She seeks to strengthen community resilience by surfacing invisible stressors—those often overlooked when viewed through the lens of a single discipline—using a mixed-methods research approach, and translating data into visual and experiential forms to inform solutions.
Hiteshree is currently a Researcher at metaLAB at the Berkman Klein Center, where she’s co-leading the AI Personality Study, and an Associate at the South Asia Institute at Harvard. She holds a Master’s in Design Studies with a focus on the Public Domain from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a Bachelor’s in Industrial Arts and Design Practices from the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore.
Her recent projects—engaging with resilient livelihoods, public health, natural disasters, urban planning and education—critically address the need for cross-sectoral collaboration in effective service design and delivery. She has completed several design research initiatives, including Hum Sab Ek (2024–2025), Do No Harm: Dilemmas of Planning for Health (2024), Forest Futures (2024), and The Black City AstroLab (2023), with the support of institutions such as the World Bank Group, Global Fairness Initiative, and the Center for Green Buildings and Cities at Harvard.