NASA Awardee

• Was awarded the Nasa's "Honorable Mention Award for International Students" at the 2004 Intel ISEF fair in Portland, Oregon.
• This was in recognition of the work done in discovering a new property in triangles at the age of 14.
• The project abstract and mathematical proof and presentation are linked below.

Abstract  ∣   Math Proof  ∣   PPT   ∣   Article

Project Cirin

• Made of 3-D printed nylon, carbon fiber, and machined aluminum, it combines the distinctive profiles of 1960s Formula 1 race cars with Bio-inspired shapes of the cellular forms seen in the pneumatized bone structures of a bird's wing.
• The "Bio-Truss" approach yields a striking look, a surprising strength-to-weight ratio and a near total absence of screws and fasteners.
• The car is powered by a single 16-foot-long rubber band, which once released, propels Cirin for 500 ft reaching speeds of up to 30 MPH.
• Cirin won the Best Design at the Formula-E (Elastic) Tournament held at Art Center college of Design Pasadena, CA, USA in 2014.

Wired Article   ∣   3DPrint.com   ∣   Wonderful Engineering

Tools of the Trade

• I love learning new softwares and constantly try to discover new workflows.
• I have a strong 3D modelling and Graphic design skill set along with a bit of Coding and Animation.
• I'm currently taking a Google UI/UX course and learning Figma/Adobe XD.

Handheld Radio

• LCR 400 is an IP68 rated Handheld radio designed to withstand MIL grade drop tests and much more.
• It is capable of 18.5 hours in digital mode and 14.5 hours in analog mode and uses a Lithium Ion (2200mAH) battery.
• The design was envisioned keeping in mind,the modern day technological requirements and user-centered aesthetics.
• As the Chief Designer of Quolt, I lead a team of Engineers and Designers throughout the Design, Development, User-testing and Prototyping phases of the project.

LCR Page

Trap Racers

• This project revolves around the idea of bringing digital play into the physical world, to create a truly Phyigital racing experience.
• The details of the concept are explained in the presentation linked below.
• I chose to work on the future of toys for my Master's thesis work at Art Center.
• This involved predicting future trends and drawing conclusions, which led me to come up with my own THEORY OF PLAY.

Trap Racers  ∣   Theory of Play

Hasbro-Internship

• In the Spring of 2015, I had the opportunity to take a term off from my Master's program and intern on the Transformers team at Hasbro.
• My worked involved proposing the Color Material and Finishes for the Transformers Robots in Disguise Minicon series.
• I was also tasked with improving the design of a few Transformer toy mechanisms.

Robots in Disguise  Toy Description

Education

• I have an unconventional educational background as my Undergrad was in Pharmacy from BITS-Pilani (One of India's best institutions).
• I later decided to follow my passion for Design and pursued a Master's in Industrial Design from Art Centre College of Design, Pasadena, California.
• This opened my doors to the world of Design and I continue to upskill myself in that direction.
• I recently completed my Google Program Management course and am currently enrolled in Google UI/UX program.

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X-Chair

• This chair was designed as a part of a Flat-Pack Furniture Design Challenge.
• It was designed to be cut from a single sheet of Baltic Birch Plywood.
• All the parts interlock together in under a minute to form the X-Chair.
• The structure and the geometry of the chair is designed to withstand upto 120 kilograms without the need of any glue or fasteners.

Avail

• Avail Table is designed to create a sense of personal space in a public sphere.
• It was designed for Starbucks as the target client.
• Avail Table is equipped with a foldable backpack holder underneath the desk which helps the coffeeshop goers to comfortably hang their backpacks while they work.

Rapscallion

• A Pirate themed Co-operative board game developed from the ground up.
• It involves a uniquely new game play where the players are playing together and also against each other.
• The unique gameplay, all of the artworks, tokens, dice, instruction booklet and the final packaging were all designed by me.

Quolt

• A Bio-inspired spiral pill dispenser designed to precisely dispense one pill at a time.
• This was designed under my leadership while I was the Chief Designer at Quolt.
• We submitted this concept design for the K-Design awards and were selected as on of the finalists in 2018.
• Apart from Vortex, My work inlcudes the logo design for Quolt itself and also Vayatronics.
• The Handheld radio is also part of the work that I have lead while at Quolt.

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Hasbro

• I had the opportunity to work full time on the Hasbro Imbedded Innovation team as a Game Inventor/Futurist.
• My role involved coming up with new physical and digital gaming concepts and pitch them internally to the VP of innovation.
• I was conceptualizing and creating proof of concept prototypes for each of the concepts.
• I had the opportunity to attend the Spiel Messe Essen International Gaming Convention in Dusseldorf Germany, while at working at Hasbro.

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People's Factory

• People’s Factory combines a maker space concept with an open living room.
• As the Design Consultant, my role was to come up with new designs for the subscribers to make.

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Butterfly Edufields

• Right after my undergrad in Pharmacy, I joined Butterfly Edufields as a Design Engineer.
• I was involved in the Design, Development and Implementation of Educational Toys / DIY STEM and STEAM kits for kids in grades 1-10.
• As a part of the role I had the opportunity to teach and interact with over a 1000 students and travel to various schools all across South India.

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LastBasic

• Last Basic is a platform for inventors to connect with designers and engineers globally to convert their ideas into working prototypes.
• As a Freelance Designer, I presented a few 3D design proposals along with Renders based on the clients' requirements.

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Gamlaa

• Gamlaa helps companies with designer indoor & outdoor landscaping.
• As a Freelance Designer, I was tasked with designing a lineup of Indoor Green partitions for the Post-Covid indoor workspaces.

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Web Development

• This was a STEAM educational product designed to cater to the homeschooling community.
• A box of science/math activities is shipped to the subscribers every week along with an activity sheet and instructions.
• The home-schooling parents will be able to then work through the activities with their kids and introduce science and math concepts easily.

Concept Pitch

Workshop Skills

• As a Industrial Designer with a passion for making and tinkering, I love spending time in the workshop.
• Over the years I have acquired the skills to work with a variety of technologies, materials and machines to create working proof of concept prototypes quickly.
• I have helped set up workshops with the basic equipment required at almost every organization that I have worked with so far.
• Being able to Conceptualize, Design, 3D Model and then bring the design into a physical form makes me a complete designer.