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  • Timeline

    Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

    Features Intern

    The Hindu
    Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

    Reporting Intern

    The News Minute
    May 2018 - Apr 2019

    Content Writer

    Zoho
    Apr 2019 - Jun 2019

    Research Intern

    Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    Jul 2019 - Sept 2019

    Research Intern

    Centre for Internet and Society
    Feb 2020 - Dec 2020

    User Research and Content Development

    Thinkerbell Labs
    Jan 2021 - now

    Research Assistant & Co-Lead

    Digital Democracies Institute, Simon Fraser University
    May 2021 - Sept 2021

    Research Assistant

    Platform Organizing, Simon Fraser University, Canada
    Current Company
    Jan 2024 - now

    Panel Manager and Consulting Scientist

    International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE)
  • About me

    Student at College of Engineering, Guindy

  • Education

    • College of engineering, guindy

      2014 - 2018
      Bachelor of technology - btech information technology
    • Simon fraser university

      2021 - 2022
      Master of arts - ma communication and media studies
  • Experience

    • The hindu

      Jun 2016 - Jul 2016
      Features intern

      Feature writer intern with Metroplus, The Hindu

    • The news minute

      Jun 2017 - Jul 2017
      Reporting intern

      Reporting intern with the reputed Southern India-centric news website, writing about several pressing civic and social issues

    • Zoho

      May 2018 - Apr 2019
      Content writer

      Produced content such as blogs, ebooks & webpages and carried out product marketing for Zoho People, the company's HRMS offering

    • Indian institute of technology, bombay

      Apr 2019 - Jun 2019
      Research intern

      Engaged in research on ISP- and MSO-based censorship as part of the Media Influence Matrix project under Prof. Vibodh Parthasarathi

    • Centre for internet and society

      Jul 2019 - Sept 2019
      Research intern

      Engaged in research on FinTech, facial recognition and AI under the cybersecurity and emerging technologies team

    • Thinkerbell labs

      Feb 2020 - Dec 2020
      User research and content development

      Worked closely with the product team to analyze learning patterns and produce learning materials for Annie, Thinkerbell Labs' flagship product. Later was selected to lead digital marketing efforts, including researching and writing content and social media campaigns, resulting in exponential growth in blog viewership and social media engagement

    • Digital democracies institute, simon fraser university

      Jan 2021 - now
      Research assistant & co-lead

      As researcher on the Beyond Verification project, design and lead research on digital and qualitative methods to address the spread of mis- and dis-information with authenticity as a theoretical framework.As co-lead on the Beyond Verification project, guide teams of research assistants on research projects, mentored undergraduate students, organized intellectual and administrative support for faculty and graduate students in their projects.Authored policy notes; developed and presented reviews of research on the information environment to academics and civil society.Supported the writing of grant proposals and administrative reports Show less

    • Platform organizing, simon fraser university, canada

      May 2021 - Sept 2021
      Research assistant

      Analyzed gig work platforms' worker-side apps as a part work that examines the recent growth of collective organization by workers in the platform economy

    • International panel on the information environment (ipie)

      Jan 2024 - now
      Panel manager and consulting scientist
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Solving public policy problems

      University of california, berkeley
    • Statistical thinking for data science and analytics

      Columbia university
    • Research meets policy

      Simon fraser university
      Jul 2022