My projects leverage GIS, data visualization, code and automation, and illustration techniques to communicate data-driven stories about our world.
A Home in the City: The Role of Women as Intermediaries in Enabling Bandhu’s Success
Shahana Chattaraj (WRI India), Jacob Kohn (Bandhu), Rushil Palavajjhala (Bandhu)
Paper published by JustJobs Network
Solving Livelihoods and Housing for India’s Blue-Collar Rural-Urban Migrants: An Adaptive Approach
Urban Transformations in Asia Workshop: Current Trends and Future Trajectories, NYU Abu Dhabi Global Asia Initiative, 28-29 April 2023
IDFC Institute / Artha Global
Developed an interactive map for public/policymakers to calculate the environmental/economic costs of commuting in Mumbai
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Developed an internal-facing analysis of existing bus routes and customer journey times using Python and R
Master's in City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis: "Towards an integrated recycling system : analyzing two scenarios of informal recycling sector performance in Mumbai, India"
Focus areas: informal economies, data science, data visualization, geospatial analysis
B.A. Politics, University of Virginia
Middle East and South Asian Studies, Arabic, Hindi
Collect data in a low-tech sector or environment?
Investigate a research question
and locate a data source on it?
Tell a compelling story using a data set you already have?
Map something and turn it into a polished final product?
Get help deciding which medium will best tell your data story?
Get help designing an app, dashboard, or other product?