Sonal Keshwani holds Ph.D. and MSc. degrees in Design from IISc Bangalore (2018) and B.Tech in Production Engineering from G.B. Pant University, Pantnagar (2008).  She is in the review committee of the Journal of Engineering Design, Taylor and Francis, Research in Engineering Design, Springer and ASME IDETIC conference. She has published her work in five reputed international peer-reviewed SCI journals. She was a guest researcher at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, where she received a prestigious JASSO scholarship. She has international collaborations with Technical University of Denmark, Politecnico-di-Milano, and Ariel University. She was a founding member of the School of Design and Digital Transmedia at DSU Bangalore (2021-2023). She joined IIIT-Delhi as a Visiting Faculty in July 2023. She also has three years of industry experience in Tata Motors Ltd. (2008 – 2011).