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A seasoned User Experience Designer with over 7.5 years of experience in E-Commerce, Healthcare, Automation & Process Control industries. I’m currently crafting the future of core shopping and healthcare experiences at Amazon. Deep dive into the user’s problems to derive insights and translating into the artefacts to build the product.
Over the length of my professional career, I've played a key role in over 15+ user-centred commercially launched global products, 25+ international & national recognitions and 12+ featured articles and publications. I’m active Evaluation Committee Member for "Ideas for New India Challenge”, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MoMSME), "Smart India Hackathon", Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Government of India. An active ACM member, and also was the key speaker at India HCI conference for "Re-imagining the Extended Reality (XR) for all: ICT4D & Greater Good” in 2019.
Previously, I was working as a Lead User Experience Designer in Honeywell. Where I led the several global products, specially successfully launched MR/AR/VR “Skills Insight Immersive Competency” application from ground up in the global market.
15+
Commercially Released
Global Products
25+
International & National
Recognitions
Work Experiences
January 13, 2020 - Present
October 1, 2017 - December 27, 2019
February 16, 2015 - September 30, 2017
April 21, 2014 - December 31, 2014
April 1, 2013 - April 30, 2013
July 1, 2010 - November 25, 2010
User Experience Designer II
Amazon, Bengaluru
Lead User Experience Designer
Honeywell Connected Enterprise, Bengaluru
Senior User Experience Designer
Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru
User Experience Design Intern
Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru
User Experience Researcher
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Architect Intern
(Ar. Chitra Vishwanath)
Biome Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru
Education
2012-2014
2007-2012
Master of Design (M. Des)
New Media Design, National Institute of Design
Gandhinagar, India.
Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch)
Architecture, Faculty of Architecture
Lucknow, India.
PUBLICATIONS & FEATURED ARTICLES
2022. Guest talk on Immersive Design
Organised by Feelpixel- UX Design Studio, Pune.
2020. Featured Articles
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Amazon wants to provide medical care workers at major companies. Hare’s an inside look at Amazon Care.“Business Insider”.
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Amazon launches Amazon Care, a virtual medical clinic for employees. “CNBC”.
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Amazon launches Amazon Care, a virtual and in-person healthcare o ering for employees. “TechCrunch”.
2020. Featured Interview on Augmented Reality design
AntWak, a Social Learning platform. India
2019. Speaker at India HCI Conference
Agents and Agency. Role of HCI in the age of Machine Intelligence. "Re-imagining the Extended Reality (XR) for all: ICT4D & Greater Good". Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
2018. Magazine Publications
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Entering an Augmented and virtual Reality. “Hydrocarbon Engineering”, Magazine, United Kingdom.
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Honeywell to use Microsoft’s Virtual Reality Headset to Train Industrial Workers. “Forbes”, Middle East. April 2018.
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Honeywell introduces AR/VR simulator to train the industrial workforce. “Pipeline Oil and Gas Magazine”, Middle East. April 2018.
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Entering an Augmented and Virtual Reality. "Hydrocarbon Engineering" Magazine, United Kingdom.
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Honeywell Introduces New Cloud-Based Learning Tool. “Internet of Things Institute”, USA. March 2018.
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Honeywell Produces Mixed Reality Simulator To Close Skills Gap. “VR Focus”, USA. February 2018.
2018. Featured Interview
Ankit, M.Des in New Media Design, 2012-2015. “iStudyDesign”, India. April 2018.
2015. Research Paper
Ankit, Ankana, Hiralal Prajapati. An architectural appreciation of Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi City, Uttar Pradesh. The International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, Vol 3 (Issue 7), Page No: 24-28. 2015.
2014. Conference
Landmark - Exhibited during “International Youth Innovation Summit” at:
1. Skolkovo Innovation Center, Moscow. Russia.
2. Russian Center of Science and Culture, New Delhi. India.
2014. Magazine
Connection - D/Signed Magazine, National Annual Publication, Ahmedabad. India.
2013. Exhibition
Fittle - Educational toy for blind kids exhibited at Maker Faire, Rome. Italy.
2013. Conference
“Connection” was presented during “National Conference on Green Design” organised by ADaRSH, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India & The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. India.
2013. Workshop
Design Innovation Workshop: DIy Engineering the Eye by Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, Perkins School for the Blind, USA and LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. India.
Professional Activities
2022. Guest talk on UX Design and Jury Member
DC School of Architecture and Design, Kerala.
2022. Evaluator for SIH, Ministry of Education (MoE)- Innovation Cell, Government of India
2020. Evaluator for "Ideas For New India Challenge 2020", Government of India
Ideas For New India Challenge 2020’ has been initiated by the Ministry, to enable Innovators, Start- Ups, Technocrats, Students, and MSMEs from all over India to submit ideas, for incubation support. Government will provide funding support to the selected ideas for the execution.
2019. Mentor & Evaluation Committee Member for Smart India Hackathon, Government of India
Smart India Hackathon; World’s Biggest Open Innovation Model” organised by Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). India.
2019/18. Guest Faculty
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. India.
Recognitions
2021. Amazon Award- Product conceptualization and beta launch for new business, Amazon Care.
2019. Honeywell Silver Award- Asia Pacific for “Skills Insight Immersive Competency”.
2019. Honeywell Velocity Product Development (VPD) Award for “Skills Insight Immersive Competency”.
2018. Honeywell Technology Innovation Award for “Skills Insight Immersive Competency”.
2018. Honeywell Engineering Best Practices Connect Award for “Skills Insight Immersive Competency”.
2018. Honeywell Bronze Award for “Skills Insight Immersive Competency”.
2018. Honeywell User Experience (HUE) Award for "Skills Insight Immersive Competency".
2017. Honeywell Bronze Award for “Advice”, a Connected Worker POC in Record Time.
2017. Honeywell User Experience (HUE) Award for “Trace”.
2017. Honeywell User Experience (HUE) Award for “MasterLink”.
2015. Honeywell Partner Award for “DynAMo”.
2015. Honeywell Six Sigma Award for the best project “Aura”.
2014. MTS Design Innovation Award, Moscow & New Delhi for “Landmark”.
2013. National Award by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy; Government of India, TERI & ADaRSH for “Connection”. 2013. “Virtual Brailler” featured in TEDx Mumbai.
2012. First Prize for Interactive Installation for “Crossword” at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
2011. Gold Medal for “Design Ino - Futuristic Building Design”.
2010. Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID) Award for Architecture, India.
2009. Yuva Ratna Award for Architecture, India.
India HCI Conference, 2019
Agents and Agency. Role of HCI in the age of Machine Intelligence.
"Re-imagining the Extended Reality (XR) for all: ICT4D & Greater Good"
Designing my jackets
My recent trips inspired me to make some colourful jackets. Enjoying the process of “Tie and Dye, colouring my own fabrics and designing the styling of my jackets.
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