Aastha is presently a second-year undergraduate student at MAAER'S MIT Institute of Design, Pune; aspiring to be a visual communication designer. With a strong drive to learn, ideate and express, she envisions of combining her design knowledge with various other interests, to create meaningful and socially relevant projects in the future. For instance, lending life to her restaurant concept 'The Jumble Jar', which won the First place in the Battle of Design Projects at the 10th Pune Design Festival, 2016.