I am a multidisciplinary thinker—and I care about creating meaningful work.
I am an honors student in the ︎︎︎ Brown | RISD Dual Degree Program
︎︎︎ Brown University
Major ︎︎︎ Psychology
Major ︎︎︎ Contemplative Studies
︎︎︎ Rhode Island School of Design
Major ︎︎︎ Textile Design
Minor ︎︎︎Theory and History of Art and Design
EDUCATION
Major 1
Psychology has trained me to center human needs—through a robust understanding of human behavior and perception—in every aspect of my design process.
Major 2
Contemplative Studies helped me develop my core ideology—of using design to create more mindful and kind societies and communities, through the use of subjective, user-based scientific inquiry to enhance objective, statistical data.
Major 3
Textile Design trained to me adapt to any and every situation—and apply domain-specific knowledge to a wide set of use cases.
Minor 1
Art History helped me create a dogma through which I can learn and see the world that came before me and work towards designing a world for our collective futures.
Minor 1
Art History helped me create a dogma through which I can learn and see the world that came before me and work towards designing a world for our collective futures.
The 5-year Dual Degree Program
My education—more than anything else, has been an exercise in learning how to be a creative and a critic in all that I do. The challenges of the dual-degree program have taught me what it means to persevere and be dedicated to that which makes me want to wake up every morning.
My education—more than anything else, has been an exercise in learning how to be a creative and a critic in all that I do. The challenges of the dual-degree program have taught me what it means to persevere and be dedicated to that which makes me want to wake up every morning.
A Creative
My time in my studio has helped me develop patience and dedication— while being attentive to even the smallest of details, and maintaining discipline in my practice while allowing space for new discoveries to unravel.
A Critic
And my academic work has taught me how to be critical and reflective—to always strive to push the limits of what can be achieved.
CURRENT HAPPENINGS
Fellow and Research Assistant in the ︎︎︎ Costumes and Textiles Department under ︎︎︎ Kate Irvin at the ︎︎︎ RISD Museum (since 2020)
Curatorial Consultant for the ︎︎︎ Jammu & Kashmir Government collaboration with ︎︎︎ UNESCO Creative Cities Network
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ︎︎︎ desi-gned: ︎︎︎ New England’s First Publication for the South Asian Diaspora
Freelance Writer for ︎︎︎ Brown Alumni Magazine
Researcher for ︎︎︎ Virtual Textiles Research Group
Language Tutor (Publication Specialist) at ︎︎︎ Arts and Language Center
Knitting Software Teaching Assistant for ︎︎︎ Anna Gitelson-Kahn
HONORS & AWARDS
Brown | RISD Dual Degree Program (2% acceptance rate, with a small cohort of 15 students each year)
High Honor’s Recipient, 2019–2023
(Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design with a cumulative GPA of 3.9)
Student Representative at Salone del Mobile, Milan, 2024
(selected as 1/15 students to represent the future of RISD at the most famed furniture show: Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy)
Keynote Student Speaker, 2022 (at the reception for the incoming President of Rhode Island School of Design— Crystal Williams, hosted by the President of Brown University— Christina Paxton)
John Hays Special Collections Library “Women at Brown” Purchase Prize, 2021
by Brown University(First student of South Asian descent to ever receive this award)
Baker & Whitfield Prize, 2020 & 2021 by The Fleet Library at RISD (2-time awardee of the prize, granted to 6 out of 150 applicants each year)
Academic Excellence, 2019 by the Bombay International School
(Ranked 2nd in the high school cohort)
Pillo Pochkhanwala Prize, 2017 by the J.B. Petit Association(Awarded the prize at the association’s 150th-year anniversary celebration, granted to 1 of 80 students)
Additionally, awarded purchase prizes for my artist books in the permanent collections of the RISD Fleet Library and the John Hay Library
Baker & Whitfield Prize, 2020 & 2021 by The Fleet Library at RISD (2-time awardee of the prize, granted to 6 out of 150 applicants each year)
Academic Excellence, 2019 by the Bombay International School
(Ranked 2nd in the high school cohort)
Pillo Pochkhanwala Prize, 2017 by the J.B. Petit Association(Awarded the prize at the association’s 150th-year anniversary celebration, granted to 1 of 80 students)
Additionally, awarded purchase prizes for my artist books in the permanent collections of the RISD Fleet Library and the John Hay Library
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
Industrial Design Health and Wellness Fund, 2024
Barbara L. Kulhman Foundation Scholarship for the Fiber Arts, 2023
Brown Arts Institute Student Grant, 2023
Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship Explore Grant, 2023
Research at Brown (RAB) Undergraduate Grant, 2023
Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia Grant, 2023
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Women Grant, 2023
Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice Grant, 2023
History of Art and Architecture Grant, 2023
RISD Student Representative in Washington D.C., 2022 for the Alliance of the Arts in Research Universities Summit(Selected from a cohort of 20 students to attend the university-sponsored event)
Student Provisional Ubiquitous Research Grant Recipient, 2021 by RISD Research (Inaugural batch of recipients– awarded to 20 out of 2500 students in the university)
Global Brown Fellowship, 2021
by Brown University (Inaugural batch of recipients– awarded to 10 out of 500 applicants)
FEATURES
︎︎︎ Brown, RISD Students Launch New England’s First Publication for South Asian Diaspora (Brown Daily Herald)
︎︎︎ SPUR-Funded Research Underway (Rhode Island School of Design)
︎︎︎ Why I love Art: My Nani’s Tijori (Museum of Art & Photography, Bangalore)
︎︎︎ Why Are My Country’s Treasures Sitting In Your Glass Cases?
(The College Hill Independent)
︎︎︎ RISD Textiles Students Amongst the First to Use New Jacquard Loom
(Rhode Island School of Design)
︎︎︎ 6th and 7th Baker & Whitehill Student Artist’s Book Content 2021
(Rhode Island School of Design)
︎︎︎ Pembroke Center Oral History Project (Pembroke Center at Brown University)
︎︎︎ Tiny Tales and a Woman’s Way
(Brown University)
FAVORITE THINGS
FAVORITE THINGS
Visiting a new museum on my dream list of 550 museums (I am at 133 at the moment!) or guiding a tour at my favorite local museums.
Taking long walks and collecting fallen flowers.
Teaching yoga and meditation to anyone and everyone around me.
RECENT READINGS
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
MAUS by Art Spiegelman