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Human-Centered Design is my lens to solve for intricate problems!

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here is a selection of projects from my practice-based design research, spanning academic work, professional projects, and workshops I designed for children to explore complex ideas through play, storytelling, and making.

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feedback and critique are always welcome.

Selected Projects

Toolkits
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HCD, Toolkit & Visual design

Designing Tools for Creative Learning

from Ideas to Outputs

Program Manager @ Creative Learning Labs, Lead by Design

See Project >>
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Design Research & HCD

Designing Storytelling Probe for Children

from Stories to Insights

Presented @ India HCI'23 & NAOP'23 

See Project >>
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Transdisciplinary research & Design

Mapping Estuaries

from Fieldwork to Systems

Making complex relationships visible through field research, mapping, and systems thinking.

See Project >>
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design, research & interaction

Coded-This-Way

from Black Boxes to Undersatnding

Investigating black-box systems through design, research and experimentation

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My Workshops

Storytelling-based workshop sessions for children

Designed and facilitated storytelling sessions as part of my practice-based research work and passion for storytelling.

All sessions were held between Oct 2023 and Aug 2025.

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Sessions for children

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Hands-on session, BIC Library, 27 July 2025, for ages 5 to 8

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"designed for children to explore complex themes through play, storytelling, and making"

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Hands-on session, BIC Library, 21 Jan 2024

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Process & Research behind Sessions

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Affinity Mapping
Deep dive into the practice of storytelling - in collaboration with expert narrators, storytellers and curators for school libraries.

Creative services

Volunteering & Collaborations

I am open to collaborations on participatory design and research projects focusing on ecology and nature-cultural systems.

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Workshops

I'm open to conducting creative, narrative-driven, hands-on workshops for children aged 5-11 across Chennai and Bangalore.

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