Born and raised in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Nairuti is a proud descendent of care workers and revolutionaries who fought for Indian independence in the early-mid 20th century. It is this very spirit that informs her work as a researcher, educator, and practical radical.

Currently, Nairuti serves as the inaugural Director of Policy & Research at the Center for Economic Democracy (CED), where she leads the organization's translocal efforts to seed an economy that works for us all. Prior to joining CED, Nairuti spent eight years as a movement operative supporting anchor institutions to realize their potential, driving national narrative change campaigns, organizing resource-holders (and holding them to account), accelerating community wealth building activity, and more. During this time, Nairuti founded and launched her own consulting practice, Nuance, through which she supports teams, organizations, and communities to both hospice the old and birth the new in pursuit of more just economic futures.

Nairuti holds a BA in sociology, French & Francophone studies, and public health from the College of William & Mary and an MBA from LIFT Economy. Having lived in Atlanta, Baltimore, and South Bend, Nairuti recently returned home to Virginia, where she resides with her folks and sweet pup, Rani.