Welcome🧑‍🎓

I grew up finding stories everywhere, in the pages of novels, in photographs that froze time for a second longer, in the songs that made even quiet days feel full. Stories are still the way I move through the world. They teach me to notice, to ask questions, to search for meaning at the edges of things.

Now, I try to bring that same way of seeing into my research.

I’m currently a PhD researcher at the GeoAI4Cities Lab at IISER Bhopal, India, exploring how technology and empathy can meet in real spaces. My work focuses on how women experience safety across urban environments, using machine learning and generative models to map perceptions that often go unheard.

Before my PhD, I spent time working across applied AI and geospatial research. As a Junior Research Fellow at Anand Agricultural University in collaboration with SAC-ISRO, I built spectral libraries for crops and developed decision support systems to optimize dairy supply chains. Later, at iAssist Innovation Labs in Bengaluru, I worked as an AI Scientist, helping build medical data systems for clients like ICICI Lombard, leading projects, solving production issues, and training younger researchers.

These experiences shaped my belief that technology, no matter where it's applied. Along the way, I’ve been grateful for opportunities like the WISE KIRAN Fellowship and the IGARSS Travel Grant, which gave me a chance to present my research on international stages.

More recently, I’ve been working on UrbanSageAI, a small startup with a big dream: to build safer, smarter cities by listening more closely to the people who move through them.

Through everything, research, photography, music, or simply watching how a city breathes, I’m still chasing the same things that first drew me in: truth, beauty, and a little bit of change.

(You can find more details about my academic journey and projects in my CV.)