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Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago,School of Design
Aug 2013 - Present (11 years 3 months)
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MFA 2013 Candidate
University of Illinois at Chicago,School of Art and Design
Aug 2011 - May 2013 (1 year 9 months)
I have graduated with a Master's degree in Industrial Design at University of Illinois at Chicago May2013.
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Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois at Chicago
Aug 2011 - May 2013 (1 year 9 months)
I am an Instructor (title Teaching Assistant) for AD120 course at UIC School of Art and Design. I have been teaching this class independently for 4 semesters.
Course Objective is 3D Visualization and Form Development
Responsibilities include
- Teaching independently a class of 20-25 students
- Conducting projects in class and Project lab
- Instructing and designing course material for the class
- Setting Deadlines and Expectations for the Projects
- Conducting critiques
- Grading the Projects
- Guiding students interested in Industrial Design
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User Experience Designer
Innovation Center IPD Muve Music
Jul 2011 - May 2012 (10 months)
- Designed and Developed graphical User Interface for
mobile app for Muve Music and Cricket Wireless.
- Established UX design as the first stage of mobile application
development, instituting a user-centered design (UCD) approach.
- Led UX design on ground-breaking mobile applications that redefined
the market landscape.
- Created marketing strategy and user testing
- Displaced competitors by remaining ahead of the curve in anticipating
user needs; delivered interactive device apps that helped capture the
customers in new target age group and sector.
- Worked in a cross functional team, synthesize feedback and input from
product management, engineering, and marketing to create compelling
user experience and contributed in marketing strategy
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Industrial Design Intern
Beyond Design, Inc.
Jun 2010 - Sep 2010 (3 months)
- Worked as an intern at the prestigious product innovation firm- Beyond Design, in Chicago. I have
been involved in the design process of a vast array of projects.
- Duties entrusted were concept generation, brainstorming ideas, sketching and rendering, prototyping
mock ups for presentations, assisting in creating style guides, mood boards for several projects,
participating in focus group research and research documentation.
- Developed ability to understanding the design process and defining the underlying rationale
for design choices and creating a logical foundation for decision making
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Industrial Designer
Havells India Ltd
2008 - 2009 (1 year)
- Corporate Experience. Worked as an Industrial Designer at Center for Research and Development of
Havell's India Limited- an electrical equipment company.
- Duties were specific to fan division.
- Duties included design and development of ceiling fans, vendor development, prototyping and
testing.
- Worked in collaboration with engineering and marketing teams in a fast paced environment in support
of the product development process.
- Developed ideas based on criteria in creative brief; present ides with rationale to senior leadership
and to clients.
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Summit Participant/Organizer
International Development Design Summit
Jul 2007 - Aug 2008 (1 year 1 month)
I had great honor of working in team of members from all around the world gathered with
a unique cause of Social change through Design and Innovation.
I also helped in Organizing 2008 IDDS and created a great network of innovators and
intellectuals focused on creating affordable technologies and design for less privileged people
in the world.
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Industrial Design Intern
Jindal Architecture Ltd
May 2007 - Jul 2007 (2 months)
Interned at Jindal Architecture Ltd. a product development firm aimed at architectural applications of stainless steel and furniture Design. Duties entrusted were design and ideation of new concepts for products considering the versatile material properties of stainless steel and manufacturing processes involved in metal.
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Assistant Architect
Independent Architectural Firms- Ar Ashok Mokha, Ar. Waman Parshionikar
Jun 2004 - Jun 2006 (2 years)
Worked as Assistant Architect at Several Architectural Firms in India over a period of two years. Also Worked as a Freelance Architect on residential projects in India.