I have received a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, where I carried out my doctoral research at the Centre for Educational Technology under the supervision of Dr. Sahana Murthy (Professor). My thesis research explored the role of context in the emergence of teachers’ beliefs and practices of technology integration. The thesis considers teachers’ context as a complex system and takes an ecological perspective to understand the interactions happening in the context and how they are influencing teachers.

I am an active member of the EdTech Society, Mumbai, and have played a key role in designing and facilitating practitioner-led research initiatives, including the Practitioner Research Idea Summit (PRISm). PRISm offers structured mentorship, learning, and collaborative research opportunities for teachers from diverse fields, including engineering, liberal arts, and school education, who often have no prior experience in educational technology research. I have also contributed to EdTech Tulna, a collaborative initiative with the Centre for Educational Technology and Central Square Foundation, focused on developing research-based frameworks for evaluating educational technology products in India.

I currently serve as Head of Educational Services at InclusiveMinds Learning Collective Private Limited, a startup incubated at the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. In this role, I lead the organisation’s educational services, including the design of learning experiences for children with neurodiversity that build on their interests and strengths to support inclusive education.

Research disciplines

Teacher education and continuing professional development; teacher use of educational technology; teachers' beliefs; and learning sciences.

Research interests

• Understanding the teachers' context using an ecological perspective.

• Investigate the role of context in the emergence of teachers' beliefs and practices of technology integration.

Practice interests

Facilitating community building among teachers to promote scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), and help them move towards educational technology research.

Key skills

Research: Expertise in conducting qualitative research; applying ecological perspective to understand the interplay between individuals and their environments; employing case study research design; designing data collection tools such as interviews, surveys, etc.; and doing thematic analysis to identify and analyse patterns within qualitative data.

Teaching: Active learning strategies; technology integration; blended learning; and inclusive education.

Design: Instructional designing; and human-computer interaction (e.g. persona creation, wireframing, prototyping).

Creation: e-learning content development; photography; videography; audio and video editing.

Knowledge of Software: Moodle, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Steinberg Nuendo Music Software, Articulate Storyline.