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Experience & Education

Work Experience

Future Mobility Consultant — WSP Consultants India Pvt Ltd

February 2026 – April 2026 | Bengaluru, India

  • Built green travel maps for UK hospital networks using Lexica
  • Designed and configured a spatial "Databook" tool in ArcGIS Experience Builder to streamline transport modelling outputs and data visualization for National Highways (UK)
  • Conducted geospatial analysis and research supporting the UK's "Default Yes" active travel policy, integrating spatial constraints with policy decision-making frameworks

GIS Specialist — Mod Foundation

March 2025 – February 2026 | Bengaluru, India

  • Contributed to grant writing that secured project funding from the Bengaluru Sustainability Forum Small Grants Programme
  • Designed maps for projection, print, and interactive exhibitions on mobility and urban water in Bengaluru
  • Formulated survey questions and managed Kobo Toolbox / ODK forms for citizen audits on the "Stormwater and the City" project
  • Published a Google Earth Engine web app visualising Survey of India Guide maps
  • Built dashboard and web map prototypes using ArcGIS and open-source tools; wrote Python scripts for metro and bus route data analysis
  • Collaborated with architects and urban designers on data visualisation, and with the team on operations of the BLR Design Centre

GIS Consultant — National Technical Research Organisation, Govt. of India

October 2021 – July 2022 | India

  • Managed ArcGIS Pro to publish image services and create dashboards
  • Used Python, R, and Google Earth Engine for geospatial data visualization and analysis
  • Developed user manuals for GIS tools and software

Senior Research Fellow — National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), IISc Campus

November 2015 – January 2020 | Bengaluru, India

  • Contributed technical sections to research proposals for projects funded by SERB and ISRO
  • Conducted research on cultural heritage in Karnataka and Bihar using remote sensing and GIS, on projects funded by KKC, SERB, and ISRO
  • Created DEMs from Cartosat stereo data and derived 2-metre contours using the LPS photogrammetry suite of ERDAS Imagine
  • Developed NDVI and LULC maps, carried out GPS fieldwork, and published research in peer-reviewed journals across 10+ archaeological sites in India
  • Conducted workshops for students on landscape archaeology using Google Earth

Education

M.Tech in Geo-Informatics

Visvesvaraya Technological University, India | 2013 – 2015

B.E. in Civil Engineering

Visvesvaraya Technological University, India | 2008 – 2012

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