नमस्ते, I am
Technical Lead and educator building civic tech
I build tools that make complicated systems easier for ordinary people to deal with. My work sits where technology and inclusion meet, and I care about how AI is governed so it serves everyone. It is about making public life accessible to all.
I build tools that help ordinary people reach their government. I also bring communities that usually get left out into digital life.
I am a Technical Lead and Research Fellowship at Equitech Futures, where I am also building FuturesHub. Through it I served as a Venture Fellow and Alumni Resident Assistant at Reuben College, University of Oxford.
I am the Technical Lead of Bureaucrazy, a civic platform serving 5,300+ Nepalis, which won First Runner-Up at the Kevin Xu Innovation Challenge at Rhodes House, Oxford. I co-founded Digital Kala, which equips Nepal's youth, women, and marginalized communities with the skills, awareness, and confidence to navigate the digital world on their own terms. I am the Module Leader and Lecturer for the Big Data and Data Mining module at Islington College, where I teach 200+ students.
My work now extends into AI and internet governance. In September 2026 I was a fellow and rapporteur at inSIG at IIT Bombay. I was a 2024 International Gender Champions Youth Champion, and I served on the U.S. Embassy Youth Council in 2025
I share opportunities, my journey, and the new things I am learning on Instagram, where I go by Tech with Labbi.
Tech Lead and Research Fellow, Equitech Futures
An AI-powered learning platform that opens mentorship to people who usually get shut out. I lead the technical build. I also wrote its privacy and data-protection program.
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Technical Lead
A civic platform that helps Nepalis get through government processes. I lead the technical build, from a RAG chatbot for official documents to a law library and voter tools. It won First Runner-Up at the Kevin Xu Innovation Challenge 2025.
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Co-Founder and Technical Lead
Digital Kala equips Nepal's youth, women, and marginalized communities with the skills, awareness, and confidence to navigate the digital world on their own terms.
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Builder, Bureaucrazy
A walk-through of how voting works in Nepal, made for first-time voters. I built it ahead of the 2026 general election so people can practice before they reach the booth.
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Author, book chapter
My chapter in A Guidebook for Voters in Nepal. It looks at AI governance, data privacy, and the digital divide in Nepal's political life.
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Equitech Futures
2025 - Present
Bureaucrazy
2024 - Present
Islington College
Through mentoring and talks, I have reached 500+ people at more than ten institutions. As a 2024 IGC Youth Champion I was paired with Sameer Chauhan, Director of the UN International Computing Centre. I served on the U.S. Embassy Youth Council in 2025.
DeerHack 2026
I mentored four teams at Deerwalk Institute of Technology, including the overall winner and the Ed-Tech track winner.
Hack-A-Thon
I mentored at Nepal's first school-level hackathon in 2025 and 2026. It brought together 53 teams from 40 schools.
Shequal Foundation Hackathon
I mentored builders at this all-female hackathon.
Prashasan Pro launch, Kathmandu
In June 2026 I moderated a panel on digital governance and Nepal-US commercial diplomacy.
Rhodes House Forum, Oxford
I presented Bureaucrazy at the Kevin Xu Innovation Challenge in 2025.
Rotaract Club, Coffee with Career
In October 2026 I was a guest speaker on careers in tech, and I gave feedback on group career scenario presentations.
European Union Youth Fest 2026, Kathmandu
I co-facilitated a session on the use of AI, ethics and bias for young people at the EU's youth festival in Nepal.
Women LEAD Nepal
A 2018 alumna, I facilitated a session on ethics, bias and AI for grade 12 student leaders in 2026, with live demos of how AI systems get things wrong.
Civic Tech Without Coding, Project Abhaya
I co-facilitated a two-hour session on AI in government for professionals from many fields.
inSIG 2026, IIT Bombay
I was a fellow and rapporteur for the session on the IGF's permanent mandate.
Just AI Nepal
I contributed to recommendations for Nepal's proposed AI Act.
APrIGF 2026, Kathmandu
I took part in the Asia Pacific regional IGF.
First Runner-Up. Rhodes House, Oxford. 2025.
London Metropolitan University, among 750+ projects.
For grassroots digital literacy with Digital Kala.
I had no idea how to play chess, so I taught a computer to play it with a MinMax algorithm and learned the game alongside it.
GitHub →A system that helps a DVD store track rentals, returns, and the details of its members.
GitHub →A prototype music store site built with XML for a hypothetical company looking to go online.
GitHub →A web database system for a hypothetical college that handles full CRUD operations.
GitHub →My inbox is open. I would love to hear about fellowships, speaking invitations, and collaborations in civic tech, AI governance, and digital inclusion. Send me a note and I will reply.