Akshay Khandalkar

Akshay Khandalkar

Personal details

● Name: Akshay Khandalkar

● Email-ID: akshay.khandalkar@gmail.com

● Mobile No.: +91-9845946621

● Date of Birth: December 22, 1984

● Portfolio : http://www.coroflot.com/akshay22/portfolio

Objective

To work as a designer with a company that offers opportunities to improve lives through thoughtful innovation.

Education

● B.E, Mechanical Engineering , R.G.P.V. University Bhopal, India. (2006)

● Masters of Industrial Design, NID Ahmedabad, Gujrat (2010)

Areas of Interest

● E-Commerce

● HealthCare

● Holistic Experience Design

● Multi- Sensory Product Design

Experience (6+ year)

● Workshop, IDEO Designs, USA (2009): We learned IDEO design methodology and IDEO design philosophy.

Accomplishments

We successfully revamped the dining experience of NID mess and proposed a solution with a 1:300 scale model.

● Product Designer Intern R&D – Honeywell Technology Research Center, Hyderabad, India (2009)

Accomplishments

We re-invented a Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) and applied for three patent s.

● Product Designer - Cognizant Technology Solutions, Pune, India (2010-2011)

Accomplishments

We improved the complex navigation and UX of “Banking and Financial Solutions” Providers like HDFC,

ICICI and Bloomberg .

We also designed iPAD application for SmartSource Inc. USA.( 65+ million consumers )

● Director – Make Sense Design Pvt. Ltd. Pune , India (2011-2013)

Accomplishments

Served 30+ clients.



Worked as a branding consultant and UX designer for Established businesses as well as startups.

● UX Designer – BORQS International, Bangalore , India (2013-2014)

Accomplishments

Working on India’s First of its kind Electronic Medical Health Record System (EMR) design project in

collaboration with Nationwide, India.

Sonim device customization and porting from touch to QWERTY for android. (kitkat and above)

Custom app design for clients like Micromax, SPICE, Lava, Karbonn, Panasonic (Indian OEMs).

● UX Designer – MoveinSync, Bangalore, India (Jan 2015-May-2015)

Successfully launched iOS and Android (Cordova) apps with improved UX.

Strategic re-branding of the firm in print as well as web media.

User-study and requirement analysis for client specific features (story boarding and architecture design).

● Lead UX Designer – HelpChat (Akosha), Bangalore, India (June-2015 – Nov 2015)

Designed Web-App and Mobile App for HelpChat (Android, iOS).

This included vendor facing app which helps local sellers, vendor and business owners to get business locally.

● Senior Product Designer – Practo, Bangalore, India (current)

Handling the UX research team for Practo products including Ray, Feed, Synapse and Consult. Redesigning one of the world's fastest growing Hospital Management Systems Insta ​http://www.instahealthsolutions.com​ ( Acquired by Practo )

Skills and Proficiency

● Design Skills : Task-Flow analysis, Information Architecture Design, Wire-Framing, Brainstorming, Design-User Research, Ideation, User-Testing.

● Software Skills : Photoshop, Illustrator, MS Visio, Balsamic, Pro/E Wildfire, Rhino, Alias (Sketchbook, Tools, Painter)

Personal Details

● Gender: Male

● Language: Hindi, English, Marathi

● Hobbies: Reading, Travelling, Adventure sports, Photography, Swimming and Ideation.