Experience

Vihara Innovation Network

• Strategic Management Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Consulting

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Oversees the Portfolio at Vihara Supervises Verticals – Family Health, Gender & Health, Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing, and Adaptive Implementation

• Associate Director – Design, Research & Strategic Innovation

  • Aug 2019 - Aug 2022

• Program Lead (Design, Research, and Strategy)

  • Dec 2018 - Aug 2019

  A Program Lead on design and research project looking at social and environmental risks that have an effect of MNCH and define the family’s social vulnerability towards health risks. Planning and Designing the anthropological design-led research for the study in UP, Bihar and Kenya for the study. The study will focus on vulnerability due to gender and cultural norms, environmental risks both neighbouring and calamities, social dynamics within the home and familial dynamics, and vulnerability due to system’s insufficiencies and lack of access. Developing research frameworks, research questions and hypotheses, design-research and focussed ethnographic tools and documentation templates. Conducting cross-geographic field research in India and Kenya, and analysis to define factors that are common or variable in defining the social vulnerability of families wrt to maternal and child healthLeading the India Research Study and analysis for the global consortium and handling partners and collaboration with organisations bringing Quant and Behavioural Sciences expertise. (ongoing) Show less

• Program Lead (Design, Research and Strategy)

  • Jul 2018 - Jun 2019

  Differentiated Care for Social VulnerabilityAn extension of Panch Paar – focused on neonatal and under5 child health especially malnutrition and morbidity. Leading the development of innovation strategies, designed tools and packages, implementation and operationalisation of the Social Vulnerability framework and insights. A Differentiated Care Package with identification tools, FLW-Family engagement redesign, job aids, and training packages have been developed in repeated co-design and testing sessions with different stakeholders - FLWs, Operations Teams - TSUs, Block and District Health Societies, and technical health experts from the system and the community. Responsible for handling State and District partnerships both Govt. and NGOs, and client relationships. Show less

• Senior Communication Designer

  • Sep 2017 - Jun 2018

  Worked as the Creative Lead and Senior Communication Designer for PanchPaar - Project focused on neonatal and under5 child health, morbidity, and mortality. Co-Led the Design phase of the project – Content structuring and communication design for research analysis and frameworks, designing, iteratively prototyping, testing solutions and products. Developed and supervised research and solution representation and all project communication material.Conducting co-design workshops with different stakeholders. Participated in designing research tools and protocols, conducted research and workshops. Collaboratively developing insights, synthesis frameworks and analytics for the research.Among many others, she has worked on designing and testing community-led ritual based concepts around formalising support for childcare and care seeking support networks, and social behaviour change programs. Show less


Self
• Switzerland
• Business Consulting and Services
• Communication Design Consultant

  • Jul 2014 - Sep 2017


IDC, IIT Bombay

• India
• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

  Communication Design, Graphic Design, Research & Documentation, Visual Documentation (Video/ Audio), Content Writing _______________________________________________________ SHKEN - Visual Communication Designer & Research Led video and photographic documentation of a workshop and IDIs of bamboo craftspersons in Shken, Meghalaya. The IDIs were focussed on understanding their current financial condition and day-in-a-life, their passion towards their craft and identity it brings them, as well as the aspirations they have. The documentation of the workshop was aimed to create a database of the craftspersons and the different regions in Meghalaya to bring cultural relevance to the products created by them. This platform would, in turn, support the community and authenticate these products for potential buyers. The endeavour would exponentially increase their income and would assist them in achieving a higher standard of living. _____________________________________________________________________ The Story Of Mumbai Rail Map - Content Writing, Editorial Design Structuring the Information Architecture of the Book. Studying and content-writing about the design process of 'Mumbai Rail Map' -complex infographic’s Design. Understanding the different iterations of the map and analyzing the process of development, use of the specific visual tool to solve information hierarchy and prioritization logic of the Map as per different digital and non-digital platforms. Editorial Design for the book – layout and creative direction on the images and other visual content for the book. Show less


Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay
• Master of Design (Visual Communication)

  • Jul 2012 - Jul 2014

Happy Hands Foundation
• Nigeria
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Visual Communication Design Intern

  • May 2013 - Jun 2013


Ishan Khosla Design

• India
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Apr 2012 - Jun 2012

  I worked with Ishan Khosla Design as a freelancer and later full-time as a Graphic Designer for a term of three months. Editorial Design, Identity and Branding I worked with Ishan Khosla Design as a freelancer and later full-time as a Graphic Designer for a term of three months. Editorial Design, Identity and Branding


Holistic design
• Advertising Services
• Graphic designer

  • Jun 2011 - Oct 2011

Happily Unmarried Pvt Ltd.
• Freelance Graphic Designer

  • May 2009 - Jul 2011

Roli Books
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Visualizer

  • Jul 2010 - Dec 2010