I am a media generalist currently pursuing a PhD from the Annenberg School for Communicaton, at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. In addition to this, I serve as Editor-at-Large for Verve and Man's World magazines, India, and I am also affiliated with MIT's C3 consortium - an academic-corporate initiative that aims to understand the complex world of media convergence from a social and cultural perspective.

Prior to this, I worked in the corporate world, on new media, venture capital and innovation for Mahindra & Mahindra, one of India's largest business conglomerates, with a significant presence in key sectors of the Indian economy, including automobiles, IT and infrastructure. My other work experiences have included founding India's first youth website, business development for Sony's Indian television channel operations, writing and editing copy for Elle magazine and the Times of India group, helping make a low-budget feature film and teaching as a visiting faculty member at a Bombay college.

I often present on different aspects of creative and corporate India at forums such as Next Media (Banff, Canada), XMedia Lab (Auckland, New Zealand) and
the Prague Bollywood Film Festival and at institutions like the Berghs School of Communication (Stockholm, Sweden). I have served as a judge at the British Council's Young Fashion Entrepreneur of the Year Award India (2008) and Marie Claire 'Made in India' Fashion Awards (2009).

My first book, Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)Longing in Contemporary India (New Delhi, London, Los Angeles, Singapore: Sage Publications) was released in April 2008.