“The world rewards visibility, but meaning still lives in substance. You don’t have to start with influence; you have to start with usefulness. Build for people, not platforms.”
Pakhi Rajesh Kumar Dixit honours her late father’s legacy in both name and practice. It was her father, from whom she learned structure, integrity, and attention to detail, from watching him shape wood into art. Today, she carries the same values in her work.
Pakhi runs an independent practice that moves with the clarity and rigour of a full‑scale agency. Running an unconventional firm, she partners with Harvard Medical School, Genomes2People, Web3 platforms, and impact‑driven nonprofits to develop ESG narratives, public engagement strategies, and digital storytelling.
Finding Inspiration
The inspiration to build her own firm came at a time when Pakhi’s father told her,
“If you don’t come from an aristocratic family, make sure an aristocratic family comes from you.”
It was not about wealth but about dignity, courage, and building something larger than yourself.
While Pakhi was in her early twenties, she watched her friends secure internships and study abroad offers, but she had no one to guide her. That silence of not knowing where to seek advice became her driving force. Looking back at how she began her career, she reveals,
“Later, when I encountered my first genomics research paper and realised how few could understand it despite its life-saving potential. I knew this was my work to become a translator between disciplines, a builder of bridges where none yet existed. I started with writing, then took on strategic roles across sectors, from luxury fashion to newborn genomics. One story led to a campaign, one campaign to a collaboration. And from that, a practice was born, rooted in trust, clarity, and the insistence that meaningful ideas should never be locked behind language.”
An Unconventional Approach
Pakhi proudly embraces being a generalist, except when it comes to coding. She taught herself every other skill, blending science with the emotion of storytelling, systemic ESG thinking with the immediacy of digital media, and the precision of craftsmanship with agile strategy.
Pakhi says that while there are people in the domain who speak in either scientific terms or stories, she knows how to do it better by blending both.
“Where others chase visibility, I design structure. I don’t just communicate messages; I construct systems that align narrative, audience, and strategy with precision. I’m not interested in becoming the loudest voice. I’m here to become the one you turn to when the stakes are high, when clarity is non-negotiable, and when cross-industry alignment becomes a matter of impact, not image.”
Troubled Waters
In her early twenties, Pakhi faced a void of direction. While there were multiple offers and ambitions that surrounded her, she had no roadmap to follow. That lack of access drove her to ‘build scaffolding for others where there were none.’
Perhaps the biggest challenge for Pakhi was losing her father.
“His death was not just personal. It created a chasm in how I saw the world. But it also gave me purpose. I began to view communication as more than clarity; it became continuity. The way he treated wood, with patience, reverence, and precision, became the way I treat ideas.”
It was Pakhi’s mother who also taught her that ‘If you go down, take five enemies with you,’ she reminds Pakhi, ‘never give someone the sweet comfort of hurting you easily.’
Despite the challenges she faced, she learned a lot from her experiences and her parents. Today, she makes sure that every action she takes at work is quiet and impactful.
Celebrating the Wins
“Success, to me, is resonance. It’s not just metrics. It’s what lingers. I measure my impact by how long something lasts after the campaign ends, by how many industries start to speak each other’s language.”
Some of the achievements so far include Pakhi shaping the way science reaches the public through her leadership of the BabySeq initiative at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She turned dense genomics research into clear, actionable insights that clinicians and families can use every day.
For three years, she also served as social media strategist for the International Consortium on Newborn Sequencing, working remotely from abroad twice. Her intentional communication built bridges between scientists, clinicians, and advocates across continents.
Apart from leading fashion campaigns that raised over $500,000 USD for the Franca Sozzani Fund, channeling resources into nonprofit genomics research, she was also featured in Outlook Magazine, which recognised her as Young Leader of the Year for Cross-Industry Communications.
Plans Ahead
Pakhi’s vision for the future is to stay impactful and become the go‑to strategist whenever communication and transformation intersect. When brands and institutions seek ethical influence or cross‑sector storytelling, she wants her name to be the first they recall.
Her next step is to formalise her practice into a leadership and communications think tank. This think tank will shape conversations across healthcare, Web3, sustainability, public policy and education. Pakhi plans to set the tone and establish the standards for how strategic storytelling drives real-world change.
“I’m not interested in being known for doing it all. I’m interested in being known for doing what matters, with precision, integrity, and undeniable influence.”
The Takeaways
One of the lessons Pakhi has learned is that silence often holds the key to clarity. She believes that it’s important to listen first, as it can help understand the contradictions and find clarity when there are complexities.
She also holds the opinion that true innovation lives at the intersection of disciplines. Lastly, as she signs off, she asserts,
“If you didn’t inherit a legacy, build one so rich in meaning, your name becomes the one others use to explain the impossible.”
