Data Storytelling Lead

• • Recruited at a senior level to lead and develop a comprehensive, data-driven content program.
• • Developed the Jerry Auto Insurance Premium Index, an economic indicator built on 300M+ records that tracked national auto insurance premiums month-to-month — the first such benchmark in the industry.
• • Built the Car Tariff Price Estimator, an interactive model simulating trade policy impacts on vehicle costs, applying economic modeling concepts to forecast consumer price outcomes.
• • Conducted survey-based economic research, designing and analyzing national surveys on affordability and driver behavior to generate insights into consumer decision-making.
• • Analyzed the distributional burden of insurance pricing across income groups and regions, combining public datasets (Census, BLS) with proprietary data to evaluate regressivity and equity impacts.
• • Published whitepapers and economic reports that informed both consumer audiences and policymakers, and were covered in national media outlets.

Senior Data Reporter

• • Conducted large-scale analyses of financial, environmental, and immigration datasets using Python and SQL.
• • Analyzed opaque water ownership in California and Australia and recognized as a Pulitzer finalist; findings were cited by the California Senate and Australian Parliament.
• • Built custom databases on microfinance flows, analysis recognized as a Loeb Award honoree.
• • Analyzed millions of immigration court records to expose disparities in asylum outcomes; awarded the New York Press Club Award.
• • Delivered findings through data visualizations and Bloomberg TV appearances.

Data & Interactives Editor

• • Directed newsroom-wide data strategy and built infrastructure for statistical and survey analysis.
• • Produced interactive visual stories on immigration, housing, and education policy.
• • Reporting on H-1B visas received a national award from the Asian American Journalists Association.

Google Fellow & Data Reporter

• • Conducted demographic analysis of Silicon Valley's workforce diversity; findings were cited by 30+ academic studies and contributed to a Department of Labor policy change.
• • Produced multi-format outputs, including a white paper and a data-driven art installation with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
• • Work recognized with Edward R. Murrow Award.

Qualitative & Quantitative Researcher

• • Conducted various user research, qualitative and quantitative research projects for FMCG brands including Coca-Cola, Unilever, and Diageo at TNS International, and media research at Colors, Viacom18; well-versed with ethnographic, in-depth interviews and focus group methodologies.

M.A., Journalism

University of Southern California, 2015

PG Diploma, Communications

MICA India, 2008

B.E., Computer Engineering

Mumbai University, 2006