education
2018-2019
M.A. SOCIAL DESIGN
experience
SINCE JUN 2020*
COVID HIATUS
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Expert in navigating the pandemic repercussions and the chaotic global world order.
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Prioritising self care and human connections.
2010-2012
M.A. MASS COMMUNICATION
AUG 2019 - MAY 2020
DESIGN RESEARCHER
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
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Collaborated with diverse stakeholders via contextual inquiry, focus group discussions and ideation sessions to design student-centred tools for pedagogy + staff application.
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Facilitated workshops for Program Directors + the Staff to share key insights and recommendations.
NOV 2018 - APR 2019
SOCIAL DESIGN FELLOW
Emocha Mobile Health
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Engineered qualitative + design research to strategically identify opportunities for D2C product offering through stakeholder mapping, in-depth interviews, analogous research, rapid prototyping and team collaborations.
JUL 2017 - JUL 2018
MANAGER, COMMUNICATIONS
Prerana Anti-Trafficking
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Directed anti-human trafficking communication + advocacy efforts and developed the digital Anti-Trafficking Resource Center.
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Managed the development of several deliverables via field visits, in-depth interviews and community sessions.
JUL 2014 - AUG 2016
SR. OFFICER, COMMUNICATIONS
Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
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Handled communication with pan-India teams + global partners and developed insight-driven print + digital deliverables based on ethnographic research, expert interviews and secondary research.
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Supervised social media + blogs and assisted with media advocacy.
skills
RESEARCH + SYNTHESIS
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Human-Centred Design + Social Innovation
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Design Research + Ethnography
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Power Analysis + Community Engagment
COLLABORATION + IDEA BUILDING
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Facilitation + Storytelling
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Writing + Visualisation
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Ideation Exercises + Rapid Prototyping
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Communication Design + Dissemination
TECHNICAL
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Indesign + Illustrator
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Mural + Miro
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MonkeyLearn + Prezi
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Canva + Piktochart
community projects
JUL 2017 - JUL 2018
CO-FOUNDER & PEDAGOGY
Olakh (Goonj Youth Initiative)
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Planned, organized and executed a project to create a safe space for underprivileged children and offer life-skills + supplementary education using non-traditional teaching methods.
AUG 2018 - DEC 2019
DESIGN RESEARCHER + STRATEGIST (MICA M.A. PROJECTS)
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
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Conducted research + synthesis, ideation and prototype development to improve digital training + transition to on-board the project team of the globally growing ‘CAPABLE’ program.
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
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Designed a consent-based communication model to simplify inter-departmental patient transfer process through hierarchy mapping, body storming and systems thinking.
The Baltimore Innovation Team
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Executed field observations + interviews and presented recommendations + findings to assist the Innovation team better understand the problem of vacant housing.
MAR 2012 - JUL 2013
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT & CREATIVE WRITER
VONIZ Inc.
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Led content development and creative writing for a networking website, assisted with product testing + wire-framing.