Hello.

Welcome to my little corner of the WWW.

I'm a multi-disciplinary designer with a background in product, brand and motion design.

I embrace the spectrum of altitudes in design: from big-picture product strategy to the nuanced intricacies of motion design; from delving deep into user mental models to building polished prototypes.

Learning and lifelong discovery is at the core of my ethos. My interest in science, films and graphic narratives have greatly shaped my approach to design. In my free time, I like to watch films, read science-fiction, go for runs and draw storyboards for a future movie. Fun fact, I have a list of every movie I've watched since 2013.

Scroll some more to get to know me.

get in touch
narratives
It started with a passion for storytelling

I went to design school with a vague desire of wanting to make comics. The common denominator of storytelling endures. As a product designer, I love that we shape the narrative arc of an experience.

exploration
Driven by a restless desire to learn and be uncomfortable

Those are lines I live by from my favourite designer — GMUNK. Through design school after, I stumbled through evolving interests  - motion design, typography, coding websites, designing interfaces. It all ties together in my practice as a product designer.

Some misc art over the years. Explore more

products
Pixels, people & paradigms

I was fortunate to collaborate with some amazing friends & leaders at Designit, Unacademy and Carnegie Mellon.

My focus shifted from just craft to deeply understanding user needs, refining my process with effective frameworks, and realizing how design can powerfully drive business outcomes.

Journio @ Designit
Skeema
Graphy Repo
Graphy Memberships
Cardinal Health
Troutwood
Meraki Labs
Refashion Hub with Purpose Labs
Journio @ Designit
Skeema
Graphy Repo
Graphy Memberships
Cardinal Health
Troutwood
Meraki Labs
Refashion Hub with Purpose Labs
interests
Learn some more on my Grid.

The Grid is a side-project born out of a coding project at CMU. I played around with CSS Grid (later moved to Webflow) and made a personal, link-in-bio-ish dashboard. It's meant to be a starting point for conversations, hope to someday productize it.

check out the grid
Sci-fi
cuisines
film noir
productivity
webflow
comics
graphic design
geo-politics
arctic monkeys

Experience

resume
Skeema
Sep 2022 - present
Product Designer

Part of a small team building Skeema, a tool to improve online productivity by tackling tab overload and simplifying information collection on the web. Spun out of Carnegie Mellon's Knowledge Accelerator Lab, I've been part of the team as we've transitioned from a research project to a venture-backed startup.

Unacademy
Aug 2021 - AUG 2022
senior product designer

At Unacademy, I worked with a lean product team to design Graphy, a platform for creators to build their knowledge businesses. I led the design on many key features from concept to implementation. I was also responsible for creating a design system and mentoring junior designers on the team.

product & BRAND designer

Worked on product and brand design projects with diverse clients.  Independently managed project scopes, timelines and project delivery. Collaborated with early-stage startups, design studios and contracted with large companies.

ux designer

I designed digital solutions for enterprises across industries such as healthcare, financial services & FMCG. Some of the clients I worked with were India's National Stock Exchange, RoyalDSM and Cardinal Health. My work ranged from large-scale digital transformation initiatives to quick prototypes for pitches and design sprints.

Quicksand Design Studios
Mar 2018 - mar 2019
design intern

Conceptualised, researched and led design on the Panjim Story, a walking tour guide app with multimedia stories. Collaborated with writers, historians and artists to develop content on the app.

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