Manas Karambelkar

Worked on developing a platform to involve public in local governance in Indian context through minimal technology and existing infrastructure. The work includes research, design, prototyping, user testing and documentation.

Design research on brewing industry from home brewers to micro-breweries to find potential need of DIY computing providing business opportunities for Intel.

Consultancy project to find opportunities to enter in countries outside of Europe such as Brazil, India etc.

- Worked on industrial design of various products.
- Worked on various product interfaces - displays and keypads.
- Worked on a larger interaction design project of PC based software for a leading company in electronic appliances.

Project trainee -Worked on redesigning the range of high-capacity ( 6.3 TPH to 15 TPH output) 3 pass fire-tube steam boilers. The focus was mostly on ergonomics and making it easier to operate. Material substitution for few components. Improved aesthetics to match the other range of the products offered. Appropriate visible branding etc. Were the things looked into.

Worked for 7 weeks on various projects from conceptualising to prototyping. The focus was on electronic products. The projects I worked on were a universal remote for the electronic equipment in the house, A gaming console for game arcades enabling mobile phones to be used as remote controls, An electronic instruction machines for rural health care, and the infra-red motion sensing device for gaming and promotion. We did the prototyping for the same. And now its in the final state of manufacturing where the pilot batch is being manufactured.

Worked for 7 weeks on extending the range of doll houses.

Worked for 6 months on a research project based on ‘Identity Expression’ through college in collaboration with Remote 3D Pvt. Ltd, Pune. The domain which I worked on was Transportation. A low fidelity solution was also submitted based on the insights found in the research enabling mobile phones to be used as gateways for accessing information as well as the direct transport. The final output was presented and exhibited at Nokia Bengaluru office in India.