I DESIGN, SING, AND WRITE
A UX Designer and Researcher, currently working as a Research Fellow at Microsoft Research, India. As part of the Technology and Empowerment team, my focus is on addressing meaningful research questions at the intersection of accessibility and Human Computer Interaction. I'm driven by a passion to enhance lives through design and an endless curiosity to explore new horizons. Join me on my journey of creating meaningful change, one design at a time! :)
SEEDS: Scalable Educational Experiences with Digital Scaffoldings
A holistic solution that empowers both teachers and students at the schools for the blind by providing them with an ecosystem to engage, consume and enjoy rich experiences such as stories, quizzes, and games.
SEEDS consists of 3 major touchpoints. An android application for teacher, feature phones for children and a content management website.
Aumigo
Aumigo is a service designed for parents of autistic children to help ease the journey of managing autism.
Aumigo consists of two major touch points. A digital application designed for the parents guides them on how to play and teach their children basic skills and a physical intervention consisting of various activities and games designed for the children which are facilitated to the parents through the app.
Bhoj
Bhoj aims to provide every migrant construction worker with affordable homemade nutritious and hygienic food.
The service is catering to workers who live on small-scale construction sites. A service where housewives are chefs as homemade food is something that is always special and will give workers a sense of belongingness being away from their home.
2024
Experiences from Running a Voice-Based Education Platform for Children and Teachers with Visual Impairments (SEEDS)
COMPASS (ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies): Long paper
Roshni Poddar*, Tarini Naik*, Punnam Manikanteshwar, Kavyansh Chourasia, Pradyumna YM, ..., Manohar Swaminathan.
Examining Factors Influencing Technology Integration in Indian Classrooms: A Teacher’s Perspective
COMPASS (ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies): Long paper
Tarini Naik*, Meena Elapulli Sankaranarayanan*, Manohar Swaminathan, Kalika Bali, Mohit Jain
2023
SignIt! An Android Game for Sign Bilingual Play.
ITU Journal: Long paper
Roshni Poddar, Pradyumna YM, Divya Prabha Jayakumar, Tarini Naik, Punyat Tripathi, Nabeel TP, Hemanth Reddy Yeddula, Pratyush Kumar, Mohit Jain, Manohar Swaminathan.
SignIt! An Android Game for Sign Bilingual Play.
ASSETS (ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility): Poster
Roshni Poddar, Pradyumna YM, Divya Prabha Jayakumar, Tarini Naik, Punyat Tripathi, Nabeel TP, Hemanth Reddy Yeddula, Pratyush Kumar, Mohit Jain, Manohar Swaminathan.
Jod: Examining the Design and Implementation of a Videoconferencing Platform for Mixed Hearing Groups.
ASSETS (ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility): Long Paper
Anant Mittal, Meghna Gupta, Roshni Poddar, Tarini Naik, SeethaLakshmi Kuppuraj, James Fogarty, Pratyush Kumar, Mohit Jain.
*Indicates equal contribution