Introduction

PROJECTS

• Interactive Floor at Digicorp Event: Interactive Installation, Experience Design
  An interactive installation letting users to play with the keywords of Digicorp. The installation connected and educated the Digicorp’s brand values to the audience in a novel fun manner.
• Interactive Wall at Digicorp Event: Interactive Installation, Experience Design
  The hallway was adorned with a playful interactive installation. Special greeting experience to guests with its mascot and abstract animation as they pass through the hallway.
• Diploma Project A: Shri Hanuman Chalisa Interactive App for iOS and Android
  Remediation of an animation short-film ‘Shri Hanuman Chalisa’ into playful, educational, spiritual and interactive iPad and Android app. Design responsibility included UX, UI and interaction design. Sponsor: Charuvi Design Labs, New Delhi.
  
• Diploma Project B: Holographic Projection installations
  Two large scale Holographic Projection Installations were designed and implemented for the promotion and exhibition of the animation short-film Shri Hanuman Chalisa 3D.
  
• Drawing tools – Content creation, Adobe: Interaction Design, UI Design, UX Design, Research
  Designed natural and engaging drawing experience for tablet utilizing its capabilities like form factor, multi-touch, gesture recognition.
  
• Shabda Veer: Mobile Application, Research, Game Design
  Comprehensive research on teaching Gujarati was conducted and based on the research “Shabda Veer”, an interactive and playful application for teaching Gujarati language was made. The business plan of this application was developed with IIM Ahmedabad as an academic project.
  
• Parakh: Mobile Application, Interaction Design, UI Design
  This application was aimed at informing consumer about various side-effects and avoiding various drugs, food and alcohol combinations. It also provides user reviews and cost of the medicine of various brands .
  
• Approach Paper for heritage based redevelopment of Tajganj Agra: Ethnography, Research
  This project was a part of design consultancy of NID for client Directorate of Tourism U.P. Government. Ethnographic research was conducted on field around Taj Mahal in team for duration of 14 days to understand the social and cultural dynamics in Tajganj.
  
• Augmenting Architectural Spaces: Interactive Installation, Experience Design
  This project was an interface for natural interaction in space through integration of computation & media into physical object and space. Space was studied considering the physical, behavioral affordances and characteristics. Interactive digital pond with fountain was made.
• Out of box thinking: Experimental Animation, Sound Design
  This abstract experimental animation illustrates “Out of box thinking”. The tools used for this animation are paper cutouts and flash. Sound design and foley was done which included recreating various sounds, recording, editing, mixing and composing.
  
• Wither: Remediation
  This is a short film which is remediation of the song “What a wonderful world” by Louis Armstrong.
• Furniture and Lifestyle Accessories Design
  As a part of open elective course ‘10 Day Material Based Approach’, material exploration was done. Aesthetic and innovative furniture and accessories were designed and produced.

EDUCATION

• Post Graduation in New Media Design
  2010-2012, National Institute of Design, India
• Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology
  2003-2008, SVIT Vasad, Gujarat University, India

EXPERIENCE

• Sr. Interaction Designer, frog, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. September 2017 – Till date
• Sr. UX Designer: Autodesk, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. May 2016 – September 2017
• Interaction Designer/UI-UX Designer/Game Designer: TCS Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. January 2015 – February 2016
• Interaction Designer, Graphics Designer and Co-Founder: Akalpya Imaginations, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. December 2012 – January 2015
• Conducted Workshop on Visual Composition and Photoshop in Kallol Institute of Architecture & Design College, December 2014
• Design Consultant: Charuvi Design Labs, New Delhi, India. January 2012 – November 2012
• Freelance Graphic and Web Designer, May 2007 – June 2010
• Web Designer: Prodigy Software Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. October 2008 – November 2008
• Web Designer/Developer: Explora Infotech, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. May 2008 – September 2008

SKILLS

Web design, graphic design, experience design, game design, mobile app design, concept creation, user research, and persona creation, usability testing, information design, sound design, Foley, photography, rapid prototyping, video prototyping, Physical Computing, GUI and TUI

Excellent ability to coordinate with management, colleagues and clients, Exceptional ability to establish new design and development processes according to project need, training of colleagues

Balsamiq, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash, Swish, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Soundbooth, Audition, Fruity Loops Studio

Processing, Arduino, Unity 3D- Basics, Sensors, HTML, CSS, ASP/ASP.NET, JSP, MySQL, Oracle Database, C, C++, Microsoft Office

Languages: English, Hindi and Gujarati

AWARDS/RECOGNITION

• Patent- Seamless three-dimensional design collaboration, Filed May 17, 2019, at Autodesk
• Certified Luma Practioner at Autodesk, 2016-2017
• Nokia- Bhasha 2011, Finalist
• USID India UX Design Awards 2012, Reimagining Illustrator for Tablet Devices, Silver Award
• CSI game competition [state level], 1st place
• Reliance Gamebox championship, District 1st place
• Volleyball: NID team, Gujarat state level – Bhavnagar District Team
• Prakarsh 07 Graphic designer [national level fest]
• Prakarsh 07 LAN games [national level fest], Organiser
• Intermediate Drawing Exam [Gujarat State], 78%
• Elementary Drawing Exam [Gujarat State], Grade: A

ABOUT ME

Interests: LAN Games, music, photography and sketching

Sports: Volley ball and Cricket

I am a quick learner, team player and love exploring.