Product Designer
RÉSUMÉ
Education
Bachelor of Design (B.Des)
Department of Design
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2010-2014)
CPI: 8.05/10
Courses Undertaken:
Usability Engineering, Design Management, New Media Studies, Design Methodology, Introduction to Interaction Design, Tangible User Interfaces, Physical Computing, Graphic Design Studio, Fundamentals of Ergonomics, Applied Ergonomic, Elements of Design, Elements of Form, Design Analysis, Understanding Psychology, Introduction to Computing, Engineering and Machin Drawing
Class 12 - 2010 - 82.0% | CBSE, New Delhi
Class 10 - 2008 - 82.8% | CBSE, New Delhi
Work
Experience
User Experience Designer
E-Commerce Startup
Nov'12 - May'14
Designing a price comparing and price predicting online shop to enhance the user experience for US based stealth mode startup. Web Plugin and Mobile Application are also being designed.
Usability Design Intern
Progress Software Development Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad
May - July 2013
Worked on the UI evaluation of application Platform as a Service (aPaaS) products like Salesforce, Rollbase etc. to design a UX Model for the development of new aPaaS product called Progress PACIFIC.
Head of Event Management
Alcheringa 2013, IIT Guwahati
Feb'12 - Feb'13
Lead the team of enthusiastic idea makers and designed the largest north-east cultural festival in which over 70 events, 10 workshops, 8 proshows and 4 pronites were witnessed by over 60 thousand peoples.
Visual Design Intern
Samsung R&D Institute, Delhi
May - July, 2012
Worked on the visual designing of Smart TV Applications. Approach was to target Indian audience by studying Indian culture, tradition and elements.
Creative Head
Yearbook Subcommittee 2012, IIT Guwahati
Feb - May, 2012
Lead the team of dedicated visual design students and assembled the compilation of memories and testimonials in one Yearbook for graduating students of 2012 batch of IIT Guwahati.
Design Skills
HEURISTIC EVALUATION
CONTEXT SCENARIOS
STORY BOARDING
PERSONAS
AEIOU FRAMEWORK
NAVIGATION MODELLING
EMPATHY MAPPING
INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
RAPID PROTOTYPING
Software Skills
SKETCH
PHOTOSHOP
ILLUSTRATOR
MS OFFICE
MARVELAPP
BALSAMIQ MOCKUPS
PREZI
PROTOTYPER
SKETCHUP
SOLID EDGE
XCODE
Languages
HTML/CSS
C/C++
Academic Projects
Design Intervention to ease the exchange of information for patients/attendants in Hospital
Duration: July'13 - April'14
Guide: Prof. (Dr.) Deb Kumar Chakrabarti, Head, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati
Keywords: Information System, System Design, Health Education, Design for Need, Human Computer Interface
Information exchange between Hospital and patient/attendant is still a concern in Health and Care sector. In order to bridge this gap, number of interventions are being designing to facilitate patients and attendants in waiting area of hospitals.
ENERGOSTAT - Online Software Redesign
Duration: July - Oct' 13
Keywords: User Experience, Usability Engineering, Energy Monitoring
Online Energy monitoring software was suffering from unsatisfying work efficiency due to poor user experience. In order to enhance the user experience and work efficiency, changes were done to meet new look and feel of the software by conducting usability testing and analyses of it.
MUBIKS, A Tangible Music Player
Duration: Feb - Aprul' 13
Guide: Asst. Prof. Keyur Sorathia, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati
Keywords: Tangible user interface, Design for Need, Music Player
Designed and conceptualized a tangible music player for visually impaired masses by conducting user interviews and thorough literature review and making Demo Video.