Curator, writer, cultural content strategist, and ceramist in training, Pavini is the Assistant Curator & Program Manager at TRI Art & Culture. Since its inception, Pavini has worked closely with TRI’s founders to shape its vision as a reimagined cultural hub for Kolkata. In her current role, she develops exhibition-based community programs and collaborates with curatorial partners to advance TRI’s mission. With experience in design, cultural research and arts-based community programming, Pavini’s interdisciplinary practice focuses on contextualizing histories of art, culture, and social phenomena through research, visual communication and playful exhibition design. She believes in the transformative intersection of art and design as a format to deepen audience engagement and cultivate meaningful and impactful community interaction. Affectionately known as Muskan, she was a Curatorial Fellow (‘24-25) at the Curatorial Intensive South Asia by Khoj Studios and a graduate of the Young India Fellowship at Ashoka University. In her free time, she hoards exhibition dossiers, listens to cultural podcasts, and tries to spend more time outdoors perfecting her handstand.