I have a Ph.D. in Digital Media and a minor in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from the Georgia Institute of Technology where I was advised by Dr. Yanni Loukissas as part of the Local Data Design Lab. I was funded by the Women, Science, and Technology Learning Community at Georgia Tech.

I also graduated from the MS-HCI program at Georgia Tech in May 2020 and got my undergraduate degree in May 2018 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, where I majored in Interaction Design.

Research and Background

My research draws upon scholarships from critical data and algorithmic studies and science and technology studies (STS) integrated with qualitative and participatory methods to study the intersection of AI and society.

In support of my research interests, I have interned at IBM's Responsible and Inclusive Tech team (summer 2022) and Google's Ads Privacy and Safety team (fall 2021). I also identify as an interaction designer and user researcher. In the past, I have interned as a UX designer and researcher at Striim inc. (summer 2019), LRI at Université Paris-Sud (summer 2017), Microsoft Research India (spring 2017) and IDeaS Lab IISc Bangalore (summer 2016). I have had the honor of working with some great scholars in the field of Human-Computer Interaction and Design such as Dr. Michel Beaudouin-Lafon, Dr. Wendy Mackay, Dr. Amaresh Chakrabarti and Dr. Pankaj Upadhyay.

Other than that..

I am from the beautiful country of India and am the loved daughter of a family of four. My parents are currently located in India and my elder brother is in California. We all try to meet up atleast once a year.

I enjoy dancing and have taken training in the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam. I also play amateur badminton and practice amateur strength training.