Work
Featured Roles
2025 - present
Lead Consultant - Policy and Advocacy
Centre of Excellence for Persons with Autism, Government of Tamil Nadu
Chennai, India
Leading policy and advocacy at India's first government-run Centre of Excellence integrating clinical services, research, training, and outreach for persons with autism. Designed institutional structures, staffing frameworks, and governance systems to operationalise the Centre.
2024 - present
Teacher Incentives and Wellbeing
Tamil Nadu Government Model Schools Society
Chennai, India
Leading design and implementation of wellbeing and performance-linked incentive frameworks for teachers and school heads across 38 government model schools. Developing systems to track performance-linked data aligned with annual review cycles.
2022 - 2025
School Leadership Development
Placed with School Education Department, Government of Tamil Nadu by Teach For India
Co-led a ₹20 Cr program impacting 15,000+ school leaders across Tamil Nadu. Designed a 14-metric performance framework and achieved 93%+ participation rates across the state.
Chennai, India
2022 - 2023
RTE Act Research — Section 12(1)(C) in Tamil Nadu
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Chennai, India
Co-led a state-commissioned study on Right to Education Act implementation across 427 schools in 17 districts. Findings directly influenced state policy reforms on access, monitoring, and inclusion.
2020 - 2022
Constituency Development and Legislative Support
Office of Ms.S.Jothimani, Member of Parliament- Karur Loksabha
Karur, India
Supported the MP's work across parliamentary, constituency, and development initiatives. Drafted policy briefs, parliamentary questions, and private member bills. Led pandemic relief coordination across 4 districts.
Initiatives
Alongside my consulting work, I co-founded organisations and initiatives working on equity, education, and public interest in India.
A policy research organisation advancing social justice through evidence — conducting policy analysis, impact evaluation, and research on equity in India.
Arivom Academy
A conceptual mathematics program for government school students in Chennai
Coming soon
A new initiative currently in development. Watch this space.