Mrinalini is a designer, researcher, artist, and creative technologist who explores mediums ranging from tangible interfaces and XR to interactive installations and film.

A recent graduate from MIT, she is currently interested in AI-enhanced interactions and sensor-augmented experiences.

Mrinalini's work extends into various interdisciplinary domains, blending art-based research, experimentation, ethical inquiry, and teaching. Her engagements with media politics, cultural envisioning, and ecological speculations constantly negotiate with the worlds she inhabits.

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Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S. Art, Culture, and Technology
2022-24

National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
 Bachelors of Design, Film & Video Communication 
2016-21

Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Interactive Media Design, Exchange
2019

United World College Mahindra, India
International Baccalaureate
2014-16
Recognition & Awards

ACM CHI
Student Game Competition Winner
2024
Ars Electronica
IDSA Founding Lab Student, 2023
MIT Design X
Venture Design Fellow
2023

MIT Architecture
Scholarship
2022-24

KC Mahindra
Scholarship
2022

Ford Foundation
Fellowship
2020-21

Dharamshala International Film Festival
Himalayan Film Fellow
2018
Research & Industry Experience

MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) Scholar
Oct 2023 - May 2024

Deeplocal, Pittsburgh
Creative Technologist Intern
June - Aug 2023

MIT Open Documentary Lab
Research Assistant
Sept 2022- Sept 2023

Alt News, India
 Design ResearcherAug 2021 - Aug 2022


Academic Experience

MIT Graduate Teaching Assistant
Sept 2022 - May 2024

MIT Kaufman Teaching Certification
2023
Select Publications

Disrupting Monocultural Tendencies through Multimodal Montage. Master’s Thesis’24.
A Mystery For You: An LLM Powered Fact Checking Game with a Tangible Interface. ACM CHI’24 with collaborator Haoheng Tang.
Re-Worldings at MIT of Beaver Terrapolis Terristories. ISEA’24.


Select Exhibitions & Screenings

Forensic Artifacts of a Democracy in Crisis. Solo Show.
MIT ACT Gallery
2023

Rivers in the Sky, Clouds Down Below.
MIT Media Lab
2023

Counteractions. Group Show.
Distillery Gallery, Boston
2023

Mumbai International Film Festival
2022