Throughout my career, I have always made it a point to return to my community. In these pages, you can find the community service that I have undertaken, during my time at Yale, UT Austin, and elsewhere professionally.
Services at Yale University
Spring 2024 Pedagogical Partners Program, Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
March 2024 Organizer, Indian Board Game night, South Asian Studies Council
February 2024 Organizer, bake/ cook-off, Asian American Cultural Center
2023-present Co-organizer, Heritage Meets Heritage Project
Fall 2023 Pedagogical Partners Program, Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
2023-present Co-organizer, Yale Hindi Debate, South Asian Studies Council
Spring 2023 Organizer, Listening to Minority Perspective dinner event
2022-present Co-organizer, cultural event, South Asian Studies Council
Services at the University of Texas, Austin
2020-2022 Member, Inclusive Pedagogy in LCTL Discussion group
2019-2022 Supervisor, Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant
Spring 2022 Member, Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship committee
Spring 2022 Invited speakers from India to talk about ‘Religion & Politics’, ‘Women Empowerment’, ‘Writing Short Stories’ and ‘Mental Health’
2020-2022 Created credentialing exams for UT High School’s Credit-by-Exam program
Spring 2022 Co-organizer, Hindi Samaroh, South Asia Institute
2020-2022 Prepared students to participate in Annual Hindi Debate at Yale University
2020-2021 Translator, Sajjad Zaheer Digital Archive, South Asia Institute
Spring 2021 Supervisor, Hindi-Urdu Language table
Spring 2020 Hindi specialist, the South Asia Garden
Fall 2019 Organizer, Diwali event, Heritage Hindi Section
Other Professional Services and Outreach
April 2024 Developed credentialing exam, University of New Haven
2023-2024 Language Consultant, FY24 YHS-NYU Fulbright-Hays GPA PROJECT
2020-2021 Organizer for cultural events, Bridges International
2014-2015 Judge, ‘Classics’ category, Odyssey of the Mind competition
2009-2010 Community Service, Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi
2006-2009 National Social Service, University of Delhi