Coroflot

Resume

Education:

Sep2006- Dec2007:
Coventry University, Coventry, UK
MA Automotive Design (Merritt)

* B-segment car project for Western Europe for 2020 (Nissan Micra)
* Industry project with Solutia Inc, St. Louis, USA - vehicle interior & infotainment system
* Industry project with FIAT, Italy: Designing an MPV (Lancia) for European and new markets - group project
* Master's Project: TRIOBA 2+1 High Performance EV Concept, based on the research topic “ How does a 3 seat car enhance and affect exterior design


Sep2001-Jun2004:
R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore, India
Bachelors of Engineering (Mechanical) — (First Class Distinction )



Experience / Training Period:

Sep 2008 - Present
Transportation Designer
Design Storz GmbH
Austria
www.designstorz.at

May2006-Jul2006
Creative Associate
Digital Juice Animation, Bangalore
•Created concepts for futuristic gadgets
•Designed futuristic transport concepts

Aug2005-Apr2006
Design Trainee,
Tata Elxsi Ltd. (IDE), Bangalore
•Sports Utility Truck Concept
•Trikulus: a fuel cell vehicle for two
• Worked on various concept generation and design of live
Industrial design, consumer product design and branding projects
•Worked closely with designers, engineers and rapid prototype
experts

Jun2004-Aug2005
Graduate Engineering Trainee,
Delphi, Bangalore
• Shop floor training in the Drive shafts and steering column plant
and other manufacturing plants in India
• Training on Delphi’s engineering, design and management system
• Training on vehicle engineering and design
• Worked with the Engine Management Sys and Fuel Handling
group on various North American After-market fuel system
products on engineering, design, testing and product
development

Skills
Software: Alias Autostudio, Alais Image Studio, Alias Sketch Pro, Autocad, Unigraphics (Basic), Modo,
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and MS office. Well equipped with windows and Mac OS

Other Skills: Sketching, quick ideation, Engineering and technology know-how, clay modeling and an
immense ability to dream and imagine.

Achievements / Awards
• Appreciation from Frank Stephenson (Design Head of Fiat, Fiat Trucks & Lancia) for Research,
presentation, technologies incorporated and interior design for the Lancia group project
• Appreciation from the jury, Stile Italiano Giovani International Car Design competition 2006, Turin, Italy
• Finalist of Mahindra's nation-wide (India) “Build a Scorpio” contest, where I had to redesign the existing
SUV and make a 1:18 scale model for 2010 (Mahindra is one of India's biggest OEMs)
• Coventry University Post-Graduate scholarship for 2006 — 2007
• J.N. Tata scholarship for higher education abroad (India) for 2006 - 2007
• Winner of the “Delphi Creative Car Model contest — 2004”
• 2nd place and 3rd place in the South Asian wide “National Law School Cultural festival in cartooning and collage
• Awarded “Footballer of the year” in Junior college- 1999


Communication & Leadership Roles
• As an elected Course Representative, I attend various meetings within the University to discus issues raised
by fellow students about the course Sep2006-Dec2007
• Was the captain of the Delphi football team Sep2004-Aug2005
• Was the Captain of the District and the college football team Jun1999-May2000

Interests
Traveling, meeting new people, observing people, art and design,
football, springboard diving, adventure sports and cooking