Prior to pursuing UX Research, I have earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in Indian History. One of the main reasons behind studying history was my passion for storytelling, and desire to empathize with human experience, over a different temporal and spatial context.

 

The findings of my past research were published in acclaimed academic journals and conferences, recognized globally for their excellence.  Afterwards, I have been exploring avenues to create greater impact and influence people’s lives by joining the industry as a UX researcher. In this way, I can create a synergy between my passion for storytelling as well as the opportunity of touching the lives of a vast number of users.

 

Of late, people spend more and more time in the digital world – a relevant statistics: millennials spend 87% of time staring at electronic devices; the opportunity to impact people’s lives by designing appropriate digital experience is immense. While doing a course in Digital Humanities, I got familiarized with some of the website designing techniques as well as the basics of HTML and CSS. Along with this groundwork, I had started my journey toward UX research.  I find UX research fulfilling as it allows me to empathise with users' emotions, behaviour patterns, and responses to specific situations, and tries to design products accordingly.

 

Also, I am fascinated by the individualistic nature of every user experience; and I find designing experience, taking into consideration every individual’s unique need and taste, quite challenging and highly engaging.