Engineer · Researcher · Builder — exploring AI for public good
SARAL — Citizen-Centric Welfare Access
A low-literacy-friendly platform (SMS/IVR/USSD + assisted intake) and operator dashboard to help citizens discover, apply for, and track welfare schemes, paired with research analytics for fairness, inclusion, and system design insights.
Project Nagrik — Fieldwork & Findings
100+ surveys and 12 ethnographic interviews across Maharashtra, mapping access, discretion, digital exclusion, and trust, are the groundwork that informs SARAL’s design.
I’m Parth Mody, an emerging researcher exploring how AI, data science, and governance intersect to shape equitable public systems. My work investigates how citizens interact with welfare infrastructures, and how technology can advance fairness, accountability, and inclusion.
I combine computation, design, social science, and economics to build systems that empower rather than exclude. Current work includes SARAL (citizen-centric welfare access platform) and the field study Project Nagrik. Previously: SmartAgro and Droplet.
“Technology should serve people, not gatekeep them.”