Research Interest: Game Design, Game Studies, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction

Education:

  • B.Tech: NIT Surat, 2014
  • M.Des: IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, 2018
  • PhD: IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, 2024

 

Selected Publications:

  • Designerly Ways of Analysing Gameplay and Player Experiences, DiGRA 2023
  • Pleasures in Games: Conceptual Analysis of Fun and Its Constructs, ISAGA 2021
  • Designing Fun: A Method to Identify Experiential Elements in Analog Abstract Games, DiGRA 2022
  • Games, Gambling, Guilt, The Hindu Frontline 2022

 

Work Experience:

  • Assistant Professor, IIT Gandhinagar (January 2025 – present)
  • Assistant Professor, BITS Design School, BITS Pilani, Mumbai campus (July 2024 – December 2024)
  • Design Researcher, Tata Research, Design, and Development Center, Pune (2018-2019)