Poornima has been part of the gaming industry for nearly 2 decades and essayed roles varying from Game Designer to Producer to Studio head and Entrepreneur. She has been part of companies like Indiagames (Disney India), Jumpstart, GSN Games etc. Until June 2025, she was an Associate General Manager at Zynga (Take-Two) and is currently on a career break.
She has worked on franchises like BioShock Mobile, How to Train your Dragons, Neopets, GSN Casino and FarmVille 2: Country Escape to name a few. She is a TEDx Speaker, a Women in Games Ambassador at WIGJand also a Hall of Fame Inductee at the Global WIG Awards 2020, making her the first Indian game developer to receive such an honour. She is also featured in Rebel Girls: Level Up Edition.
Deepti has part of the gaming industry since 2006 and has spent over 2 years in copy-writing and screenplay writing as well.
Coming from an educational background of advertising, game design happened to her by accident, but she took to it naturally as she went on to work with some of the best names in the Indian game industry like Jump Games and Games2win.
She has also worked as a screenplay writer (feature) at Stir Fry Films and has a keen interest in installation and performance art. In recent past she has been conducting storytelling workshops for lesser privileged children in order to research the scope of storytelling in bridging the urban divide (economic, social and cultural).
She believes every two dots can be joined by imagination and logic, and she is trying to join her numerous interests by partnering with Poornima at Pinaka Interactive. After her 4 year journey at Creative Producer at Mocomi (Anibrain Studios)., Deepti is currently working as the Global Early Careers Manager, APAC, Zynga since end of 2021.
