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Resume

Steelcase Inc Grand Rapids USA 6.08-8.08
Advanced Product Marketing Intern
Collaborated with the Advanced Marketing team of three to identify
opportunity and visualize scenarios for new technology
>> Visualized a new system of information appliances that
optimize communication and are transparency sensitive to
today’s workplace needs

LG Electronics India Ltd Delhi India 2.06-7.07
Industrial Designer, Personal Computers category
Managed user research for design related issues for all LG IT products in India
>> Created the design road map for the IT category for LG India
>> Designed research programs to understand the unique
needs of Indian PC users
>> Generated concepts for PCs with an easy to access
interface when placed under the desk
>> Identified color, material, and finish trends.

TI Cycles of India Chennai India 1.05-6.05
Industrial Design Intern
>> Conducted ethnographic research on bicycle usage in eight cities in India
>> Designed and prototyped a bicycle with a unique frame that incorporates a handhold pillion
riders, as well as a secure place to keep a 1 liter water bottle.
TATA BP-Solar Limited Bangalore India 5.03-7.03
Industrial Design Intern
Collaborated in designing the TATA BP-Solar bicycle; contributed the concept of a folding solar
panel which is opened up to charge the batteries when the bicycle is parked.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
CeaseFire Campaign Institute of Design 01.09- 05.09
Crafted a strategy for CeaseFire (www.ceasefirechicago.org)
based on user research to develop a long term for a campaign to reduce
violence in high risk neighborhoods in Chicago.
>> Conducted interviews and visual probe games with the residents
of high risk neighborhoods
>> Designed workshops to aid public health experts in generating
new ideas for the campaign.
>> Created a 5 year strategic roadmap for the CeaseFire Campaign.
http://designigniteschange.org/projects/78-ceasefire-campaign-against-violence

Humor and Design Institute of Design 01.09- 05.09
Paper on uncovering and leveraging the structural similarities in
creativity and humor. Humor is further deconstructed to create
design process frameworks that use the techniques of humor.

Bus Rapid Transit Design Institute of Design 8.08-12.08
Designed solutions for Chicago Transit Authority’s new proposed
BRT bus interiors
>> Conceptualized a new system of stanchions for increased
stability for standing passengers
>> Built a full scale bus interior mock-up to run behavioral
prototypes for testing concepts

New Options Initiative Institute of Design 8.08-12.08
Prototyped alternatives to traditional educational programs for
out-of-school youth. These alternatives were refined by the youth themselves through full day workshops.
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Strategies for Entering Emerging Markets Institute of Design 9.07-12.07
Synthesized a body of success and failure case studies from the
emerging markets to create a set of innovation frameworks that could be used by companies as guidelines.
http://www.id.iit.edu/emergingmarkets/