Ooloi Labs works at the intersection of technology (high and 'low'), human centred design and program implementation to create solutions that solve for pressing social and ecological problems affecting humanity. The focus is to work closely, in a hands on manner, with organisations that are already at the forefront of action, with the aim of reducing friction and amplifying impact by the judicious use of socio-technical solutions.Ooloi works towards bridging the gap between intention and implementation.Ooloi Learns, Ooloi Builds, Ooloi Acts and Ooloi Maintains.

I work as an independent consultant with third sector organisations with a focus on applying strategic and human centred design tools and principles to questions of pilots, scale and operations of programs that are in the process of being designed. Over the course of my MA at the Aalto University, I worked on an action oriented research thesis where I proposed the idea of 'Participatory Learning Networks'. The idea was to work on mechanisms of communication and management, that allow for programmatic design that is iterative and gives agency to grassroots workers and organisations to contextualise and localise projects and ideas for execution. Since January 2017 I have been working with various organisations exploring different aspects of questions of how programs and organisations look at scaling up and scaling out their impact. This work has happened across sectors: financial inclusion in Indonesia, Fluorosis mitigation in rural India, Employability and engagement in urban Ahmedabad, and service design for maternity wards in small town Odisha.

Amrutdhara is a social enterprise working on technology and systems to ensure access to affordable, quality-assured drinking water in public spaces in Urban India.

Design Research, Product Design and Project ManagementProjects:1. The Potty Project — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2. Healthy Futures — A global consumer electronics company3. UnBox 2011 — Design Festival initiated and executed by Quicksand4. Hand Hygiene research, ideation and prototyping — Clean Hands Inc.5. Smartphone Usage in India — A global Mobile Phone company6. User-centred research around Dishwashing in India and Nigeria — A global FMCGcompany7. UnBox 2012 — Design Festival initiated and executed by Quicksand8. Project Sammaan — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation9. Digital Camera usage — Idea Couture, Toronto10. UnBox 2013 — Design Festival initiated and executed by Quicksand

Product, Exhibition and Graphic Design, Project Management, Research and Basic webdevelopment at Aurore, AurovilleProjects:1. Market and User Research around Solar Water Heaters — Ministry of RenewableEnergy2. Reboot of Mission Tejas Website — In-house project3. Reboot of Eco-Exhibition — In-house project