The Stories our Charts don't Tell (yet)

Lakshmi is a software engineer turned social impact professional whose work sits at the intersection of data, technology, education, and entrepreneurship. Having worked across India and the UK with government and third sector organisations, she brings a systems lens to questions of development and representation.

Now as a doctoral researcher, Lakshmi engages deeply with what data gets measured and whose knowledge counts. Her work attempts to interrogate (if not at least acknowledge) what is left out and whose realities are flattened in the process. Through this, she nudges toward more reflective, responsible, and context-sensitive approaches to both data and development, inviting researchers and practitioners to rethink (or at least surface) the assumptions embedded in how we see and shape the world.