I'm an avid practitioner of Interaction Design from the National Institute of Design (NID) in India. Looking to explore avenues in design, technology and media, my interests specifically revolve around understanding the interaction of interfaces, both tangible and intangible ones. I also love playing around with typography, mostly on-screen, visual design and photography.
OBJECTIVE:
To work as an Interface/Interaction Designer and gain experience by learning and understanding the interaction of user interfaces (UI's), systems and user experiences whilst growing on professional and personal levels.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Product Designer at July Systems, Bangalore
(Since February 2010)
Volunteer, Design Consultant at My Piece of Chennai, Chennai
(Since October 2009)
Design Intern at HP Labs (Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bangalore, India)
(January 2009 - July 2009)
Freelance Interaction and Graphic Designer, Clients across USA and India
(November 2007 - December 2008)
Graphic Designer at CIIE, IIM Ahmedabad
(September 2007 - October 2007)
EDUCATION:
Post-Graduation in Interaction Design (2007-2009)
Software and User Interface Design (GPA 8.1)
National Institute of Design, India
Bachelors in Computer Science (2003-2007)
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering
Anna University, Chennai, India
(GPA 7.6, First Class)
Higher Secondary - Class XII (2001-2003)
Central Board of Secondary Education, India
Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School, Chennai, India
(GPA 8.0, First class)
Senior Secondary - Class X (1991-2001)
Central Board of Secondary Education, India
Bala Vidya Mandir, Chennai, India
(GPA 7.4, First Class)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Interaction Design Association (IxDA) member
DesignIndia (Design professionals group) member
HCI India
TEDxChennai (Independently run TED event)
ACM Digital Resource Library member
CSI (Computer Society of India) member
Twestival India (Community run Twitter conference)
WEB LINKS:
Website: http://rampee.com
Google Profile: http://tinyurl.com/ramprakash
LinkedIn: http://in.linkedin.com/in/ramprakashr
Paper on Mobile Content Development for EISE '09: http://j.mp/EISE09
E-mail: ramprakash.r@gmail.com
Mobile: +91 99866 68322
Skype: ramprakash_r
To download a PDF copy of my resume, visit: http://resume.rampee.com
Madras, India
Finalist at the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition 2009 List of certificates and achievements on request