ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws: National Law University, Delhi

M.A. in Law and Diplomacy: The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

PROFILE SUMMARY

Public policy professional with a background in law, a master’s in international affairs, and extensive experience working with for- and non-profits, think tanks, and universities in the US and India. Skilled in strategy and project management, regulatory and policy research, writing, public speaking, organizing, and stakeholder engagement.

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

5 years

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Independent Consultant (Research, Analysis, Strategy), Mumbai
• Climate Catalyst (Commissioned Author): Authored a published rapid analysis of the West Asia conflict's impact on India's fertilizer and plastics sectors and their low-carbon pathways; presented at London Climate Action Week.
• The Quantum Hub (Research Manager): Co-managed analysis, drafting and editing of an expert report on AI innovation, anonymization and the DPDP Act for Meta's Open Loop program; launched at the AI Impact Summit.
• Global Partners Digital (Researcher): Analyzing encryption law and policy across nine Asian jurisdictions, with emphasis on government access powers and the implications for private operators — ongoing.
• The Convergence Foundation (Research & Strategy): Built a preliminary operations strategy and ran primary and secondary research on scaling and outcome challenges for India's skilling and technical education institutions.
• NyayAssist AI (Advisor, Outreach & Partnerships): Supporting the commercial client and university partnership pipelines for an Indian legal AI service — ongoing.

Water Environment Federation (Consultant on Retainer), Washington DC
• Co-wrote sections of the Federation's three-year Strategy Implementation Plan (2024–27) with the Chief of Mission.
• Ran an internal stakeholder diagnostic built on in-depth interviews with senior staff, producing recommendations to align program delivery across the organization.
• Drafted analytical research notes public talking points on US water sector challenges and the scalability of desalination.

Asia Society Police Institute (Graduate Intern), Washington DC
• Researched and wrote/edited on green hydrogen policy, climate finance, and the energy-water-food nexus in South Asia for the Climate Diplomacy and South Asia teams.
• Co-authored three published op-eds; acknowledged for research and editing contributions in two published reports. Supported three expert roundtables in Washington DC, New York and New Delhi.

Tufts University (Graduate Researcher and Teaching Assistant), Medford
• Shared Waters Lab (Researcher, Jul 2022 – Nov 2024): Qualitatively coded hydropolitical events across international river basins and helped set research parameters for the Transboundary Freshwater Diplomacy Database.
• StAAR Center (Graduate Writing Consultant, Aug 2021 – Aug 2023): Writing and communications coaching for undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students across departments.
• Teaching Assistant to Dr. Erin Coughlan de Perez (Technical Advisor, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre) for the graduate course Climate Change: Risk and Adaptation of Food Systems, taught jointly at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.
• Research Assistant to Dr. Kimberly Theidon (Henry J. Leir Professor in International Humanitarian Studies) on environmental personhood and indigenous environmental activism in the US, culminating in an expert panel.

BowerGroupAsia (Analyst), Delhi
• Built bespoke government relations strategies across cybersecurity, fintech, medical devices and security hardware, and developed policy positions and talking points for senior private-government engagements.
• Analyzed political, macroeconomic and regulatory developments into client briefings setting out business impact.
• Developed government and sectoral networks to source intelligence for client engagement strategy.

Pratigya Campaign (Project Co-Lead), Delhi
• Pro bono, concurrent with BowerGroupAsia. Co-managed a quantitative and qualitative analysis of 194 abortion petitions across Indian High Courts and the Supreme Court.
• Published a report on judicial decision-making trends and inconsistencies with recommendations to protect reproductive rights — covered in the national press and cited across Indian reproductive rights discourse.