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A Conversation + Product Designer, I work at the intersection of people, technology and business. I lead and advise on delivery of digital products and
AI solutions for large enterprise clients, specializing in conversational chat + voice experience.

I studied Product Design at NID (National Institute of Design), India and went on to earn a Master's in Digital Futures from OCAD University.

My work ranges from transforming customer experiences with conversational AI, innovating in healthcare wearables with in-depth user research, leading new product development of B2B financial applications to envisioning implementation of agentic technologies for usability, efficiency and delightful human-centric experiences.

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Hello!

childhood memory of me drawing

My earliest childhood memories are of me scribbling mountainous landscapes with my grandmother. Now every time I doodle I am drawn back to those wonder-filled afternoons filling me with a child-like curiosity.

From working in a young healthcare startup to building a master's thesis on sociable voice user interfaces, it is this child-like wonder that has shaped me into a Design Mutant, curious to take up new challenges and wear multiple hats while support my team and clients.

I see my role as a problem solver, seamlessly transitioning between micro-interactions and systems thinking, driven by solving wicked problems while collaborating with multiple stakeholders using design thinking frameworks to bring method to madness. 

I have a keen interest in designing emerging technologies with a critical lens advocating for ethical human-centred adoption in previously unexplored areas.

I enjoy being the occasional fly-on-the-wall observing people in their element. When I am not working you can find me reading, doodling,
binge-watching, DIY-ing, and organizing spaces and stuff.

/ MY ESSENTIALS 🧺

A pen, a sketchbook, filter coffee and a watch

/ PERSONAL MISSION 🚀

Creating empathetic and delightful solutions for problems big and small

/ INSPIRATIONS 🤩

R.K. Laxman | Jane Fulton Suri | Dieter Rams & the people around me!

/ BOOK SHARE 📕 

Naoto Fukasawa (the book), was my introduction to the philosophy of Design and it changed the way I look at the world

/ PUBLICATIONS

Sketches in Voice User Interfaces: Relational Conversations with Virtual Personal Assistants in Domestic Spaces
Masters thesis, OCAD University. ISBN 978-1-77835-090-0 , 2021​
Patent: Ocular Screening
Co-inventor
Pub. no. WO/2018/100589, PCT/IN2017/050561 , 2016​
Visualizing Wellness: The Myant Skiin System Connected Life App
Co-author, Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Supporting Everyday Life Activities 7th International Conference, ITAP 2021, 
Textile Game Controllers: Exploring Affordances of E-Textile Techniques as Applied to Alternative Game Controllers
Co-author, ACM Digital Library · Feb 1, 2021 | TEI '21: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Designing for Comprehensive Healthcare: A ground zero study and system
synthesis from India
Co-author, RSD7, The 7th Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium, 2018
Access to Electricity-A Case Study for a Decentralized People-Centric Energy
model for India
Co-author, RSD7, The 7th Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium, 2018
InterCARE: A Cloud Computing Patient Care System
Co-author, In proceedings; IndiaHCI Conference 2014 (ACM Digital Library)​

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