Where I’ve been
Some things only make sense
when you’re there.
Selected study and project experiences. I’ve also travelled widely as a tourist, exploring different cultures.
Markers represent a city or country, rather than an exact itinerary.I worked on Pathfinder from January to the end of April 2026. For two of those four months, I ran local operations as the only team member still on the ground.
At Google’s Accra AI Community Centre, my cofounder presented Pathfinder. The team showed us how AI and satellite maps can help track what is happening on the ground, while we were working on our own AI project in Ghana.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)Won a mentor session with Rishi Melwani in Ghana. He spoke openly about his businesses, investments and life after Melcom, including why he saw biodegradable bags as a big opportunity in Ghana.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)From the cocoa plantations to the fairafric factory: following how chocolate is made in Ghana, from the crop to the finished bar.
A visit to Melcom’s distribution centre, seeing the warehouse behind the stores. Another part of getting to know the business landscape in Ghana while we were building Pathfinder.
Dubai was my first Tetr term, in 2024. Between company visits, sessions with business leaders and events in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, I got to see how much sits behind the city’s buildings and businesses.
Conversations with Emaar’s management team about what happens when someone buys an apartment, how the business makes money, and its plans for investment and expansion in India and Turkey.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)At Emirates’ innovation hub, we discussed Dubai’s investment in its next major airport. A chance to hear about the planning behind aviation infrastructure on that scale.
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At Jebel Ali Port, the team explained the investment going into smarter port infrastructure. The cranes and containers around us gave the conversation a very different setting from a classroom.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)A session with Oracle’s Cherian Varghese on AI, cloud infrastructure and building businesses, during my first Tetr term in Dubai.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)Met Nas Daily in Dubai and joined a session on content creation and growing an audience. We returned to those ideas in India through Tetr’s Nas Academy challenge.
Attended Forbes Under 30 Middle East twice, in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. For me, it was mostly about meeting people and having conversations.
The brief was simple: find the cheapest gold vendor. We went into the Gold Souk to compare sellers and prices for ourselves.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)Exploring the technology exhibits and Dubai’s ideas of the future at the Museum of the Future.
Getting out of the city for a desert safari during my Dubai term.
In India, I helped build Luami, our loungewear brand. Alongside that work, I visited manufacturers, technology businesses and Parliament—and made time to explore.
Seven days of making content with Nas Academy through Tetr. We worked on stories, opening hooks and giving people a reason to keep watching, after meeting Nas Daily during our Dubai term.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)Inside India’s Parliament with my Tetr cohort, seeing how the institution works during our India term.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)A visit to the HCLTech Experience Center with my Tetr cohort, exploring AI, cloud computing and enterprise technology during our India term.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)Inside Monte Carlo’s clothing manufacturing operation while we were building Luami in India. A chance to see production beyond our own small brand.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)A visit to Sonalika’s tractor manufacturing operation with my Tetr cohort. A very different kind of production from the clothing business we were working on.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)A session with Aishwarya Pratap Singh of Yoga Bar, on healthy consumer products and the business behind the brand, during my India term.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)A look around Auto Expo during my India term. Simply time spent exploring the car show.
Walking around Jaipur and stopping at the Literature Festival during our time in India.
At the Golden Temple in Amritsar, during my travels around India.
At the Taj Mahal with a friend during our India term.
Celebrating Holi in India while we were living and studying there.
I studied in the Tetr–NUS Business in Asia programme and worked on Critter Chaos, taking a team-built card game from crowdfunding through production and shipping.
Studied in Tetr’s Business in Asia programme at NUS, with teaching from Yoshiharu Mitsui and Dr Robert J Davies. Alongside classes, we were building Critter Chaos and preparing our Kickstarter campaign.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)A discussion with FairPrice’s Ah Yiam Tng, moderated by Sue-Ann Chia. What I remember is the comparison with Malaysia: why a supermarket format that worked in Singapore did not travel as well.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)A visit to Singapore’s Parliament during our term there, after visiting India’s Parliament earlier in the year.
A visit to Malacca during my time in Southeast Asia. The cultural stops are part of the story too.
Exploring Malacca during my time in Southeast Asia. A cultural stop alongside our Singapore term.
I first came for CWMUN in 2022, before Tetr. Now I’m back studying in New York and researching and sourcing startups with Young Ventures.
Joined Change the World Model United Nations in New York in 2022, before Tetr. Bill Clinton was among the speakers at that year’s event.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)Back in New York with Tetr’s Class of 2028. This term brings together my Adelphi exchange and classes through Tetr’s Cornell partnership.
Event coverage (opens in a new tab)A JPMorgan Chase visit in Jersey City during my New York term, with an employee panel, an elevator-pitch workshop and time for networking.
Italy is home. My interest in technology takes me to events as well as into the things I build.
At Italian Tech Week, taking my interest in technology beyond the news and things I explore on my PC.
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These are personal recollections of visits, study programmes and travel. Company and university names describe the context, rather than employment or endorsement.
Curiosity, put to work.