👋🏽 Hi! I'm Upasana. I'm a Product Manager at Microsoft, former computer engineering student at UT Austin, lifelong explorer, and aspiring social entrepreneur.

Projects

Resistorings

I founded Resistorings, an EdTech initiative that designs electrical earrings to teach kids about circuits.

2021-03-24

ReadMe: Affordable braille display for graphs & data visuals

I built an affordable braille display to help blind and visually impaired students learn math through tactile graphs and visuals.

2020-08-11

How to design lighting systems for refugee camps

I built a minimal lighting system for low-cost, easy installation in refugee camps.

2020-05-11

Blog Posts

12 books in 12 months - 2022

This is a collection of my notes & takeaways from the books I read in 2022.

2023-01-01

Food Adventures in Mexico 🇲🇽

I embarked on a one-week trip to Mexico with a goal to try as many traditional Mexican dishes as possible! I tried all but three dishes on the list of recommendations and recorded my experiences!

2020-03-27

Cambodia & Vietnam

My first few days of 2020 were spent exploring regions of Cambodia & Vietnam. In this post I provide an overview of my trip.

2020-01-15

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