Who am I?
My life outside research that shapes my work.
I grew up in India’s culturally layered landscape, where I ambition co-existed with a quiet resistance to be included. This tension shaped how I experienced systems in society- who they empower, who they overlook, and how they scale. It also shaped culture and gender as two core parts of my identity.
Movement has always been a part of my life. I represented India internationally in skating, learnt multiple dance forms from the age of 4, and trained as a classical pianist since I was 8.
Skating taught me composure under scrutiny and clarity in high-stakes moments.
Dance sharpened my sensitivity towards nuance beneath the visible.
Music taught me structure- how small shifts can reshape an entire composition.
My identity is multifaceted. So is my lens.
My love for movement, exploration, and saying yes to scary adventures feed my constant curiosity about how human experiences are shaped by the external forces of the world. This curiosity continues to influence how I observe, especially in complex systems and emerging technologies..
How I got here
Curiosity brought me to research. Conviction keeps me here.
Human-AI Systems Researcher
AI Innovation Researcher
I’ve always been close to innovation, and was naturally drawn toward new tech like AI where questions about people and behavior met questions around trust, adoption, and responsibility.
Strategic UXR
Over time, I began seeing research as a way to guide decisions, shape systems, and help teams navigate complexity. Research shifted from delivering findings to shaping direction.
Traditional UXR
I began with a conventional understanding of UX Research, focussing on everyday experiences, behaviors and motivations. This taught me to stay close to users and ask better questions.
Today, my work sits at the intersection of strategic UXR, emerging technology, and responsible innovation, exploring how intelligent systems influence products and human experiences.
Questions that drive me
Questions shaping my work today and the futures I’m moving toward.
What I’m exploring now
How do we design for lack of trust when adoption of technology becomes unavoidable?
Is there a relationship between acceptance and trust when it comes to AI?
How do we design AI experiences for both users and builders?
How do we make Responsible AI more actionable in everyday product decisions?
How do we preserve research rigor as AI increasingly reshapes research practice?
Where I’m looking next
What happens to interfaces as interaction shifts from input to intent?
What do ‘multimodal interactions’ mean for embodied experiences?
What happens when intelligence becomes persistent and ambient?
What should human-centered research look like in a world of agentic systems?
How do we build intelligent products that remain accountable, understandable, and deeply human?