I am a mixed Punjabi-Sikh and American ethnomusicologist based somewhere between California, Ann Arbor, Vancouver, and Toronto. I am a scholar of Punjabi diasporic art and culture, a composer and pianist, and a media artist. I also play harmonium and Javanese Gamelan, sew stuffed animals and study South Asian textiles, and moonlight as a collaborative artist.

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My art explores narratives of trauma, belonging, Sikh identity, and mundanity through styles ranging from jazz and classical to performance art and noise.

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My dissertation research engages diversity policy in Canadian arts and its relationship to the commodification and tokenization of Punjabi-Canadian artists. I also focus on cultural memory and identity politics in the Sikh diaspora. I am a PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology at University of Michigan, and I hold a MA in South Asian Studies from University of Michigan ('21) and a BA/BM dual-degree in Asian Languages & Civilizations, Music Composition, and Musicology from Northwestern University ('15).