2026
MSP and the July procurement window
A four-page brief on why late procurement in Punjab still misses small holders.
- Stata
- procurement data
- brief
Meridian
Editorial brief layout for economics and public policy. Built around Advait Rao, MA Economics, DSE.
Short policy notes,with the numbers attached.
The conclusion is dull on purpose when the table says so.
MA Economics at the Delhi School of Economics. A research assistant role for 2027, with procurement windows, bus fares, and scholarship forms already counted.
- 3 briefs
- Farm prices, bus fares, scholarships
- DSE
- MA Economics
- 2027
- Research assistant search
- The form
- Not the amount, was the drop-off
About
Advait Rao
MA Economics, Delhi School of Economics
I write short policy notes with the numbers attached. If the table is dull, the conclusion stays dull. Recent briefs: a late procurement window in Punjab, a Delhi bus fare freeze, and a college where the scholarship form, not the amount, was the drop-off.
- Campus
- Delhi School of Economics
- Focus
- Applied policy notes
- Looking
- Research assistant, 2027
- Based
- Delhi
Briefs
2025
Bus fare freeze, Delhi 2025
Mapped who rides AC versus non-AC after the freeze. The freeze holds for short trips, not for the edge of the city.
- R
- DTC ridership
- maps
2025
Scholarship take-up, one college
Counted how many eligible students never filed. The form, not the amount, was the drop-off.
- survey
- Excel
- admin data
Numbers attached
Apr 2026
Late windows miss small holders
The MSP note is four pages because the table did not need a fifth. July is late if you cannot wait on the mandi.
Dec 2025
The freeze and the edge of the city
Short AC trips still look cheap. The last bus out of the edge does not. That is the freeze, not a slogan.
Aug 2025
Eligible, and still not filed
The scholarship amount was fine. The form was not. Take-up is a paperwork problem until someone counts the blanks.
Elsewhere
Contact
advait.rao@example.eduLooking for a research assistant role in 2027. Briefs are four pages unless the table needs more.
Meridian
Advait Rao · MA Economics, DSE
Other layouts
Campus tools,already in use.
I build what the lab needs next.
Computer science at BITS Pilani. A summer internship in systems or product engineering, with work that already runs on campus.
- 3 tools
- Still used in campus labs
- BITS Pilani
- B.Tech Computer Science
- Summer 2026
- Internship search this year
- Queueboard
- Cut wait time at the GPU cluster
About
Kavya Reddy
B.Tech Computer Science, BITS Pilani
I write software for rooms that already have a queue: the GPU lab, hostel wifi that drops mid-class, first-year OS labs that drown in logs. The brief is usually a WhatsApp thread. The test is whether someone still opens the tool after I leave.
- Campus
- BITS Pilani
- Focus
- Systems and campus products
- Looking
- Summer 2026 internship
- Based
- Pilani, Rajasthan
Projects
2026
Queueboard
A lab booking board that cut wait time at the campus GPU cluster. Students claim a slot, see who is next, and get a ping when a machine frees up.
- Next.js
- Postgres
- Redis
2025
Meshnote
Shared lecture notes that stay in sync offline. Built for hostel wifi that drops mid-class.
- React Native
- SQLite
- CRDTs
2025
Tracekit
A tiny tracer for student OS labs. You step one syscall at a time instead of reading a 400-line log.
- C
- Python
- WASM
Notes from the lab
Mar 2026
The queue still needed a human ping
Redis knew which GPU was free. Students still waited until someone shouted across the room. The last 10% of Queueboard was a text, not a dashboard.
Nov 2025
CRDTs on a hostel that loses wifi twice a lecture
Meshnote does not try to be clever when the network returns. It replays the edits in the order the phones actually saved them.
Aug 2025
First-years and a 400-line syscall dump
Tracekit exists because I watched a lab section scroll past the one line that mattered. One step at a time is slower, and they finish.
Elsewhere
Contact
kavya.reddy@example.eduOpen to systems or product engineering internships for summer 2026. I reply the same day during term.
Engineering
Atlas
Project-first layout for CS and engineering students.
Pictures, type,and the rooms they live in.
I shoot first, then design around what the photo already knows.
Communication design at NID Ahmedabad. A studio internship in editorial and identity work, with a hostel night market, a monsoon type specimen, and a furniture study already on the table.
- 3 studies
- Night market, type, studio chairs
- NID Ahmedabad
- Communication design
- Studio intern
- Editorial and identity search
- 2026
- Hostel night market, still in print
About
Rhea Kapoor
Communication design, NID Ahmedabad
I start with a photograph, then decide what the type, paper, and room have to do to keep up. Most of the work lives on campus: a night market poster the hostel still puts up, a monsoon specimen that had to survive damp paper, chairs in an empty studio.
- Campus
- NID Ahmedabad
- Focus
- Editorial and identity
- Looking
- Studio internship
- Based
- Ahmedabad
Pictures and type
2026
Hostel night market
Warm stall lights on wet pavement. Shot on campus, then set as a night-market poster the hostel still puts up.
- 35mm
- InDesign
- screenprint
2025
Type for monsoon
A type study printed on damp paper, so the letterforms have to survive the weather they describe.
- letterpress
- specimen
- cotton paper
2025
Studio chairs
Empty studio, stacked chairs, one high window. A furniture note for the campus workshop.
- large format
- model photos
- workshop
Studio notes
Feb 2026
The poster had to work in rain
The night market print sits under a tin roof that leaks. If the type cannot take a drip, it is not finished.
Sep 2025
Damp paper as a brief, not an accident
The monsoon specimen is printed wet on purpose. The letters swell. That is the weather talking, not a print error to hide.
Jun 2025
Chairs before a room has a name
I photographed the stacked chairs first. The furniture note came later, when the workshop asked what the empty studio was actually for.
Elsewhere
Contact
rhea.kapoor@example.eduLooking for a studio internship in editorial or identity. Prints and PDFs go out the same week you write.
Design
Lumen
Image-led site for design and studio students.