PhD candidate at IOER / Interdisciplinary Centre for Transformative Urban Regeneration (IZS)
2017
Senior Researcher at Sattva Consulting, Bangalore
2016
Programme Manager at The/Nudge Foundation, Bangalore
2015
Project Manager at Knight Frank Property Services Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
2013
Research Associate at Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, Bangalore
2008
Senior Architect, Larsen and Toubro ECC Ltd, Chennai
Academic training
2010-2012
MSc in International Cooperation and Urban Development at Technische Universität Darmstadt and UPMF Grenoble Masters Thesis: Informal Temporal Spaces - a study of the social production of temporary urban space typologies among the homeless in Old Delhi, India
2003-2008
Bachelor of Architecture at College of Engineering, Trivandrum Undergraduate dissertation: Cultural Influences on Built Form – a study of the 16th century Syrian Christian settlement at Kunnamkulam, Kerala, India
Projects before the IOER
Private Philanthropy in India (at Sattva Consulting) - Study of the landscape of private philanthropy in India undertaken in partnership with OECD
State Development Profiles (at Sattva Consulting) - Series of research papers on the status of development across states in India, in cooperation with EdelGive Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
life/guard (at The/Nudge Foundation) - Programme to develop and provide social safety-nets and livelihood support to incoming rural migrants in Indian cities
Janaagraha-Brown Citizenship Index (at Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy) - Joint research initiative undertaken in partnership with Brown University, USA to measure the quality of citizenship in Bangalore, India.