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New York, United States

New York, United States

Led user-centric design initiatives for a job portal, championing diversity and inclusivity by conducting user research and implementing strategies to minimize unconscious prejudice in the hiring process. Translated complex research findings, market analysis and design recommendations into actionable insights, facilitating coordination with product development stakeholders, and ensuring a user-focused approach in every stage of the project execution. Collaborated with cross-functional interaction with key stakeholders, refining and optimizing over 10 essential workflows while taking a role in designing Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for the job portal, resulting in enhanced user experience. Comprehended project prerequisites, transforming into specifications deliverables for mobile application platforms. Applied resilient design principles and adhered to interface guidelines, resulting in creation of mockups, lucidly illustrated application's design and user experience. Spearheaded the fast paced development of iteration (V0) of SureStart's pioneering candidate and employer-matching mobile application platform, laying foundation for future enhancements. Produced refined and highly maintainable iterations of application, characterized by cleanliness and testability, while ensuring quality of the underlying codebase. Delivered consistent and valuable support to both internal team and external community members, fostering cooperative environment and contributing to overall growth and success of the project.

New York, New York, United States

Led innovative project design and development initiatives, leveraging a profound understanding of HCI principles and proficient use of Cogent and Elemental Cognition's AI tools to push the boundaries of NL programming, translating HCI concepts into real-world applications. The completed immersive training program, mastering utilization of Cogent within HCI contexts. Oversaw operational activities of the Capstone project, including developing scalable Disney Vacation Planning NLP Domain Model within the agreed various constraints, such as budget, ride time, waiting time, length of vacation, and guest preferences, and helped users plan. Experienced in driving meaningful enhancements in Cogent's NLP language, tooling, and training materials by delivering insightful feedback, resulting in optimized real-world applicability and user satisfaction. Engaged with cross-functional teams of researchers, developers, and designers, ensuring infusion of HCI principles throughout the development and evolution of Cogent, endorsing innovative and user-centric products.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Support Student Learning: Assisted in the development and execution of course activities and assignments that align with the course goals and objectives, actively engaging with students during lectures, discussions, and activities to facilitate their learning. Encouraged students to participate in class discussions and ask questions, creating an interactive and engaging learning environment.Enforce Course Policies: Ensured that students are aware of and adhere to course policies, including attendance, late submission policies, and academic misconduct guidelines. Monitored and tracked student participation and adherence to these policies, addressing any violations or concerns promptly. Grading and Feedback: Assisted with the grading of assignments and assessments, ensuring that grading is fair, consistent, and aligned with the course objectives and rubrics. Provided timely and constructive feedback to students on their assignments, assessments, and overall performance in the course.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Teaching Assistance: assisted Dr. Alexis Peirce Caudell, in various aspects of teaching. This involved helping prepare and deliver lectures, facilitating discussions, and providing support to students both inside and outside the classroom. Grading and Assessment: graded assignments, papers, and projects. Helped assess student work objectively and consistently based on the criteria. This includes providing constructive feedback to help students improve their performance. Responsible for keeping records of grades and attendance.Office Hours and Student Support: Held regular office hours to provide additional support to students who need help or have questions related to the course material. Assisted students in understanding complex ethical theories and concepts. Assisted in managing Canvas.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Support Student Learning: Assisted in facilitating the learning process for students in the course. This includes helping to explain complex concepts, leading discussions, and providing additional explanations or examples when needed. Ensured that students have access to course materials and resources, including readings and supplementary materials. Encouraged active participation in class discussions and group activities related to the course content.Grading and Feedback: Assisted with the grading of assignments, papers, and other assessments in a timely and consistent manner. Provided constructive feedback to students on their work, highlighting areas for improvement and offering guidance on how to enhance their understanding of HCI concepts. Maintained accurate records of grades and performance to aid in evaluating student progress.Office Hours and Student Support: Held regular office hours, as specified in the syllabus, to provide students with opportunities for one-on-one or small-group discussions about course materials, assignments, and any questions or concerns they may have.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

I work as a Research Assistant under Dr. Shruthi Chivukula. Currently my responsibilities include designing wireframe and website. Assist creating content for upcoming podcast which focuses on the way ethics is inculcated by Educators.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Assisted with valuable insights enhanced usability of Dell's order processing platform and conducted heuristic evaluations, leading to more customer experience and customer needs. Led development, testing, and integration of code for novel and existing software applications, while upholding rigorous source code revision control methodologies. Drove iterative UI development for visualizing order processing stages by directing interaction at Dell. Achieved 35% improvement in defect identification and resolution rates by utilizing user experience research, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bangalore, India

Designed and Developed a UI for Order Flow Visualisation for Orders placed upstream. The main aim of the project was to visualize the steps of order processing. From placing the order to confirming the order, there is various validation component of the order orchestration pipeline, that needed to be validated before the order is confirmed. The UI provided a visual representation of the succession or failure of the validation of each component of the pipeline. This UI also helped in the easy identification of which component in the pipeline failed for the orders.Coding and Development: Contributed to software development projects including writing, testing, and debugging code, as well as collaborating with team members to develop software solutions.Learning and Skill Development: Learned new HTML, CSS, JavaScript and C#, confluence and tools, and technologies actively seeking guidance and mentorship from more experienced engineers and improved my coding skills and problem-solving abilities by implementing the feedback from mentors and team members and adapting to different development methodologies.Collaboration and Communication: participated in team meetings, stand-ups, and code reviews. communicated my progress, challenges, and ideas clearly and professionally. Collaborated with other team members, such as software architects, designers, and quality assurance engineers, is essential to ensure that the software development process runs smoothly and that the final product meets the requirements.

Master Of Science - Ms, Human Computer Interaction And Design, 3.84

Activities and Societies: Google Developer Student Club at Indiana University; Harry Potter Society at Indiana University; Designers.

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science

Activities and Societies: IIIT Bhubaneswar ACM Student Chapter Film and Theatre Society Art Society

Plus 2, Cbse, Computer Science, 91.8

Matriculation, Icse, Computer Science, 93