Biography

My intellectual formation began with a foundational question: why do large-scale policies so consistently fail the people they are designed to serve? This inquiry has since shaped my work across social protection, child welfare systems, foster care and adoption policy, and HIV-sensitive programming. What unifies my work is a conviction that policy failure is rarely a failure of intent and is more often a failure to account for weak institutional capacity, power asymmetries, and lived realities that exist beyond the reach of policy design rooms. I bring this lens to every engagement.I currently pursue an interdisciplinary programme at Ashoka University, deepening my inquiry into how political economy shapes the possibilities and limits of policy making. The MPhil in Public Policy represents my natural next horizon, an opportunity to develop research expertise and an international perspective on policy design and implementation, especially for those who have historically been designed out of protection.

Previous Education

Ashoka University Liberal Arts 2026
University of Madras (aka Univ of Chennai) Social Work 2022
University of Madras (aka Univ of Chennai) Bachelors in Biotechnology 2020