Lately..
I have been working on Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) programmes focusing on nano-entrepreneurship across India. I also experiment with various visual mediums to make fundamental statistical concepts accessible to a wide range of audiences.
Highlights
The Istri Project
Increasing productivity & thereby earning power for ironing vendors, by driving conversion to a superior product from their current traditional coal iron boxes.
Read moreDemocratising Action for Attainment
How do we use novel data sets and techniques to effectively understand the impact of child poverty on education within urban and rural contexts?
Read moreThe State of FOSS in India Report
A chronicle of the evolution of the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) ecosystem in India. Identifying key stakeholders, their challenges & recommendations to support the growth of a healthy community.
Read moreWhy cube ?
I am a fairly private person and prefer not to share my name or photo online. Through the years, cube has become my default identity amongst friends and colleagues. And it’s not like you won’t find me online if you look around, but why offer it myself?
Why TheDataAreClean ?
The name was partly inspired by my experiences of working with data all these years and understanding the importance of cleaning the data, and partly by a PHD Comics strip which wonders if data is singular or plural. I hope you enjoy the wordplay as much as I do!