About Me
My journey in conservation started when I was all of six months old, cradled in the arms of my father as we explored the recesses of the Ramganga valley in North India’s Jim Corbett National Park. Six years later, again on my father’s lap, I had my first encounter with a tiger: the legendary Macchli, queen of Ranthambore’s fabled lakes and ruins. At the age of ten, I was exposed to the complex reality of sharing space with wild animals as I watched elephants level a village and trample three locals to death in the Dooars region of Eastern India. These formative experiences were etched into my young conscience and set the precedent for what lay ahead.
My career began as a marketing professional, where I conceived and delivered innovative communications campaigns for global brands. Keen to use my professional life to deliver meaningful impact, I pivoted to the world of social innovation, being selected from among 19000 global applicants for the prestigious Unleash Innovation Lab at the age of 22. There, I co-created CareTheMom, an initiative to streamline maternal care in rural India, which was later showcased as a finalist at the 2023 Sustainability Impact Forum in Milan, Italy.
Building on these formative experiences, I worked on policy research, design, and implementation in areas such as WASH and urban development at the National Institute of Urban Affairs and KPMG India. To deepen my expertise at the intersection of policy and innovation, I pursued an MSc in International Social and Public Policy at the London School of Economics, where I strengthened my research capabilities, developed evidence-based approaches to complex socio-environmental challenges, and built a global network of peers and experts working across sustainability, climate, and governance.
Conservation
My diverse array of experiences has enabled me to develop an interdisciplinary and innovative approach to solving complex environmental problems. Over the past five years, I have developed a deep expertise in the on-ground realities of biodiversity preservation and conservation in tiger habitats across India through immersion and field work in landscapes such as the Nilgiri Biosphere, Terai Arc Landscape, Annamalai-Parambikulam corridor, Ranthambore, Sariska, Tadoba and more. My thesis research at LSE entailed an ethnographic study of how conservation policy affects lived realities in the Terai Arc Landscape, analysed through the lens of human-tiger conflict across Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary, Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Dudhwa National Park and Jim Corbett National Park.
I’m always looking to connect with individuals, organisations, and platforms working at the intersection of conservation, policy, innovation, and storytelling. Whether you're building innovative conservation and community engagement models, shaping environmental policy, looking for on-ground narratives, or exploring interdisciplinary approaches to sustainability, I’d love to hear from you.
Field Diaries
Project: Conflict and Coexistence in the Terai Arc Landscape
Pictured: Monitoring a potential man-eating tigress alongside Bagh Mitra volunteers in Pilibhit, 2025
Field Diaries: Exploring the Annamalai-Parambikulam range
Pictured: Tracking elephant and leopard movements on the fringes of the Annamalai Tiger Reserve at Sethumadai, 2025
Field Diaries: End to end in the Nilgiri Biosphere
Pictured: A tusker in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, 2024