Experience

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  Development bank of singapore - tiss social entrepreneurship fellowship

  Jun 2013 - Apr 2014

  Fellow dbs- tiss socent fellowship , co-founder ojas

  Initiated ‘Ojas’ - an experimental social enterprise, which used art and technology for the development of expression of children in the post-conflict zones of Jammu and Kashmir - under fellowship and funding by the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS), in collaboration with Centre for Social Entrepreneurship – Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

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  Pwc

  Dec 2014 - Jan 2015

  Research investigator

  Review, analysis and summarization of ICDS guidelines for the Technical Assistance Agency (PwC- IIMHR-CINI) under World Bank aided ‘ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project’ (ISSNIP) .

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  Oxford microfinance institute (omi)

  Jan 2015 - Feb 2015

  Field researcher

  Field based data collection and research on ASOMI Microfinance, Assam, for the preparation ofImpact Assessment Report by the Oxford Microfinance Institute.

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  Indiaspend

  Mar 2015 - Apr 2015

  Intern

  Interned in India’s first data journalism initiative as a secondary data researcher and worked on ways to make open data more accessible, meaningful and visually engaging.

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  Tiss disaster management response

  May 2015 - Jun 2015

  Field researcher/volunteer

  Involved in the rehabilitative efforts in Post-Quake Nepal as a Field volunteer/researcher for thepsycho-social firstaid relief /psycho-social research in Dhading district in Nepal.

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  Sampurn(e)arth

  Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  Communication consultant

  Exploring design and behaviour change with Sampurn(e)arth, a waste management social enterprise on its social and business communication strategy .

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  My earth store - india

  Dec 2016 - Dec 2018

  In-house designer
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  Eka

  Nov 2017 - Sept 2019

  Team member

  Worked with installing and deploying a community-owned DIY decentralized wifi infrastructure in Zanskar- a remote Trans-Himalayan valley. Designed the user interface for the primary content discovery and retrieval on the network in English and Ladakhi.

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  Self-employed

  Dec 2019 - now

  Independent design practitioner

  Based in Dharamshala working as a digital design and product freelancer for local media and DIY projects. Working on projects documenting and archiving the changing urban landscape. Involved with a rural community electronics maker space experimenting with local and sustainable technologies