Dhairya Dand
Smithsonian National Award Finalist | Ex MIT, Amazon, Google, XPRIZE | Forbes Under 30 | WIRED UK Fellow
16 yrs experience · <10 hrs/week
About
Ex MIT Media Lab, Amazon, Google, XPRIZE, Keio-NUS, IITB. Smithsonian National Award Finalist, WIRED UK fellow, featured in VOGUE, ELLE lists, Forbes under 30, TED speaker.
Skills
DesignInnovationProduct DevelopmentResearch
Experience
- Experiments · D&2025-01-01 –
- Principal + Founder · ODD Industries2018-07-01 – 2024-06-01
- Research · Bloom2019-08-01 – 2020-08-01
- NEW INC / Residency · New Museum of Contemporary Art2017-07-01 – 2018-06-01
- Scientific Advisory Board · XPRIZE2016-11-01 – 2018-04-01
- Researcher, Designer at C-Lab · Amazon2014-08-01 – 2016-07-01
- Visiting Researcher · The University of Tokyo2013-12-01 – 2014-07-01
- Researcher · MIT Media Lab2012-08-01 – 2014-07-01
- Founder · ThinkerToys / openTOYS2011-05-01 – 2012-04-01
- Researcher · National University of Singapore2010-12-01 – 2012-04-01
Joint appointment at Keio-NUS CUTE Center
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (SM) at the MIT Media Lab (MAS)
- Indian Institute of Technology, BombayIDC - Courses with Prof. Ravi Poovaiah
- Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science
- Microsoft Research Summer SchoolComputer Networks + ICTD
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