Dr. Kochhar is an Indian-American and hard-of-hearing choreographer, filmmaker, poet, educator, and Performance Studies scholar. She is the Founding Director of Folded Paper Dance and Theatre Limited (Hong Kong, Seattle, and India) and Co-Director of Wild Studios Consulting & Creative Productions. Her work is committed to developing new transdisciplinary practices for shared futures. Dr. Kochhar has authored numerous works on performance, disability, ecology, and heritage; produced conferences, symposia, interactive installations, and community events; taught a wide range of Interdisciplinary Studies courses; and facilitated workshops and professional development training programs. She has created, choreographed, and directed numerous performances across the US, Europe, and Asia. Her methodology combines ethnography, experimental writing, dance arts, design practices, critical theory, and storytelling. It emphasizes how multisensory approaches can inform accessible cultural heritage practices and arts for all, through both live and virtual platforms. This approach aims to expand capacities to listen to each other and to the earth. Dr. Kochhar was a Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar Awardee in 2022–2023 and 2017–2018.