digital habits in India shaped the conditions for a new product strategy. For Microsoft Align I synthesized qualitative data on executive function in ADHD to design something that worked with cognition, not against it.
Inclusive design done right improves the product for everyone. Designing Align for neurodivergent employees navigating executive function challenges pushed me past accessibility compliance and into designing for cognition itself. I bring inclusion into the design process from the beginning, not as an audit at the end.
Products don't exist in isolation. On Suvide, designing suburban rail UX meant understanding the full commuter infrastructure, from the app to the train interior to last-mile transport. On Givemoji, it meant integrating micro-philanthropy into an existing payment flow without disrupting the core behavior. I map the whole before I design the part.