She received her PhD and MS degrees in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, working in the Graphics Lab. Her B.Tech. degree is in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur. She has worked in industrial research at Texas Instruments R&D labs, Disney Research Pittsburgh, and the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Eakta’s research interests are in building human-centered computer graphics algorithms to create and manipulate artistic content, including traditional hand animation, comic art, and films. Her work has been presented at venues such as ACM SIGGRAPH, and has won multiple awards.