I am a master’s student in design engineering at Harvard and MIT. I am passionate about designing interventions to tackle unmet healthcare needs in developing countries.
I co-founded a healthcare innovation startup, dVerse Labs, and launched a certified device across hospitals in India before joining Harvard. I am interested in developing human-centered medical devices that improve patient outcomes.
In addition to my healthcare work, I have a passion for STEM and design education and enjoy mentoring students in creating impactful interventions. I also freelance as a children’s book illustrator and enjoy illustrating.
In my free time, you can find me trekking in the mountains, jogging, baking, playing my ukulele, illustrating children's books, or reading books.
Experience
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Co-Founder, dVerse Labs
March 2020-March 2022
We are developing disruptive technologies to prevent hospital-acquired infections. My role transcends between design and business.
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Mentor, ReImagine India
June 2020-Sept 2020
I facilitated children to reimagine the education system and UNICEF has recognized our project as one of the Top 30 most Inspiring Ideas of Change. I also helped illustrate the stories.
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Design intern, IIT Hyderabad
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Jan 2020-March 2020
I was involved in designing a card game that would help high school students get an understanding of the multitude of career choices and make a better decision
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Design intern and strategist
Briota Technologies
Jan 2019-Aug 2019
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Design intern
Sohum Innovation Lab
June 2019 - July 2019
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Industrial Design intern
TEQZO COnsulting
June 2018 - July 2018
Achievements
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COVID-19 grant winner
Led a team of designers and engineers in the healthcare track where the challenge was to ensure safety and wellbeing of the frontline healthcare workers.
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Paper publication in the International Conference on Research into Design 2021
Research paper published in the book Design for Tomorrow
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Design For Change- UNICEF inspiring idea of change Mentor
Mentored the winning team of school students as a part of the Reimagine India hackathon.
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Best Designer Award,
TEQZO Consulting
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Facilitator
Biomimicry workshop
Co-facilitated a design workshop at IISc on deriving inspiration from nature for design
Education
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Bachelor's in Product Design
PES University
2016-2020
Received the CNR Rao Merit Scholarship through 4 consecutive years for being among the top 20% of the class.
Hackathons
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Reimagine Waste, IISc
Designed solutions to encourage people to take up Rainwater harvesting
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STEAM School 2017
Maker's Asylum
Received 100% scholarship for STEAM School, a ten-day collaborative problem-solving program where we came up with solutions for the UN SDGs. Our projects were displayed at the UNESCO Tech 2017 Conference.