Experience
Antenna Design, NY (Interaction/Industrial Design Firm) Jan 10 - Present
Interaction Designer
Method Design, NY ( Service Design Firm) Aug 08 -Dec 09
User Experience Designer
Responsibilities include executing all user experience task, including research and analysis, requirement definition, product and interaction outline and specifications, on a variety of platforms including web, mobile, product and television interfaces.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill , NY (Architecture Firm) Sept 06 – June 08
Architectural Professional
Responsibilities include working on concepts, designs and technical details for interactive interiors under the SOM innovation studio. Work also includes design and information architecture for the flash presentation engine.
American Museum of Natural History, NY (Interactive Exhibition Dept)
Freelance Designer
Worked on the interaction design of the ‘Language interactive’ in the recently opened ‘Hall of Human Origins’. Also worked on documenting the information wireframes and content of the fourth floor interactive installations for future design intervention.
Local Projects, New York City, NY (Interaction Design Firm) Sept 05 – Dec 05
Designer
Designed and detailed a physical installation for an online narrative map called “City of Memory”.
Advanced Media Studio, ITS, NYU Dec 04 – June 06
Technology Assistant
Work involved operating and maintaining the Laser cutter and the 3D Rapid prototyping machine to assist student and faculty art projects at NYU.
Sacred world foundation, Delhi, India (Interaction Design firm) Oct 03 – Aug 04
Product Design and Architectural Support
Designed, detailed and produced physical installations for an interactive multimedia exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi’s life, called the “Gandhi Multimedia project”.
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad (Design Cell) Dec 02 – Oct 03
Design Consultant
Designed and executed exhibitions to display and sell the indigenous handspun and hand-woven cloth called Khadi for trade shows under the PRODIP scheme.
Quetzal Design Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India (Furniture design firm) May 00 -Nov 00
Junior Designer
Designed, detailed and produced retail furniture and display units for software companies in Bangalore. Clients Included HCL Info systems, Infosys Technologies.
Education
Masters in Professional Studies Sept 04 – May 06
Interactive Telecommunication Program, Tisch School of Arts, NYU
Bachelor of Interior Architecture July 97 – Dec 02
Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad, India
Honors
Courtney Ross-Host Scholarship, New York University 2004-2006
Paulette Goddard Scholarship, New York University 2004-2006
Best Student Award for Space planning Studio 1998
3D Modeling Programming Graphics
Maya 8.0, Rhinoceros 4.0, AutoCAD 2006, Sketch up Pro, Motion Builder 6 Pro
Processing, Basic HTML, Basic Action Scripting
Illustrator CS3, PhotoshopCS3, Adobe InDesign CS3
