I like making things :) A journey through fine art, photography, film, and more has led me to graphic design. For me, it’s a platform to express myself as an artist while continuing to bring others' visions to life. My design philosophy is total immersion in the project. I becoming one with the history, culture, and context behind it through meticulous research and exploration.

Education:
BFA Graphic Design:ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, California, 2023-Present
Highschool Diploma:The Doon School, Dehradun, Uttrakhand, India, 2023

Experience:
Freelance, Lead Designer, 2025-Present
Developed visual identities and campaign systems for emerging brands including Iksh Optometry and Defence Cart across print, digital, and spatial applications.

Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography, Graphic Design Assistant, 2024-2025
Designed publications, exhibitions, and archival graphics focused on typography, design history, and education, including Primarium: A Case for Cursive and Poski Projekt. Managed social media and newsletters to promote collections, workshops, and public programming.

Pacific Edge Hotel Design Storm, Team Leader, October 2025
Led an interdisciplinary team of graphic, spatial, and industrial designers in developing a branding and spatial identity proposal for the Pacific Edge Hotel in Laguna Beach.

Archetype Press, Teaching and Shop Assistant, 2024-2025
Supported visiting artists, workshops, and production at ArtCenter’s letterpress studio, assisting with printmaking instruction, fabrication, and studio operations.
Guided students through letterpress processes, balancing conceptual experimentation with technical production constraints.
Collaborated with Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. and Jessica Spring during their artist residencies, contributing to experimental workshops and the production of typographic poster works including Civil Disobedience and When We Print, We Win.

Pamela Olecki, Teaching Assistant, 2024-2025
Supported Communication Design courses led by Pamela Olecki through project critiques, conceptual development, and technical guidance across branding, editorial, and exhibition-based assignments.

Freelance, Visual Designer & Assistant Director, 2024-2025
Served as Assistant Director on Levi Libre Freestyler (2026), recipient of:Gold and Best of Show at American Advertising Federation Awards, Silver at People’s Telly Awards, and Bronze at Telly Awards.
Contributed as actor and visual collaborator on Limbo by Gagan Gill, and worked as Assistant Cameraman across multiple independent student film productions.

Sally’s Studio, Intern, December 2021
Created social content, advertisements, and short-form motion graphics while developing skills in VFX, compositing, and color grading. Collaborated on short films, branded campaigns, and experimental visual narratives across direction, cinematography, editing, and post-production workflows.

Himagaman Productions, Editor and Assistant Director, 2021-2023
Contributed to short films through editing, visual development, and post-production, collaborating on projects including Vaapsi, Trishna, and Pieces of Partition.

Recognition:
Samsung Endowed Scholarship, 2025-2026
Awarded Outstanding Student Designer by AIGA Los Angeles, 2025
Kanter Scholarship for Excellence in Typography and Book Design, 2024
Featured by Cheryl D. Miller at AICAD:Dekho Magar Pyaar Se (Book), 2024
Featured at ArtCenter Hillside Exhibit:Dekho Magar Pyaar Se (Poster), 2024

Featured at ArtCenter GX Exhibit:
Royal Albert Hall Branding (Posters), 2025
Dekho Magar Pyaar Se (Book),Other Futures (Poster), Butterfly Boulder (Packaging), Aum Foundation (Motion), Paneer Makhni (Motion) 2024

Featured at Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography: Warnock Type Specimen (Poster), 2024

ArtCenter Merit Scholarship, 2023–present
ArtCenter Provost’s List, 2023-2025

Tools:InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, AfterEffects, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, Glyphs 3, Mad Mapper, p5js, TouchOSC, Figma, Solidworks, Blender, Keyshot

Capabilities:Brand Identity, Typography, Editorial Design, Motion Design, Print Production,
Spatial Graphics, Creative Coding