Rakhi is a visual designer and design researcher with over five years of professional experience. She holds a Bachelor of Design from the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), where she also completed a semester-long exchange program at Buffalo State College, New York, and a Master of Design from the National Institute of Design (NID). Professionally, Rakhi has worked extensively as an experience designer, spending most of her career at Designit, where she contributed to large-scale client projects and cross-disciplinary collaborations. She has since transitioned into academia and is currently pursuing design research at the University of Auckland.