Master of Design, Designed Objects
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
June 2017 to May 2019

Bachelor of Engineering, (BE- Mechanical Engineering)
Savitribai Phule Pune University, India
July 2012 to May 2016

Visiting Faculty
MIT World Peace University, School of Design
July 2020 to present

Freelance Design and Research Consultant
February 2020 to present

Service Designer and Researcher
Shree J Printers Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India
February 2020 to present
• Creating new product and service offerings in the printing and publishing industry

User Experience Lead, Volunteer
CovidFYI, India
April 2020 to June 2020
• Led the UX design and research teams for a Covid startup called CovidFYI
• Designed the service and the interface, interviewed stakeholders and users, facilitated partnership discussions, recruited other designers.

IoT and Data Visualization Design Technologist
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
February 2020 to March 2020
• Building a data visualization platform and the necessary backend to conduct experiments with cellular IoT devices in Austin, TX and Chicago, IL

Service Designer and Design Researcher, Contract
Panorama Innovation LLC, Chicago, USA
July 2019 to present
• Working on projects mostly in the health insurance space
• Planning research, conducting interviews, presenting prototypes
• Synthesizing insights from qualitative and quantitative data
• Mapping user and stakeholder journeys, creating service blueprints and system maps
• Refining concepts and prototyping through storyboards and wireframes
• Assisting in the facilitation of design thinking training, research immersion, and brainstorming workshops

Design Researcher
Make/Move: Urban Mobility Course,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Urban Mobility: Robert Bosch LLC, Chicago, USA
January 2019 to May 2019
• Observing and interviewing people as part of a multi-city research plan
• Strategizing research protocols for analog and digital methodologies
• Developing electronic gadgets based on open source hardware to capture data
• Analyzing data qualitatively and quantitatively
• Testing prototypes through observations and interviews

Product Development Engineering Intern
Eleno Energy LLC, Pune, India
October 2016 to March 2017
• Collaborating as part of a team of three members
• Ideating solutions to solve predefined problems
• Building hardware prototypes
• Testing prototypes through field tests
• Analyzing data qualitatively and quantitatively
• Re-iterating the process to improve user experience.

Product Development Engineering Intern
Tefcon Bearings Pvt. Ltd. Pune, India
January 2019 to May 2019
• Working as part of a team of four members
• Collecting data through interviews, observations, and literature reviews
• Ideating solutions to solve predefined problems
• Considering human factors and overall experience of using the product
• Designing user interface, electromechanical circuits, and hydraulic circuits.