I am a Computer Science Ph.D. student at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, where I work at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Human-Computer Interaction. I am advised by Professor Saiph Savage. My evolving research interests are in Human-Computer Interaction, Social Computing, Future of Work, and Accessibility.  

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As a mixed-method researcher, I build and evaluate computational systems to address complex real-world problems. I have experience with pretraining, finetuning LLM and VLM, and building RAG pipelines. 

I draw on social and cognitive science theories to guide the design of these tools. In my current research projects, I am studying how Large Language Models can be leveraged to address accessibility challenges and enhance human sensemaking and collective intelligence processes 

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During my undergraduate, I also worked as a Research Assistant intern at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-Madras) and Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B).

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Before joining the Ph.D. program, I built my social enterprise, Majdoors, an online gig platform for unorganized construction gig workers in India.​

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I am ACM SIGCHI Boston chapter chair and also affiliated with the Global Action Policy Initiative (GAP) at Northeastern University.