NEEL UMRIGAR, Industrial Designer in New Delhi, India

About

Innovative and effective Industrial (Automobile and Transportation) Designer with one and half years of experienced in designing and developing products, seeks challenging new position within an automotive or industrial design companies and firms.

Education

Post graduate Diploma transportation design

MIT Institute of Design

2010 - 2013

• Design education qualification (PGDP): Overall jury grade “B” with best student award in my batch at MIT Institute of Design Pune. Skills: Sketching (pen and digital), Rendering with Dry pastels and Maker, Photoshop Digital rendering, 3D software – Rhinoceros and Autodesk alias, Presentation techniques, Automotive clay, Polystyrene foam Computer Skill: MS Office, Adobe InDesign and Illustrator, Luxion KeyShot Experience and Achievements: 2013- Award for Best Student in Transportation Design for Batch 2011-13 2012- 6 months Diploma Project Internship at TATA Elxsi. (working on High speed rail for Europe.) 2012- 2 months Internship at Automotif,Pune. (working live project on concert pump.) 2012- Working live project STYLING SAE SUPRA RACING CAR in collaboration with MIT collage of engineering,Pune. (Winner of Best Design Award 2012, event held at Buddha international circuit, New Delhi, India.) 2011- Second prize in cycle making from bamboo competition in QUASSAR. 2011- Attending Automotive Design and Styling workshop at ARAI

Experience

Industrial Designer

Hero Innovation centre(Hero Cycles Ltd.)

New Delhi, India

Sep 2015 - Present (9 years 2 months)

October 2015 – present: Assistant manager Industrial Designer(Styling and Innovation)
Hero Innovation Centre at Hero Cycle Ltd, Ghaziabad, Delhi.
Responsibilities and Achievements:
 Research, Ideasion, Sketching, Conceptualisation, Rendering, Modelling
 Material, colour for products and ergonomic study, Proto to end product delivering.
 Team member of the HERO's first premium flagship bicycle - SKYLINE 700C(Hybrid category) launched in May- 2016, as a frame and finish design.
 Designed concept bicycle for Hero for International Bicycle Expo.2016, Shanghai.
 Part of the E-Bicycle development team, as concept frame, component and features design.
 Designed other components like brake lever, saddle, chain cover etc.
Industrial Designer

Tata Elxsi

Bengaluru, India

Sep 2012 - Mar 2013 (6 months)

Project- High Speed Rail Interior.
Responsibilities:
 Research on existing product, Finding problems in existing packaging and layout.
 On the basis of the rail norms and coach dimensions creating new coach layout and packaging, Ideation, Creating concept of seats for all three types of compartment.
 Sketching, Conceptualization, Rending, Finalized design, 3D modelling
 Material and ergonomic study.
 Project documentation
Industrial Designer

Automotif

Pune, India

May 2012 - Jul 2012 (2 months)

Industrial Designer Inter
Automotif Design, Pune.
Project- Designing Concrete Pump for AQUARIOUS Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
Responsibilities:
 Research on existing products, Finding out of drawbacks, existing packaging
 Material and user study, Engineering and manufacturing constrains, modularity study, benchmarking product.
 On basis of constrains, styling new outer body for pump, packaging, ideation, conceptualization, Development of concept for next level, and improvement in it.
 Final packaging, 3D modelling, colour and finish for products.

Awards

2015- Key team member for setting up Hero Innovation Centre at Hero cycles Ltd.

2013- Award for Best Student in Transportation Design for Batch 2011-13.

2012- Worked for the styling of SAE SUPRA RACING CAR in collaboration with

MIT collage of Engineering, Pune. (Winner of Best Design Award 2012, event held

at Buddha international circuit, New Delhi, India.)

Skills

Elsewhere on the Web

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On Coroflot

@nelumr, member since 2011

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Neel Umrigar

Assistant Professor - Educator, Industrial Design, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design

Assistant Professor, Graphic Design