Hello, my name is Disha Shanbhag.

Design Research. Public Sector Innovation. Observer of the human experience.

Based in London, I bring a rights-based approach to delivering efficient digital public services. With 3+ years of experience in building public services across India and the UK, I am passionate about driving mission-oriented social outcomes through diverse digital policies and programmes. I am keen to partner with organisations that design, evaluate or implement public programmes and interventions with an inclusive, relational and sustainable lens!

I was trained in Digital Anthropology at University College London. My background in anthropology grounds my practice of user-centered research in complex digital environments.

I am currently an Associate at PUBLIC, a Westminster-based digital transformation firm for the public sector. Over the past three years, I have supported several public and private firms to navigate the commercial sides of the public sector. I am a certified CIPS professional, and am always interested in speaking with startups looking to sell to the government!

Beyond work, I maintain a museum of unfinished projects. I am currently writing a book on ‘Women on the Indian Right’, dabbling with photography and am an upcoming fellow at the Newspeak House in London.