https://harinallan.com/home daily 1.0 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1601902230699-R4SYYMC4H5MW8TCC9Q3L/PLUS_CORAL_Fullwidth_Halfheight.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1601902230699-R4SYYMC4H5MW8TCC9Q3L/PLUS_CORAL_Fullwidth_Halfheight.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1601491245898-OXWRJESDLKUO4UOK46HI/PLUS_CORAL_Qtrwidth_Fullheight.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594809580962-ZGO1LVZV0HWAIG3AXC8I/h6.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1601902230699-R4SYYMC4H5MW8TCC9Q3L/PLUS_CORAL_Fullwidth_Halfheight.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/5cf4fa1c-779e-4f9d-8e8e-334fbd11d100/Human+by+Design+masterclass+AND+Academy.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan MASTERCLASS: I'll be conducting a Masterclass on Human by Design with AND Academy on 16th Dec, 2025. Link: https://linktr.ee/andacademy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/37cc642d-541e-4873-97ff-1fbb58ead1b3/358e3063-306a-430c-80e4-50e2d9858f46.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TEACHING @ NID: During my recent visit to NID Gandhinagar, I showcased a methodology to design complex, ecosystem driven design as part of Research Methodologies course https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/f49304d4-3578-4ba1-b096-7ee0cf9f65dc/7396be5a-b8d0-47a1-9b22-d592c8a65f95.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan KEYNOTE SPEAKER: I spoke on 'Human by Design' at Cisco Dzone event throwing light on human centred design process and what future holds for us in the context of GenAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313902736-X4Z8DJN8W8P2GV32DJN1/fullsizeoutput_2693.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan RESEARCH: Glimpse of insight session for a top mobile phone brand. This project had us cover length and breadth of India, to understand emerging user needs and come up with design concepts for the sub $300 smart phone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/b2863eea-2509-49d4-880a-51b71dc9aa77/IMG_9650.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan MEMBER OF JURY: I was a jury member for Design X Social Design Awards 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/7dcd59d8-6fab-4fff-aef2-9a58b5d44481/ABT+International+Medical+Innovation.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan FIELD RESEARCH: Validating healthcare toolkit we designed for rural usage, funded by Bill Gates Foundation. A glimpse from user testing session... the intended users were mothers of infants from rural Bihar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/03a4025b-28d4-485a-9ccf-689f1feb049d/Restored+Vida+World+Website+Project+-+Buy+Flow+-+15+June.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan USER JOURNEY: Purchasing EVs online has inherent complexities when integrating digitally and this is an example of that. The flows need to factor payments, loans, tax sops, reimbursements, delivery etc and integrates several systems into one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/e46d7fbf-8195-46c9-9378-52912ca374b3/EDOS+Codebook.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WRITING: My unpublished book. EDOS stands for Executive Design Operating System and the book codifies design with a common vocabulary, framework and rituals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602871458233-TCA212M9YTCFMJXPRGLR/ADesign+GMB.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: Recognition for being the member of Jury at the prestigious A'Design award and competition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/68fcf6bf-87b0-444d-a2ef-6a3619da6e8e/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+10.54.42%E2%80%AFAM.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan STRATEGY: An interactive visualisation we created as part of roadmap for vertical leaders of a pharma giant, and this became a precursor to several transformations that followed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594237146312-YD5TJ4TNCD8DJFGGJENU/IMG_6353.JPG Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: A glimpse of the workshop I conducted on research and innovation at Singapore. Partnered with TiE Singapore for the event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448057523-N1FA9IX10WJ55CF3SIWY/IMG_2021.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan RESEARCH: A glimpse from a large-scale research program, covering length and breadth of India. This program enquired into the user needs in the home appliance category https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447691191-8ZLDTKMGV2HEJ9UEBXL8/2015-09-21+13.52.09.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan STRATEGY: Synthesis session post extensive research conducted for a leading edTech solution. We researched teachers, pupils, parents and admin staff to get deep insights into how we could leverage smart solutions in the classroom and beyond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602871035500-E8Y3P9QRB9U45N798UKC/2019-CII-DESIGN-EXCELLENCE-AWARDS.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: The coveted CII NID Design excellence award. Bagged this award for our work on the digital avatar of the legacy Manorama Year Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596133076645-7P0ASI1GIQY6B5I2KT6Y/Unisys+poster_Hari-01.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: I gave the talk on Data Storytelling across countries during the pandemic and after. COVID has indeed consumerised data consumption across continents and at a massive scale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602597067126-218UDM08DC6YHV900C7G/Think+Design+Color+palette.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan DESIGN: Rebranding project of Think Design. I spearheaded this during 2020 and the activation spanned about two years in total https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602871036999-HQWHHP2C7U946OJZ7PYR/2018-INDIA%E2%80%99S-BEST-DESIGN-AWARDS-.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: 2018 was the year of great success, as we won three awards at India's Best Design Awards. We were ambitiously looking forward to more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1598150760845-ODDFIJ6OQ24ZEFF4LWS0/Adjustments.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan IFH PROGRAM: A glimpse of the community that got created during the pandemic. My key initiative, Intern From Home spanned worldwide interactions with design students and mentors through a platform we created in just about a week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1598184086448-HP0N8XPKEFFKPCBUR8YZ/Adjustments.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan IFH PROGRAM: Some of the topics discussed during the Intern from Home initiative that brought together design students, mentors and academicians https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596487131009-NVCKXXQ2CDGU95R6O2WX/Screen+Shot+2020-08-04+at+2.08.06+AM.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan FRAMEWORK: Research methods documented as part of the Golden Grid framework. I worked on this proprietary framework which is now widely used by Think Design and its clients https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596485844690-9FI5ULQFCKI2MICIHQNR/fullsizeoutput_2631.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: Hosted a talk at our office on the topic of Knowing the Unknown through design research at Denver, CO. USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/bedfbff5-dbd1-4494-960b-6687ac313749/IMG_5446.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan US STUDIO: This was captured in Boulder, CO during one of my business trips during the establishment of US Studio. Stephen has been one of my key associates and a great person to have worked with https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596484904117-W36Z3ULIPNRUXW2E87YT/Screen+Shot+2020-08-04+at+1.31.19+AM.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan FRAMEWORK: A glimpse of Golden Grid research framework. This is an incredibly usable framework when there is a research task at hand. I developed this proprietary framework that went on to become foundational to Think Design's research practice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596397004726-ULGLRLRYYX4PQJ08WJWD/IMG_3511.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TEACHING AT NID: The quintessential view of NID Paldi aquarium. My association of over two decades as a student and now as a visiting faculty member and advisor is filled with pride and insight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596479954194-QL5UMV7IB0Z0K43OJDSU/Screen+Shot+2020-08-03+at+10.44.45+PM.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan METRICS: Design outcomes have to be measured and I believe, metrics are meant to be interpreted, challenged, and then conquered. Here's an example where the outcome outperformed every historic metric and how https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448965310-MRL82I9C4ZCC0E2UYAMK/Tokyo+201215.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: One of the seminars at Tokyo. Our partnership with Trinity Co. Ltd, Tokyo had us engage with industry in Japan in order to enlighten the audience and promote our partnership venture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1603263745750-3HKXFI4LPQBHGV8ODPRZ/IMG_5546.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD; Proud to receive the India's Best Design Studio award from Late Prof. Vikas Satwalekar, who is among the most respected design visionaries in India and former Executive Director of NID https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602871034325-1L80OBMMXF0U5E6PFDZT/2019-INDIA%E2%80%99S-BEST-DESIGN-AWARDS.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: 2019 marked a new benchmark for me as we won five design awards including the three at India's Best Design Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/27fb2fdd-8e3c-49b7-b503-cfb8dc1d64c5/IMG_9652.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan DATA VISUALIZATION: Data Visualisation and Data Design are essential parts of my design practice... This is a capture from training program I headed where we simplified data visualisation through content and visuals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/a9a8e5c4-3f83-495b-84c5-a43064a461a1/IMG_9651.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan DATA VISUALIZATION: Data Visualisation and Data Design are essential parts of my design practice... This is a capture from training program I headed where we simplified data visualisation through content and visuals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594729838757-AZXHPW2E4DEP1WPZQSCV/Screen+Shot+2020-05-04+at+4.13.54+PM+copy.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan JURY MEMBER: I was the member of jury for the Creativepool Annual awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594729837594-1P2JCJIMUEVWALO6WUI0/Screen+Shot+2020-05-04+at+4.12.58+PM+copy.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan JURY MEMBER: I was the member of jury for the Ukraine Design awards. This holds a special place in my heart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448959376-UY6A4QAXSI9EVV8HL05P/Tokyo+201202.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: Gakshuin university. I delivered a talk at one of the most prestigious universities in Tokyo. A moment of great pride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448919397-9JDV5ZH2TUFT10P0BG7N/SBR_6315.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: Sharing a light moment with the participants of Design Thinking workshop at Arthur Lokjack University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448883667-OYLAGSJJ7GGIA3IJZPPP/SBR_6172.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: A glimpse from the Design Thinking and Innovation workshop at Arthur Lokjack University. Workshop spanned two weeks of immersion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448871623-R3PG7SDQNE5M5D6T0WV4/SBR_6108.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: Lecturing session during the Design Thinking and Innovation workshop at Arthur Lokjack University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448831872-6DOOHYOQE8XEYZGUE6PU/SBR_3293.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: A glimpse from the Design Thinking and Innovation workshop at Arthur Lokjack University. Students burning midnight oil to crack solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448583350-5MGKETHPW1ZKUW9RWKLV/SBR_1824.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: A glimpse from the customised workshop conducted fro AnsaMcal group, Trinidad and Tobago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448508912-R53IHSD2LE0LWV9TQE6A/IMG_5576.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan KEYNOTE SPEAKER: I was invited as Keynote speaker for the first Foundation day at NID Kurukshetra. I continue to engage with the institution as an educator and thought leader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448397596-U95KR1FDYQLKG21ITNL9/IMG_3087.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: Seminar at Tokyo, with participants from major Japanese multinationals spanning automobile, appliance and electronics industries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448422836-U1Z9Q5OWRV04AYGR7XB6/IMG_5544.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan JURY MEMBER: Receiving the recognition plaque from Marianna Sharma, India's Best Design Awards. I was the member of jury and fireside chat host this time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448368857-UDYUKZV5BB7Z8C5E9ZBP/IMG_5323.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan RESEARCH: One of the largest research projects I oversaw. This project formed the precursor to Golden Grid framework I pioneered https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448338345-TBM9GJYCAVRTC83ISON6/IMG_5137.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan KEYNOTE SPEAKER: At NASSCOM's Design4India event. My association with NASSCOM dates back to more than 15 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448266068-KLXIKA3XNVJ83GXLOUWZ/IMG_2822.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: Think Design's first major design award, 2016. This was India's Best Design Studio award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448193516-X5NPXUUW6GJRTPEH8SNB/IMG_2411.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan DATA VISUALIZATION: A glimpse of the rough sketches before they became pixels, charts and dashboard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448210169-YXI6LJS0UZ3HGE7N4YLA/IMG_2396.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: Capture from one of the client workshops. In my career I would have conducted more than a hundred such workshops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447884446-420RDPMN283A3KLBC9F0/IMG_0008_2.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan INNOVATION IN RETAIL: The experience centre is a clever combination of dIgital and physical interactions, using AR interfaces with inventory management system in the back end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448133075-PD5RZP0WLMH8WYS5HN7P/IMG_2326.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: A light moment during a 3-day immersive Design Thinking and ideation workshop. This was part of overhaul of a leading national newspaper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/83aad12c-d8fc-4c5f-a024-2657c185e680/IMG_5111.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan PANEL DISCUSSION: At NASSCOM's Design4India event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447816128-DRQ7RK3BH7S2Q4ZP20EL/IMG_0004.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: Capture from one of the client workshops. This was for a project that aimed to transform a very successful legacy suite that helps in industrial planning, automation and monitoring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/b7d3bb7b-09cd-4237-b3dc-1b30ff4389f0/Untitled+4.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan FRAMEWORK: An abstraction of CX design methodology for one of our clients https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594321107227-OFHKKVF9CT2WAFKQINYC/IMG_7715.JPG Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: Good Design award, this was the first one from Australia we received for our work on FiGO app https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447749756-I240JCNBD43OC6JGIE0L/20141121_182535.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: Capture from our first leadership workshop. This had a significant impact on my growth as a leader and a chief executive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313909951-KFS6X1K9FSOWK7SJQX9T/IMG_5428.JPG Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: An object to remember NASSCOM's Design4India initiative by. A massive initiative indeed addressing the design community. I contributed as a design expert, keynote speaker and workshop facilitator across India https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447624344-X17UKFFH5MXF3KJXU3HU/2015-02-27+23.45.20-3.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: Design Thinking workshop for one of India's most successful internet companies. I still wonder how such a business was built entirely from the ground up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594276823863-LFF5EXKIZDU6NT8MUZQO/12199.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan JURY MEMBER: I was part of the jury panel at the prestigious iF Design Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447650289-Y0IWKGYVTNTVH1JBQL7I/2015-03-19+07.33.37.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan SERVICE DESIGN: A capture from service design and customer experience workshop I conducted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447583663-3H1N9OK5ZWXQR7Q3P8Z5/_1020880.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: A capture from the seminar I addressed at Tokyo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313925982-TP3VK0KDUFK5ITK1HT05/fullsizeoutput_24d5.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan A capture from client workshop that had their executives from across the world participate in brainstorming session... and this by flying all of them to one location https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1a23bab3-cc5b-487a-a823-81c0b88b182c/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+11.14.29%E2%80%AFAM.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan DATA DESIGN: Worked with one of the world's largest payment processor and their Data & Analytics team. Worked on multiple projects that had workshops, product design solutions, research insights and design systems spanning a period of about 3.5 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447640673-SSQ11K2IBV1I21ZHPCKR/_SBR8107.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: A glimpse from the seminar we gave as part of Denver Startup Week. This is part of the merch we gave away... each card has a design problem to be solved on the back of https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/a3641dd8-a1cd-44df-bce8-7c2b16c8cd4f/IMG_5316.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TEACHING AT NID: At the podium at NID auditorium. As a student, I longed to be here and address the students of the most prestigious Design school in India. My association with NID as visiting faculty spans 10 years and counting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594238828742-6VKDZ9U7NHG0JCMOPDEA/IMG_6476.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: Good Design award from Australia. This was for a Digital Transformation work we did for one of the most prestigious publishing brands in India https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/807586b6-b159-4e51-b0b9-dc1b0d83d113/Work-Domain-Analysis_04-Sep.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan FRAMEWORK: Abstraction Hierarchy is one of my frameworks of choice for solving complex problems. I have used this framework across Industrial automation and connected devices, Defence systems, Law enforcement, Public services and Life sciences domains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/4c6381e5-4009-45a5-a571-2fe6d44e99de/17523628_1869212253347882_9151048223152165998_n.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: Capture from a workshop at NASSCOM's Design4India event. Through my workshops I interacted with several startup founders and I learn as I impart learning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313901944-PLYV84O5K161OZ5Z7RIC/fullsizeoutput_1021.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: A Design award for work in Healthcare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594314012984-4685O1COYZLSST8E29D5/fullsizeoutput_1016.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: Certificate of recognition from the A Design award and competition for work in Healthcare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/369681a4-60ac-4e85-a686-3b4268817454/IMG_1365.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan PRESS: To friendship beyond borders. In the pic are Stacy and I with Rama. Enjoyed the attention of paparazzi in the Caribbean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594238824243-YYKBN9NLXXECTTY3WSPI/IMG_6440.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: And then the prestigious iF Design award. Won this for innovative work in Fintech domain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/e03627a7-3a4b-4fa5-ae59-8af8943a2f8f/IMG_2860.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: Our first major award and I couldn't keep from displaying it at the centre of our studio in Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313874372-30WKFPHC9N7E4IIJ3PDW/fullsizeoutput_2f9f.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: Won Creativepool Annual award for work on app design for global travellers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594236899901-B91S08AKQTVI4IODF289/5a00aa3a-8cf8-4a40-ac15-410d2cac5c41.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: A moment of pride receiving the India's Best Awards. I was the jury member, speaker and award winner at the show in 2018. A moment of great pride! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/ad4971ba-bd4a-49e6-bb3c-d082b2bde9a5/Untitled.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WRITING: A capture from the article I wrote and was published. By 2024 I might have written about a hundred articles and at least a fifth of them published in digital and print media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/11ab2ae9-27be-45e8-8300-badb6ce34fae/IMG_4325.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: Capture from a workshop as part of NASSCOM's Design4India event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/3d7fdde2-92a6-4a86-b9cb-62332bc9a1e4/IMG_4186.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP Capture from one of the workshops conducted in Atlanta, GA. This one involved participation from the employees across the world. In one room, 2 Days of undivided attention from the leadership, 1 big solution to crack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883461272-82L31539HTTPN3CXX3T4/IMG_3776.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan SERVICE DESIGN: A capture from service design workshop for a new-age start-up foraying into the space of journalism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594277238985-0LCX2O4YYFYBBZV10EDF/IMG_5545.JPG Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: A glimpse from India's Best Awards, fireside chat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594277223873-FE2NDU7XN1RNAPNMB59C/fullsizeoutput_719.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan PANEL MEMBER: Design4India initiative by NASSCOM. During this period, it was sponsored by Facebook and had attracted a wide audience pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/725a48e6-e1b9-4e27-814f-6f301d3bfbe6/IMG_4529.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan MIXED REALITY: Our first MR project. I facilitated workshop with the client's team and established vision and journeys for the same https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594235932947-0SY1QTHLU4OOVD5R1CBK/IMG_0293.JPG Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan PANEL DISCUSSION: A pic from the panel discussion. I was invited as panelist for the NID CII Design excellence awards event and the topic covered Industry 4.0 and Data https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593884138154-5EYG4NCXX0TAXQV6K1CT/IMG_2894.JPG Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan ACQUISITION: A new phase started as Think Design got integrated with Havas. This picture has me among the SEA top leadership of Havas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/fdc9cf34-b771-45d1-b250-7a9edc886d7c/IMG_9653.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan RESEARCH: A capture from community insights generated post pandemic... I spearheaded this project and we brought innumerable trends to common knowledge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/654c4092-20b1-4db8-8853-b7ab1fb8712b/IMG_4330.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: A note of acknowledgement from the participant of my workshop. What a beautiful gesture! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593882952892-Y6CB7DA517B6BXTI8CJH/IMG_6450.JPG Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: I was a panel member for discussion on Customer Experience and Communication https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/5a1bc380-8b18-4014-be0b-c6af96527455/ISDI1.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan LECTURE: Capture of my presentation session at ISDI Mumbai campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593884158216-EUKMMCT6XWIMG438HD5C/IMG_2899.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan GLOBAL TEAM: Global design leadership huddle at Paris. As we were being integrated with Havas, the global peers huddled together to form common methodologies and work together. I led this initiative through Havas CX incubation phase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883624401-9PJPZKMB8BTQ6548OSDM/fullsizeoutput_1530.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: Winning together, as we were being integrated in the Havas network. It was not only new but also grand and much needed especially while integrating with the network companies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593882934055-LIOWZXR9Q021XGO02MF7/d1ade1db-23a5-41fd-84d1-5f5f4c771caa.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan PANEL MEMBER: I was invited as panel member as part of Ajeenkya DY Patil University's initiative during the pandemic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593882929389-Z744WXD69MRWA14DAYQM/3fbb624c-0ddf-4c77-b01d-baa1b37b8904.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: I was invited as a speaker organised by the World University of Design. My first on Instagram Live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1724895792299-I6H8XDCXJ3TCUR6GDTR8/IMG_6462.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: I spoke on Data Storytelling for ISB executive education participants. This is one of the several talks I delivered on the subject https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883440464-C13H4L1WO9X2BLIFE7BE/IMG_3514.JPG Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TEACHING AT NID: A capture from NID education program. I continue to love teaching and interacting with student in the capacity of a visiting faculty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883610176-2C24XRT4ZR3PCJVBJPVH/IMG_3984.JPG Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan PANEL MEMBER: A glimpse from CII NID's India Design summit. I was part of the panel discussion at this event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/01aaa394-d1f9-47c7-8101-24656d6c472e/CG6+Avanti_Workout.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan INDUSTRIAL DESIGN: Avanti Cardiogym CG6: A U.S Patented Award winning gym which also had a pioneering touch screen interface to guide users on individual workouts and plans. Designed at Think Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/65ed8cd3-e519-4ea6-98cc-cff66a86f6bf/Avanti+CG6+Interface.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan INTERACTION DESIGN: The console interface of Avanti Cardiogym CG6. It is a pioneering product that revolutionised the idea of cardio + strength on a single machine and in a single workout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/4f7e0649-87be-478c-a52e-8003206792bc/IMG_4867.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan CAREER: My last working day at Think Design. July, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594234779055-QZJWUCBJ9UHE9IBTZYGW/IMG_2541.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan ACQUISITION: The final signing moment as Think Design gets acquired by Havas. Wow, that was an exhilarating experience going through the process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594319519592-FJX759N17N6Z6JLA7STH/CX+Postit.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan SERVICE DESIGN: A capture from service design workshop and blueprint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/cba9b724-6d79-40f2-9d85-39ea74cb022e/Service+Design+in+Excel.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan SERVICE DESIGN: A spreadsheet rendition of Service Design Blueprint. I always follow up the creative map with a spreadsheet because it then becomes data and is usable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593884143142-87CUQ45SWU8C6V58637K/fullsizeoutput_1963.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan GLOBAL COLLAB: A moment of sharing thoughts and walk, as Havas' design leadership across the world huddled in Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/3ff62728-a73e-49bc-8c1a-37850fba120c/IMG_4607.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TEAM: A glimpse from the send off party as I gear up to transition out of Think Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883554087-PGG4F5PAA09ERYWHP8RR/IMG_3938.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan AWARD: The CII Design Excellence award trophy and certificate in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/0da44065-9e70-4e80-837f-fc149e4c216e/IMG_3301.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan MENTORING: Learning session at Think Design's office. I was quite active in acquiring new knowledge and sharing it with my colleagues... it became part of the culture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448850666-4AO77ANJSWWO1L6CO6J1/SBR_4577.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan WORKSHOP: A capture from Design Thinking workshop conducted at IIT Delhi campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/e0813a8f-a04a-479a-9aec-87bb331a56d2/IMG_2393.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan RECOGNITION: As I complete 19years at Think Design in 2023, a light moment in the office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/7adf9bf5-292d-430b-87ff-cae627cda0b8/IMG_3078.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan PARTNERSHIP: I led the discussion and closure of MoU between IIT Mandi's iHUB and Think Design. I continue to be part of the governing council as of 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/c276140c-8050-4597-a5de-a1ae7c15922c/5b94e9f4-0c3d-4a09-bf53-858aa2be9725.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: My TEDx talk. I spoke about First principles Vs. Analogical thinking and how they influence innovations around us. At IID Mandi campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/002628cd-f07d-4f53-9cf5-40073604ab5c/IMG_4109.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: A capture at the IIT Mandi campus after my TEDx talk. In the picture as the students and the capture by travel influencer, Analli gupta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/e0acd3cf-4f8a-4c94-a01a-898d0976faa5/b7abe263-08aa-4d7e-9b6c-dec401623817.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TEACHING AT NID: A capture from the lecture at NID campus. Research, Data and Design are some of the topics I cover for the presentations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/c148a9fa-d91d-4237-884c-0ac91a0ab8b4/Banner_Microinsights_blog-post_enterprise-22-scaled.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan PROGRAM: Intern from Home program had us capture several design trends and insights during the pandemic. It continues to inspire me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/66ebdfcc-d833-415f-af1d-1c46e9760f87/Screenshot+2024-08-29+at+9.06.14%E2%80%AFAM.png Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan TALK: I delivered several talks on the subject of Dark Patterns in UX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/a48b77f8-50e7-48b5-ac54-254e497ef766/Untitled+2.jpg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan JURY MEMBER: A moment from the iF Design award jury and the article published in POOL magazine on the subject https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/bf25b6ec-ba74-4378-abd2-7d46bf9087f9/1720186495189.jpeg Journey of Design Leadership | Hari Nallan POST: That was a lovely gesture from team Think Design! https://harinallan.com/home-4 daily 0.75 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594809580962-ZGO1LVZV0HWAIG3AXC8I/h6.png Home (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1601902230699-R4SYYMC4H5MW8TCC9Q3L/PLUS_CORAL_Fullwidth_Halfheight.png Home (Copy) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1601491245898-OXWRJESDLKUO4UOK46HI/PLUS_CORAL_Qtrwidth_Fullheight.png Home (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1601902230699-R4SYYMC4H5MW8TCC9Q3L/PLUS_CORAL_Fullwidth_Halfheight.png Home (Copy) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1601902230699-R4SYYMC4H5MW8TCC9Q3L/PLUS_CORAL_Fullwidth_Halfheight.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/f49304d4-3578-4ba1-b096-7ee0cf9f65dc/7396be5a-b8d0-47a1-9b22-d592c8a65f95.jpeg Home (Copy) KEYNOTE SPEAKER: I spoke on 'Human by Design' at Cisco Dzone event throwing light on human centred design process and what future holds for us in the context of GenAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313902736-X4Z8DJN8W8P2GV32DJN1/fullsizeoutput_2693.jpeg Home (Copy) RESEARCH: Glimpse of insight session for a top mobile phone brand. This project had us cover length and breadth of India, to understand emerging user needs and come up with design concepts for the sub $300 smart phone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/b2863eea-2509-49d4-880a-51b71dc9aa77/IMG_9650.jpeg Home (Copy) MEMBER OF JURY: I was a jury member for Design X Social Design Awards 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/7dcd59d8-6fab-4fff-aef2-9a58b5d44481/ABT+International+Medical+Innovation.png Home (Copy) FIELD RESEARCH: Validating healthcare toolkit we designed for rural usage, funded by Bill Gates Foundation. A glimpse from user testing session... the intended users were mothers of infants from rural Bihar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/03a4025b-28d4-485a-9ccf-689f1feb049d/Restored+Vida+World+Website+Project+-+Buy+Flow+-+15+June.jpeg Home (Copy) USER JOURNEY: Purchasing EVs online has inherent complexities when integrating digitally and this is an example of that. The flows need to factor payments, loans, tax sops, reimbursements, delivery etc and integrates several systems into one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/e46d7fbf-8195-46c9-9378-52912ca374b3/EDOS+Codebook.png Home (Copy) WRITING: My unpublished book. EDOS stands for Executive Design Operating System and the book codifies design with a common vocabulary, framework and rituals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602871458233-TCA212M9YTCFMJXPRGLR/ADesign+GMB.jpg Home (Copy) AWARD: Recognition for being the member of Jury at the prestigious A'Design award and competition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/68fcf6bf-87b0-444d-a2ef-6a3619da6e8e/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+10.54.42%E2%80%AFAM.png Home (Copy) STRATEGY: An interactive visualisation we created as part of roadmap for vertical leaders of a pharma giant, and this became a precursor to several transformations that followed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594237146312-YD5TJ4TNCD8DJFGGJENU/IMG_6353.JPG Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: A glimpse of the workshop I conducted on research and innovation at Singapore. Partnered with TiE Singapore for the event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/c7453669-a046-431d-8664-f6f09634f65b/Vida.png Home (Copy) UX DESIGN; Disruptive innovative solution for booking and purchase journeys for clean mobility solution in consumer space. The metrics were challenged and we impacted CTRs and CRs massively https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448057523-N1FA9IX10WJ55CF3SIWY/IMG_2021.jpg Home (Copy) RESEARCH: A glimpse from a large-scale research program, covering length and breadth of India. This program enquired into the user needs in the home appliance category https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/856d4424-3976-421b-a11c-7582de9e2681/JnJ+Dashboard1.png Home (Copy) DATA DESIGN: One of the several outputs as part of the transformation program for a Pharma giant. Worked with the DTO team and transformed supply chain intelligence through reporting portals, apps and dashboards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/d1b51eb1-3be1-48d4-a37c-33127ca2370f/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+10.53.16%E2%80%AFAM.png Home (Copy) DATA DESIGN: Image showing before-after of an AI powered platform. On the left is how the data was visualised before and on the right, after https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447691191-8ZLDTKMGV2HEJ9UEBXL8/2015-09-21+13.52.09.jpg Home (Copy) STRATEGY: Synthesis session post extensive research conducted for a leading edTech solution. We researched teachers, pupils, parents and admin staff to get deep insights into how we could leverage smart solutions in the classroom and beyond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602871035500-E8Y3P9QRB9U45N798UKC/2019-CII-DESIGN-EXCELLENCE-AWARDS.png Home (Copy) AWARD: The coveted CII NID Design excellence award. Bagged this award for our work on the digital avatar of the legacy Manorama Year Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/ecc37ee8-3f64-4f26-b428-5611390614fb/Culinda+Scr+shot+3.png Home (Copy) DATA DESIGN: A glimpse of a cybersecurity solution we designed for. Data Visualisation is one of the most important pieces of the work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596133076645-7P0ASI1GIQY6B5I2KT6Y/Unisys+poster_Hari-01.png Home (Copy) TALK: I gave the talk on Data Storytelling across countries during the pandemic and after. COVID has indeed consumerised data consumption across continents and at a massive scale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602597067126-218UDM08DC6YHV900C7G/Think+Design+Color+palette.png Home (Copy) DESIGN: Rebranding project of Think Design. I spearheaded this during 2020 and the activation spanned about two years in total https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602871036999-HQWHHP2C7U946OJZ7PYR/2018-INDIA%E2%80%99S-BEST-DESIGN-AWARDS-.png Home (Copy) AWARD: 2018 was the year of great success, as we won three awards at India's Best Design Awards. We were ambitiously looking forward to more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1598150760845-ODDFIJ6OQ24ZEFF4LWS0/Adjustments.jpeg Home (Copy) IFH PROGRAM: A glimpse of the community that got created during the pandemic. My key initiative, Intern From Home spanned worldwide interactions with design students and mentors through a platform we created in just about a week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1598184086448-HP0N8XPKEFFKPCBUR8YZ/Adjustments.jpeg Home (Copy) IFH PROGRAM: Some of the topics discussed during the Intern from Home initiative that brought together design students, mentors and academicians https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596487131009-NVCKXXQ2CDGU95R6O2WX/Screen+Shot+2020-08-04+at+2.08.06+AM.png Home (Copy) FRAMEWORK: Research methods documented as part of the Golden Grid framework. I worked on this proprietary framework which is now widely used by Think Design and its clients https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596485844690-9FI5ULQFCKI2MICIHQNR/fullsizeoutput_2631.jpeg Home (Copy) TALK: Hosted a talk at our office on the topic of Knowing the Unknown through design research at Denver, CO. USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/bedfbff5-dbd1-4494-960b-6687ac313749/IMG_5446.jpeg Home (Copy) US STUDIO: This was captured in Boulder, CO during one of my business trips during the establishment of US Studio. Stephen has been one of my key associates and a great person to have worked with https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596484904117-W36Z3ULIPNRUXW2E87YT/Screen+Shot+2020-08-04+at+1.31.19+AM.png Home (Copy) FRAMEWORK: A glimpse of Golden Grid research framework. This is an incredibly usable framework when there is a research task at hand. I developed this proprietary framework that went on to become foundational to Think Design's research practice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596397004726-ULGLRLRYYX4PQJ08WJWD/IMG_3511.jpg Home (Copy) TEACHING AT NID: The quintessential view of NID Paldi aquarium. My association of over two decades as a student and now as a visiting faculty member and advisor is filled with pride and insight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596479954194-QL5UMV7IB0Z0K43OJDSU/Screen+Shot+2020-08-03+at+10.44.45+PM.png Home (Copy) METRICS: Design outcomes have to be measured and I believe, metrics are meant to be challenged. Here's an example where the outcome outperformed every historic metric and how https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448965310-MRL82I9C4ZCC0E2UYAMK/Tokyo+201215.jpg Home (Copy) TALK: One of the seminars at Tokyo. Our partnership with Trinity Co. Ltd, Tokyo had us engage with industry in Japan in order to enlighten the audience and promote our partnership venture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1603263745750-3HKXFI4LPQBHGV8ODPRZ/IMG_5546.jpeg Home (Copy) AWARD; Proud to receive the India's Best Design Studio award from Late Prof. Vikas Satwalekar, who is among the most respected design visionaries in India and former Executive Director of NID https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602871034325-1L80OBMMXF0U5E6PFDZT/2019-INDIA%E2%80%99S-BEST-DESIGN-AWARDS.png Home (Copy) AWARD: 2019 marked a new benchmark for me as we won five design awards including the three at India's Best Design Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/cbd53158-1c90-459f-9f94-3b0b40b7ae4a/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+12.20.32%E2%80%AFPM.png Home (Copy) TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM: Capture showing the scale of engagement with Worldpay/ FIS. I headed this program that spanned over 3 years and powered the mission of the company's Data & Analytics vertical https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/27fb2fdd-8e3c-49b7-b503-cfb8dc1d64c5/IMG_9652.jpeg Home (Copy) DATA VISUALIZATION: Data Visualisation and Data Design are essential parts of my design practice... This is a capture from training program I headed where we simplified data visualisation through content and visuals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/a9a8e5c4-3f83-495b-84c5-a43064a461a1/IMG_9651.jpeg Home (Copy) DATA VISUALIZATION: Data Visualisation and Data Design are essential parts of my design practice... This is a capture from training program I headed where we simplified data visualisation through content and visuals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594729838757-AZXHPW2E4DEP1WPZQSCV/Screen+Shot+2020-05-04+at+4.13.54+PM+copy.jpg Home (Copy) JURY MEMBER: I was the member of jury for the Creativepool Annual awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594729837594-1P2JCJIMUEVWALO6WUI0/Screen+Shot+2020-05-04+at+4.12.58+PM+copy.jpg Home (Copy) JURY MEMBER: I was the member of jury for the Ukraine Design awards. This holds a special place in my heart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448959376-UY6A4QAXSI9EVV8HL05P/Tokyo+201202.jpg Home (Copy) TALK: Gakshuin university. I delivered a talk at one of the most prestigious universities in Tokyo. A moment of great pride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448919397-9JDV5ZH2TUFT10P0BG7N/SBR_6315.jpg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: Sharing a light moment with the participants of Design Thinking workshop at Arthur Lokjack University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448883667-OYLAGSJJ7GGIA3IJZPPP/SBR_6172.jpg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: A glimpse from the Design Thinking and Innovation workshop at Arthur Lokjack University. Workshop spanned two weeks of immersion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448871623-R3PG7SDQNE5M5D6T0WV4/SBR_6108.jpg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: Lecturing session during the Design Thinking and Innovation workshop at Arthur Lokjack University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448831872-6DOOHYOQE8XEYZGUE6PU/SBR_3293.jpg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: A glimpse from the Design Thinking and Innovation workshop at Arthur Lokjack University. Students burning midnight oil to crack solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/44b6824f-cc20-40b5-9a4c-1048ecf9073a/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+11.15.28%E2%80%AFAM.png Home (Copy) TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM: Capture of a design system for a low-code app development platform. The scale was massive and hence, the component consistency, scalability and edge case scenarios needed to be addressed adequately https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448583350-5MGKETHPW1ZKUW9RWKLV/SBR_1824.jpg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: A glimpse from the customised workshop conducted fro AnsaMcal group, Trinidad and Tobago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/f7286c94-4ffd-42b3-918d-61bbfa74abb2/Klera+Execution+Map.png Home (Copy) TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM: A massive transformation program for a low-code app development platform. Above is an image that shows execution journey of the app creator. It went on to become parametric, marking a huge shift in how the platform worked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448508912-R53IHSD2LE0LWV9TQE6A/IMG_5576.jpg Home (Copy) KEYNOTE SPEAKER: I was invited as Keynote speaker for the first Foundation day at NID Kurukshetra. I continue to engage with the institution as an educator and thought leader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448397596-U95KR1FDYQLKG21ITNL9/IMG_3087.jpg Home (Copy) TALK: Seminar at Tokyo, with participants from major Japanese multinationals spanning automobile, appliance and electronics industries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/32c3ff0b-b233-4038-9b95-9c6ded31a2d2/Klera+UI.jpeg Home (Copy) TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM: Creator screen of the low code app development platform. The transformation had us question the relevance of every minute element and design for a future where creators are less tech savvy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/66a7d089-167a-454b-9c1a-3f6c843cdeb9/Data+Design+Framework.png Home (Copy) FRAMEWORK: I worked on a proprietary data visualisation framework at Think Design, which is now widely used across the organisation and its clients. It simplifies and codifies hundreds of charts in one simple interactive diagram that can be readily used when faced with a data viz challenge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448422836-U1Z9Q5OWRV04AYGR7XB6/IMG_5544.jpg Home (Copy) JURY MEMBER: Receiving the recognition plaque from Marianna Sharma, India's Best Design Awards. I was the member of jury and fireside chat host this time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/eb1d9218-94a0-4f06-8b08-94a54ad98fce/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+12.32.29%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Home (Copy) FRAMEWORK: Abstraction Hierarchy is one of the frameworks I ace at and I have extensively used this for assignments that are complex and systemic. This map is developed through several days of inquiry with the key stakeholders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448368857-UDYUKZV5BB7Z8C5E9ZBP/IMG_5323.jpg Home (Copy) RESEARCH: One of the largest research projects I oversaw. This project formed the precursor to Golden Grid framework I pioneered https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448338345-TBM9GJYCAVRTC83ISON6/IMG_5137.jpg Home (Copy) KEYNOTE SPEAKER: At NASSCOM's Design4India event. My association with NASSCOM dates back to more than 15 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448266068-KLXIKA3XNVJ83GXLOUWZ/IMG_2822.jpg Home (Copy) AWARD: Think Design's first major design award, 2016. This was India's Best Design Studio award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448193516-X5NPXUUW6GJRTPEH8SNB/IMG_2411.jpg Home (Copy) DATA VISUALIZATION: A glimpse of the rough sketches before they became pixels, charts and dashboard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448210169-YXI6LJS0UZ3HGE7N4YLA/IMG_2396.jpg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: Capture from one of the client workshops. In my career I would have conducted more than a hundred such workshops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447884446-420RDPMN283A3KLBC9F0/IMG_0008_2.jpg Home (Copy) INNOVATION IN RETAIL: The experience centre is a clever combination of dIgital and physical interactions, using AR interfaces with inventory management system in the back end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448133075-PD5RZP0WLMH8WYS5HN7P/IMG_2326.jpg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: A light moment during a 3-day immersive Design Thinking and ideation workshop. This was part of overhaul of a leading national newspaper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/83aad12c-d8fc-4c5f-a024-2657c185e680/IMG_5111.jpeg Home (Copy) PANEL DISCUSSION: At NASSCOM's Design4India event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447816128-DRQ7RK3BH7S2Q4ZP20EL/IMG_0004.jpg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: Capture from one of the client workshops. This was for a project that aimed to transform a very successful legacy suite that helps in industrial planning, automation and monitoring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/b7d3bb7b-09cd-4237-b3dc-1b30ff4389f0/Untitled+4.jpg Home (Copy) FRAMEWORK: An abstraction of CX design methodology for one of our clients https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594321107227-OFHKKVF9CT2WAFKQINYC/IMG_7715.JPG Home (Copy) AWARD: Good Design award, this was the first one from Australia we received for our work on FiGO app https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447749756-I240JCNBD43OC6JGIE0L/20141121_182535.jpg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: Capture from our first leadership workshop. This had a significant impact on my growth as a leader and a chief executive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313909951-KFS6X1K9FSOWK7SJQX9T/IMG_5428.JPG Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: An object to remember NASSCOM's Design4India initiative by. A massive initiative indeed addressing the design community. I contributed as a design expert, keynote speaker and workshop facilitator across India https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447624344-X17UKFFH5MXF3KJXU3HU/2015-02-27+23.45.20-3.jpg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: Design Thinking workshop for one of India's most successful internet companies. I still wonder how such a business was built entirely from the ground up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594276823863-LFF5EXKIZDU6NT8MUZQO/12199.jpg Home (Copy) JURY MEMBER: I was part of the jury panel at the prestigious iF Design Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447650289-Y0IWKGYVTNTVH1JBQL7I/2015-03-19+07.33.37.jpg Home (Copy) SERVICE DESIGN: A capture from service design and customer experience workshop I conducted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447583663-3H1N9OK5ZWXQR7Q3P8Z5/_1020880.jpg Home (Copy) TALK: A capture from the seminar I addressed at Tokyo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313925982-TP3VK0KDUFK5ITK1HT05/fullsizeoutput_24d5.jpeg Home (Copy) A capture from client workshop that had their executives from across the world participate in brainstorming session... and this by flying all of them to one location https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1a23bab3-cc5b-487a-a823-81c0b88b182c/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+11.14.29%E2%80%AFAM.png Home (Copy) DATA DESIGN: Worked with one of the world's largest payment processor and their Data & Analytics team. Worked on multiple projects that had workshops, product design solutions, research insights and design systems spanning a period of about 3.5 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447640673-SSQ11K2IBV1I21ZHPCKR/_SBR8107.jpg Home (Copy) TALK: A glimpse from the seminar we gave as part of Denver Startup Week. This is part of the merch we gave away... each card has a design problem to be solved on the back of https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/a3641dd8-a1cd-44df-bce8-7c2b16c8cd4f/IMG_5316.jpeg Home (Copy) TEACHING AT NID: At the podium at NID auditorium. As a student, I longed to be here and address the students of the most prestigious Design school in India. My association with NID as visiting faculty spans 10 years and counting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594238828742-6VKDZ9U7NHG0JCMOPDEA/IMG_6476.jpeg Home (Copy) AWARD: Good Design award from Australia. This was for a Digital Transformation work we did for one of the most prestigious publishing brands in India https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/807586b6-b159-4e51-b0b9-dc1b0d83d113/Work-Domain-Analysis_04-Sep.jpeg Home (Copy) FRAMEWORK: Abstraction Hierarchy is one of my frameworks of choice for solving complex problems. I have used this framework across Industrial automation and connected devices, Defence systems, Law enforcement, Public services and Life sciences domains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/98b53685-4c21-4e6a-bac1-52870e6554c6/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+10.52.10%E2%80%AFAM.png Home (Copy) DESIGN: Capture from a transformation program of education solution. The image represents the classroom solution we developed and it is part of a multi-modal, multi-platform solution that addresses teachers, students, parents and the admin staff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/4c6381e5-4009-45a5-a571-2fe6d44e99de/17523628_1869212253347882_9151048223152165998_n.jpeg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: Capture from a workshop at NASSCOM's Design4India event. Through my workshops I interacted with several startup founders and I learn as I impart learning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313901944-PLYV84O5K161OZ5Z7RIC/fullsizeoutput_1021.jpeg Home (Copy) AWARD: A Design award for work in Healthcare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594314012984-4685O1COYZLSST8E29D5/fullsizeoutput_1016.jpeg Home (Copy) AWARD: Certificate of recognition from the A Design award and competition for work in Healthcare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/369681a4-60ac-4e85-a686-3b4268817454/IMG_1365.jpeg Home (Copy) PRESS: To friendship beyond borders. In the pic are Stacy and I with Rama. Enjoyed the attention of paparazzi in the Caribbean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594238824243-YYKBN9NLXXECTTY3WSPI/IMG_6440.jpeg Home (Copy) AWARD: And then the prestigious iF Design award. Won this for innovative work in Fintech domain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/e03627a7-3a4b-4fa5-ae59-8af8943a2f8f/IMG_2860.jpeg Home (Copy) AWARD: Our first major award and I couldn't keep from displaying it at the centre of our studio in Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313874372-30WKFPHC9N7E4IIJ3PDW/fullsizeoutput_2f9f.jpeg Home (Copy) AWARD: Won Creativepool Annual award for work on app design for global travellers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594236899901-B91S08AKQTVI4IODF289/5a00aa3a-8cf8-4a40-ac15-410d2cac5c41.jpg Home (Copy) AWARD: A moment of pride receiving the India's Best Awards. I was the jury member, speaker and award winner at the show in 2018. A moment of great pride! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/ad4971ba-bd4a-49e6-bb3c-d082b2bde9a5/Untitled.jpg Home (Copy) WRITING: A capture from the article I wrote and was published. By 2024 I might have written about a hundred articles and at least a fifth of them published in digital and print media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/11ab2ae9-27be-45e8-8300-badb6ce34fae/IMG_4325.jpeg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: Capture from a workshop as part of NASSCOM's Design4India event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/3d7fdde2-92a6-4a86-b9cb-62332bc9a1e4/IMG_4186.jpeg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP Capture from one of the workshops conducted in Atlanta, GA. This one involved participation from the employees across the world. In one room, 2 Days of undivided attention from the leadership, 1 big solution to crack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883461272-82L31539HTTPN3CXX3T4/IMG_3776.jpg Home (Copy) SERVICE DESIGN: A capture from service design workshop for a new-age start-up foraying into the space of journalism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594277238985-0LCX2O4YYFYBBZV10EDF/IMG_5545.JPG Home (Copy) TALK: A glimpse from India's Best Awards, fireside chat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594277223873-FE2NDU7XN1RNAPNMB59C/fullsizeoutput_719.jpeg Home (Copy) PANEL MEMBER: Design4India initiative by NASSCOM. During this period, it was sponsored by Facebook and had attracted a wide audience pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/725a48e6-e1b9-4e27-814f-6f301d3bfbe6/IMG_4529.jpeg Home (Copy) MIXED REALITY: Our first MR project. I facilitated workshop with the client's team and established vision and journeys for the same https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594235932947-0SY1QTHLU4OOVD5R1CBK/IMG_0293.JPG Home (Copy) PANEL DISCUSSION: A pic from the panel discussion. I was invited as panelist for the NID CII Design excellence awards event and the topic covered Industry 4.0 and Data https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593884138154-5EYG4NCXX0TAXQV6K1CT/IMG_2894.JPG Home (Copy) ACQUISITION: A new phase started as Think Design got integrated with Havas. This picture has me among the SEA top leadership of Havas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/fdc9cf34-b771-45d1-b250-7a9edc886d7c/IMG_9653.jpeg Home (Copy) RESEARCH: A capture from community insights generated post pandemic... I spearheaded this project and we brought innumerable trends to common knowledge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/654c4092-20b1-4db8-8853-b7ab1fb8712b/IMG_4330.jpeg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: A note of acknowledgement from the participant of my workshop. What a beautiful gesture! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593882952892-Y6CB7DA517B6BXTI8CJH/IMG_6450.JPG Home (Copy) TALK: I was a panel member for discussion on Customer Experience and Communication https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/5a1bc380-8b18-4014-be0b-c6af96527455/ISDI1.jpeg Home (Copy) LECTURE: Capture of my presentation session at ISDI Mumbai campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593884158216-EUKMMCT6XWIMG438HD5C/IMG_2899.jpg Home (Copy) GLOBAL TEAM: Global design leadership huddle at Paris. As we were being integrated with Havas, the global peers huddled together to form common methodologies and work together. I led this initiative through Havas CX incubation phase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883624401-9PJPZKMB8BTQ6548OSDM/fullsizeoutput_1530.jpeg Home (Copy) TALK: Winning together, as we were being integrated in the Havas network. It was not only new but also grand and much needed especially while integrating with the network companies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593882934055-LIOWZXR9Q021XGO02MF7/d1ade1db-23a5-41fd-84d1-5f5f4c771caa.jpg Home (Copy) PANEL MEMBER: I was invited as panel member as part of Ajeenkya DY Patil University's initiative during the pandemic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593882929389-Z744WXD69MRWA14DAYQM/3fbb624c-0ddf-4c77-b01d-baa1b37b8904.jpg Home (Copy) TALK: I was invited as a speaker organised by the World University of Design. My first on Instagram Live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1724895792299-I6H8XDCXJ3TCUR6GDTR8/IMG_6462.jpg Home (Copy) TALK: I spoke on Data Storytelling for ISB executive education participants. This is one of the several talks I delivered on the subject https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883440464-C13H4L1WO9X2BLIFE7BE/IMG_3514.JPG Home (Copy) TEACHING AT NID: A capture from NID education program. I continue to love teaching and interacting with student in the capacity of a visiting faculty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883610176-2C24XRT4ZR3PCJVBJPVH/IMG_3984.JPG Home (Copy) PANEL MEMBER: A glimpse from CII NID's India Design summit. I was part of the panel discussion at this event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/01aaa394-d1f9-47c7-8101-24656d6c472e/CG6+Avanti_Workout.png Home (Copy) INDUSTRIAL DESIGN: Avanti Cardiogym CG6: A U.S Patented Award winning gym which also had a pioneering touch screen interface to guide users on individual workouts and plans. Designed at Think Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/65ed8cd3-e519-4ea6-98cc-cff66a86f6bf/Avanti+CG6+Interface.png Home (Copy) INTERACTION DESIGN: The console interface of Avanti Cardiogym CG6. It is a pioneering product that revolutionised the idea of cardio + strength on a single machine and in a single workout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/4f7e0649-87be-478c-a52e-8003206792bc/IMG_4867.jpeg Home (Copy) CAREER: My last working day at Think Design. July, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594234779055-QZJWUCBJ9UHE9IBTZYGW/IMG_2541.jpg Home (Copy) ACQUISITION: The final signing moment as Think Design gets acquired by Havas. Wow, that was an exhilarating experience going through the process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594319519592-FJX759N17N6Z6JLA7STH/CX+Postit.jpg Home (Copy) SERVICE DESIGN: A capture from service design workshop and blueprint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/cba9b724-6d79-40f2-9d85-39ea74cb022e/Service+Design+in+Excel.jpeg Home (Copy) SERVICE DESIGN: A spreadsheet rendition of Service Design Blueprint. I always follow up the creative map with a spreadsheet because it then becomes data and is usable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593884143142-87CUQ45SWU8C6V58637K/fullsizeoutput_1963.jpeg Home (Copy) GLOBAL COLLAB: A moment of sharing thoughts and walk, as Havas' design leadership across the world huddled in Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/3ff62728-a73e-49bc-8c1a-37850fba120c/IMG_4607.jpeg Home (Copy) TEAM: A glimpse from the send off party as I gear up to transition out of Think Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883554087-PGG4F5PAA09ERYWHP8RR/IMG_3938.jpg Home (Copy) AWARD: The CII Design Excellence award trophy and certificate in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/0da44065-9e70-4e80-837f-fc149e4c216e/IMG_3301.jpeg Home (Copy) MENTORING: Learning session at Think Design's office. I was quite active in acquiring new knowledge and sharing it with my colleagues... it became part of the culture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448850666-4AO77ANJSWWO1L6CO6J1/SBR_4577.jpg Home (Copy) WORKSHOP: A capture from Design Thinking workshop conducted at IIT Delhi campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/e0813a8f-a04a-479a-9aec-87bb331a56d2/IMG_2393.jpeg Home (Copy) RECOGNITION: As I complete 19years at Think Design in 2023, a light moment in the office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/7adf9bf5-292d-430b-87ff-cae627cda0b8/IMG_3078.jpeg Home (Copy) PARTNERSHIP: I led the discussion and closure of MoU between IIT Mandi's iHUB and Think Design. I continue to be part of the governing council as of 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/c276140c-8050-4597-a5de-a1ae7c15922c/5b94e9f4-0c3d-4a09-bf53-858aa2be9725.jpeg Home (Copy) TALK: My TEDx talk. I spoke about First principles Vs. Analogical thinking and how they influence innovations around us. At IID Mandi campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/002628cd-f07d-4f53-9cf5-40073604ab5c/IMG_4109.jpeg Home (Copy) TALK: A capture at the IIT Mandi campus after my TEDx talk. In the picture as the students and the capture by travel influencer, Analli gupta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/e0acd3cf-4f8a-4c94-a01a-898d0976faa5/b7abe263-08aa-4d7e-9b6c-dec401623817.jpeg Home (Copy) TEACHING AT NID: A capture from the lecture at NID campus. Research, Data and Design are some of the topics I cover for the presentations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/c148a9fa-d91d-4237-884c-0ac91a0ab8b4/Banner_Microinsights_blog-post_enterprise-22-scaled.jpg Home (Copy) PROGRAM: Intern from Home program had us capture several design trends and insights during the pandemic. It continues to inspire me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/66ebdfcc-d833-415f-af1d-1c46e9760f87/Screenshot+2024-08-29+at+9.06.14%E2%80%AFAM.png Home (Copy) TALK: I delivered several talks on the subject of Dark Patterns in UX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/a48b77f8-50e7-48b5-ac54-254e497ef766/Untitled+2.jpg Home (Copy) JURY MEMBER: A moment from the iF Design award jury and the article published in POOL magazine on the subject https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/bf25b6ec-ba74-4378-abd2-7d46bf9087f9/1720186495189.jpeg Home (Copy) POST: That was a lovely gesture from team Think Design! https://harinallan.com/home-5 daily 0.75 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/95043a49-b769-4090-a287-4136d19b680a/H+Logos+New+Wide.001.png Oct 25Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/9efead51-42f7-418f-841a-ddec0825ac95/clients1200.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/dc6e9115-304c-4303-a660-e4e7d42ae06c/about1200.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/3d7fdde2-92a6-4a86-b9cb-62332bc9a1e4/IMG_4186.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1601902230699-R4SYYMC4H5MW8TCC9Q3L/PLUS_CORAL_Fullwidth_Halfheight.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/f49304d4-3578-4ba1-b096-7ee0cf9f65dc/7396be5a-b8d0-47a1-9b22-d592c8a65f95.jpeg Oct 25Home KEYNOTE SPEAKER: I spoke on 'Human by Design' at Cisco Dzone event throwing light on human centred design process and what future holds for us in the context of GenAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313902736-X4Z8DJN8W8P2GV32DJN1/fullsizeoutput_2693.jpeg Oct 25Home RESEARCH: Glimpse of insight session for a top mobile phone brand. This project had us cover length and breadth of India, to understand emerging user needs and come up with design concepts for the sub $300 smart phone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/b2863eea-2509-49d4-880a-51b71dc9aa77/IMG_9650.jpeg Oct 25Home MEMBER OF JURY: I was a jury member for Design X Social Design Awards 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/7dcd59d8-6fab-4fff-aef2-9a58b5d44481/ABT+International+Medical+Innovation.png Oct 25Home FIELD RESEARCH: Validating healthcare toolkit we designed for rural usage, funded by Bill Gates Foundation. A glimpse from user testing session... the intended users were mothers of infants from rural Bihar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/03a4025b-28d4-485a-9ccf-689f1feb049d/Restored+Vida+World+Website+Project+-+Buy+Flow+-+15+June.jpeg Oct 25Home USER JOURNEY: Purchasing EVs online has inherent complexities when integrating digitally and this is an example of that. The flows need to factor payments, loans, tax sops, reimbursements, delivery etc and integrates several systems into one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/e46d7fbf-8195-46c9-9378-52912ca374b3/EDOS+Codebook.png Oct 25Home WRITING: My unpublished book. EDOS stands for Executive Design Operating System and the book codifies design with a common vocabulary, framework and rituals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602871458233-TCA212M9YTCFMJXPRGLR/ADesign+GMB.jpg Oct 25Home AWARD: Recognition for being the member of Jury at the prestigious A'Design award and competition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/68fcf6bf-87b0-444d-a2ef-6a3619da6e8e/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+10.54.42%E2%80%AFAM.png Oct 25Home STRATEGY: An interactive visualisation we created as part of roadmap for vertical leaders of a pharma giant, and this became a precursor to several transformations that followed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594237146312-YD5TJ4TNCD8DJFGGJENU/IMG_6353.JPG Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: A glimpse of the workshop I conducted on research and innovation at Singapore. Partnered with TiE Singapore for the event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/c7453669-a046-431d-8664-f6f09634f65b/Vida.png Oct 25Home UX DESIGN; Disruptive innovative solution for booking and purchase journeys for clean mobility solution in consumer space. The metrics were challenged and we impacted CTRs and CRs massively https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448057523-N1FA9IX10WJ55CF3SIWY/IMG_2021.jpg Oct 25Home RESEARCH: A glimpse from a large-scale research program, covering length and breadth of India. This program enquired into the user needs in the home appliance category https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/856d4424-3976-421b-a11c-7582de9e2681/JnJ+Dashboard1.png Oct 25Home DATA DESIGN: One of the several outputs as part of the transformation program for a Pharma giant. Worked with the DTO team and transformed supply chain intelligence through reporting portals, apps and dashboards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/d1b51eb1-3be1-48d4-a37c-33127ca2370f/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+10.53.16%E2%80%AFAM.png Oct 25Home DATA DESIGN: Image showing before-after of an AI powered platform. On the left is how the data was visualised before and on the right, after https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447691191-8ZLDTKMGV2HEJ9UEBXL8/2015-09-21+13.52.09.jpg Oct 25Home STRATEGY: Synthesis session post extensive research conducted for a leading edTech solution. We researched teachers, pupils, parents and admin staff to get deep insights into how we could leverage smart solutions in the classroom and beyond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602871035500-E8Y3P9QRB9U45N798UKC/2019-CII-DESIGN-EXCELLENCE-AWARDS.png Oct 25Home AWARD: The coveted CII NID Design excellence award. Bagged this award for our work on the digital avatar of the legacy Manorama Year Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/ecc37ee8-3f64-4f26-b428-5611390614fb/Culinda+Scr+shot+3.png Oct 25Home DATA DESIGN: A glimpse of a cybersecurity solution we designed for. Data Visualisation is one of the most important pieces of the work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596133076645-7P0ASI1GIQY6B5I2KT6Y/Unisys+poster_Hari-01.png Oct 25Home TALK: I gave the talk on Data Storytelling across countries during the pandemic and after. COVID has indeed consumerised data consumption across continents and at a massive scale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602597067126-218UDM08DC6YHV900C7G/Think+Design+Color+palette.png Oct 25Home DESIGN: Rebranding project of Think Design. I spearheaded this during 2020 and the activation spanned about two years in total https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602871036999-HQWHHP2C7U946OJZ7PYR/2018-INDIA%E2%80%99S-BEST-DESIGN-AWARDS-.png Oct 25Home AWARD: 2018 was the year of great success, as we won three awards at India's Best Design Awards. We were ambitiously looking forward to more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1598150760845-ODDFIJ6OQ24ZEFF4LWS0/Adjustments.jpeg Oct 25Home IFH PROGRAM: A glimpse of the community that got created during the pandemic. My key initiative, Intern From Home spanned worldwide interactions with design students and mentors through a platform we created in just about a week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1598184086448-HP0N8XPKEFFKPCBUR8YZ/Adjustments.jpeg Oct 25Home IFH PROGRAM: Some of the topics discussed during the Intern from Home initiative that brought together design students, mentors and academicians https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596487131009-NVCKXXQ2CDGU95R6O2WX/Screen+Shot+2020-08-04+at+2.08.06+AM.png Oct 25Home FRAMEWORK: Research methods documented as part of the Golden Grid framework. I worked on this proprietary framework which is now widely used by Think Design and its clients https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596485844690-9FI5ULQFCKI2MICIHQNR/fullsizeoutput_2631.jpeg Oct 25Home TALK: Hosted a talk at our office on the topic of Knowing the Unknown through design research at Denver, CO. USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/bedfbff5-dbd1-4494-960b-6687ac313749/IMG_5446.jpeg Oct 25Home US STUDIO: This was captured in Boulder, CO during one of my business trips during the establishment of US Studio. Stephen has been one of my key associates and a great person to have worked with https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596484904117-W36Z3ULIPNRUXW2E87YT/Screen+Shot+2020-08-04+at+1.31.19+AM.png Oct 25Home FRAMEWORK: A glimpse of Golden Grid research framework. This is an incredibly usable framework when there is a research task at hand. I developed this proprietary framework that went on to become foundational to Think Design's research practice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596397004726-ULGLRLRYYX4PQJ08WJWD/IMG_3511.jpg Oct 25Home TEACHING AT NID: The quintessential view of NID Paldi aquarium. My association of over two decades as a student and now as a visiting faculty member and advisor is filled with pride and insight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1596479954194-QL5UMV7IB0Z0K43OJDSU/Screen+Shot+2020-08-03+at+10.44.45+PM.png Oct 25Home METRICS: Design outcomes have to be measured and I believe, metrics are meant to be challenged. Here's an example where the outcome outperformed every historic metric and how https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448965310-MRL82I9C4ZCC0E2UYAMK/Tokyo+201215.jpg Oct 25Home TALK: One of the seminars at Tokyo. Our partnership with Trinity Co. Ltd, Tokyo had us engage with industry in Japan in order to enlighten the audience and promote our partnership venture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1603263745750-3HKXFI4LPQBHGV8ODPRZ/IMG_5546.jpeg Oct 25Home AWARD; Proud to receive the India's Best Design Studio award from Late Prof. Vikas Satwalekar, who is among the most respected design visionaries in India and former Executive Director of NID https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1602871034325-1L80OBMMXF0U5E6PFDZT/2019-INDIA%E2%80%99S-BEST-DESIGN-AWARDS.png Oct 25Home AWARD: 2019 marked a new benchmark for me as we won five design awards including the three at India's Best Design Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/cbd53158-1c90-459f-9f94-3b0b40b7ae4a/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+12.20.32%E2%80%AFPM.png Oct 25Home TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM: Capture showing the scale of engagement with Worldpay/ FIS. I headed this program that spanned over 3 years and powered the mission of the company's Data & Analytics vertical https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/27fb2fdd-8e3c-49b7-b503-cfb8dc1d64c5/IMG_9652.jpeg Oct 25Home DATA VISUALIZATION: Data Visualisation and Data Design are essential parts of my design practice... This is a capture from training program I headed where we simplified data visualisation through content and visuals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/a9a8e5c4-3f83-495b-84c5-a43064a461a1/IMG_9651.jpeg Oct 25Home DATA VISUALIZATION: Data Visualisation and Data Design are essential parts of my design practice... This is a capture from training program I headed where we simplified data visualisation through content and visuals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594729838757-AZXHPW2E4DEP1WPZQSCV/Screen+Shot+2020-05-04+at+4.13.54+PM+copy.jpg Oct 25Home JURY MEMBER: I was the member of jury for the Creativepool Annual awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594729837594-1P2JCJIMUEVWALO6WUI0/Screen+Shot+2020-05-04+at+4.12.58+PM+copy.jpg Oct 25Home JURY MEMBER: I was the member of jury for the Ukraine Design awards. This holds a special place in my heart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448959376-UY6A4QAXSI9EVV8HL05P/Tokyo+201202.jpg Oct 25Home TALK: Gakshuin university. I delivered a talk at one of the most prestigious universities in Tokyo. A moment of great pride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448919397-9JDV5ZH2TUFT10P0BG7N/SBR_6315.jpg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: Sharing a light moment with the participants of Design Thinking workshop at Arthur Lokjack University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448883667-OYLAGSJJ7GGIA3IJZPPP/SBR_6172.jpg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: A glimpse from the Design Thinking and Innovation workshop at Arthur Lokjack University. Workshop spanned two weeks of immersion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448871623-R3PG7SDQNE5M5D6T0WV4/SBR_6108.jpg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: Lecturing session during the Design Thinking and Innovation workshop at Arthur Lokjack University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448831872-6DOOHYOQE8XEYZGUE6PU/SBR_3293.jpg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: A glimpse from the Design Thinking and Innovation workshop at Arthur Lokjack University. Students burning midnight oil to crack solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/44b6824f-cc20-40b5-9a4c-1048ecf9073a/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+11.15.28%E2%80%AFAM.png Oct 25Home TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM: Capture of a design system for a low-code app development platform. The scale was massive and hence, the component consistency, scalability and edge case scenarios needed to be addressed adequately https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448583350-5MGKETHPW1ZKUW9RWKLV/SBR_1824.jpg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: A glimpse from the customised workshop conducted fro AnsaMcal group, Trinidad and Tobago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/f7286c94-4ffd-42b3-918d-61bbfa74abb2/Klera+Execution+Map.png Oct 25Home TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM: A massive transformation program for a low-code app development platform. Above is an image that shows execution journey of the app creator. It went on to become parametric, marking a huge shift in how the platform worked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448508912-R53IHSD2LE0LWV9TQE6A/IMG_5576.jpg Oct 25Home KEYNOTE SPEAKER: I was invited as Keynote speaker for the first Foundation day at NID Kurukshetra. I continue to engage with the institution as an educator and thought leader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448397596-U95KR1FDYQLKG21ITNL9/IMG_3087.jpg Oct 25Home TALK: Seminar at Tokyo, with participants from major Japanese multinationals spanning automobile, appliance and electronics industries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/32c3ff0b-b233-4038-9b95-9c6ded31a2d2/Klera+UI.jpeg Oct 25Home TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM: Creator screen of the low code app development platform. The transformation had us question the relevance of every minute element and design for a future where creators are less tech savvy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/66a7d089-167a-454b-9c1a-3f6c843cdeb9/Data+Design+Framework.png Oct 25Home FRAMEWORK: I worked on a proprietary data visualisation framework at Think Design, which is now widely used across the organisation and its clients. It simplifies and codifies hundreds of charts in one simple interactive diagram that can be readily used when faced with a data viz challenge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448422836-U1Z9Q5OWRV04AYGR7XB6/IMG_5544.jpg Oct 25Home JURY MEMBER: Receiving the recognition plaque from Marianna Sharma, India's Best Design Awards. I was the member of jury and fireside chat host this time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/eb1d9218-94a0-4f06-8b08-94a54ad98fce/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+12.32.29%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Oct 25Home FRAMEWORK: Abstraction Hierarchy is one of the frameworks I ace at and I have extensively used this for assignments that are complex and systemic. This map is developed through several days of inquiry with the key stakeholders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448368857-UDYUKZV5BB7Z8C5E9ZBP/IMG_5323.jpg Oct 25Home RESEARCH: One of the largest research projects I oversaw. This project formed the precursor to Golden Grid framework I pioneered https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448338345-TBM9GJYCAVRTC83ISON6/IMG_5137.jpg Oct 25Home KEYNOTE SPEAKER: At NASSCOM's Design4India event. My association with NASSCOM dates back to more than 15 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448266068-KLXIKA3XNVJ83GXLOUWZ/IMG_2822.jpg Oct 25Home AWARD: Think Design's first major design award, 2016. This was India's Best Design Studio award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448193516-X5NPXUUW6GJRTPEH8SNB/IMG_2411.jpg Oct 25Home DATA VISUALIZATION: A glimpse of the rough sketches before they became pixels, charts and dashboard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448210169-YXI6LJS0UZ3HGE7N4YLA/IMG_2396.jpg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: Capture from one of the client workshops. In my career I would have conducted more than a hundred such workshops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447884446-420RDPMN283A3KLBC9F0/IMG_0008_2.jpg Oct 25Home INNOVATION IN RETAIL: The experience centre is a clever combination of dIgital and physical interactions, using AR interfaces with inventory management system in the back end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448133075-PD5RZP0WLMH8WYS5HN7P/IMG_2326.jpg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: A light moment during a 3-day immersive Design Thinking and ideation workshop. This was part of overhaul of a leading national newspaper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/83aad12c-d8fc-4c5f-a024-2657c185e680/IMG_5111.jpeg Oct 25Home PANEL DISCUSSION: At NASSCOM's Design4India event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447816128-DRQ7RK3BH7S2Q4ZP20EL/IMG_0004.jpg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: Capture from one of the client workshops. This was for a project that aimed to transform a very successful legacy suite that helps in industrial planning, automation and monitoring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/b7d3bb7b-09cd-4237-b3dc-1b30ff4389f0/Untitled+4.jpg Oct 25Home FRAMEWORK: An abstraction of CX design methodology for one of our clients https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594321107227-OFHKKVF9CT2WAFKQINYC/IMG_7715.JPG Oct 25Home AWARD: Good Design award, this was the first one from Australia we received for our work on FiGO app https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447749756-I240JCNBD43OC6JGIE0L/20141121_182535.jpg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: Capture from our first leadership workshop. This had a significant impact on my growth as a leader and a chief executive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313909951-KFS6X1K9FSOWK7SJQX9T/IMG_5428.JPG Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: An object to remember NASSCOM's Design4India initiative by. A massive initiative indeed addressing the design community. I contributed as a design expert, keynote speaker and workshop facilitator across India https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447624344-X17UKFFH5MXF3KJXU3HU/2015-02-27+23.45.20-3.jpg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: Design Thinking workshop for one of India's most successful internet companies. I still wonder how such a business was built entirely from the ground up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594276823863-LFF5EXKIZDU6NT8MUZQO/12199.jpg Oct 25Home JURY MEMBER: I was part of the jury panel at the prestigious iF Design Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447650289-Y0IWKGYVTNTVH1JBQL7I/2015-03-19+07.33.37.jpg Oct 25Home SERVICE DESIGN: A capture from service design and customer experience workshop I conducted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447583663-3H1N9OK5ZWXQR7Q3P8Z5/_1020880.jpg Oct 25Home TALK: A capture from the seminar I addressed at Tokyo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313925982-TP3VK0KDUFK5ITK1HT05/fullsizeoutput_24d5.jpeg Oct 25Home A capture from client workshop that had their executives from across the world participate in brainstorming session... and this by flying all of them to one location https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1a23bab3-cc5b-487a-a823-81c0b88b182c/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+11.14.29%E2%80%AFAM.png Oct 25Home DATA DESIGN: Worked with one of the world's largest payment processor and their Data & Analytics team. Worked on multiple projects that had workshops, product design solutions, research insights and design systems spanning a period of about 3.5 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594447640673-SSQ11K2IBV1I21ZHPCKR/_SBR8107.jpg Oct 25Home TALK: A glimpse from the seminar we gave as part of Denver Startup Week. This is part of the merch we gave away... each card has a design problem to be solved on the back of https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/a3641dd8-a1cd-44df-bce8-7c2b16c8cd4f/IMG_5316.jpeg Oct 25Home TEACHING AT NID: At the podium at NID auditorium. As a student, I longed to be here and address the students of the most prestigious Design school in India. My association with NID as visiting faculty spans 10 years and counting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594238828742-6VKDZ9U7NHG0JCMOPDEA/IMG_6476.jpeg Oct 25Home AWARD: Good Design award from Australia. This was for a Digital Transformation work we did for one of the most prestigious publishing brands in India https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/807586b6-b159-4e51-b0b9-dc1b0d83d113/Work-Domain-Analysis_04-Sep.jpeg Oct 25Home FRAMEWORK: Abstraction Hierarchy is one of my frameworks of choice for solving complex problems. I have used this framework across Industrial automation and connected devices, Defence systems, Law enforcement, Public services and Life sciences domains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/98b53685-4c21-4e6a-bac1-52870e6554c6/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+10.52.10%E2%80%AFAM.png Oct 25Home DESIGN: Capture from a transformation program of education solution. The image represents the classroom solution we developed and it is part of a multi-modal, multi-platform solution that addresses teachers, students, parents and the admin staff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/4c6381e5-4009-45a5-a571-2fe6d44e99de/17523628_1869212253347882_9151048223152165998_n.jpeg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: Capture from a workshop at NASSCOM's Design4India event. Through my workshops I interacted with several startup founders and I learn as I impart learning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313901944-PLYV84O5K161OZ5Z7RIC/fullsizeoutput_1021.jpeg Oct 25Home AWARD: A Design award for work in Healthcare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594314012984-4685O1COYZLSST8E29D5/fullsizeoutput_1016.jpeg Oct 25Home AWARD: Certificate of recognition from the A Design award and competition for work in Healthcare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/369681a4-60ac-4e85-a686-3b4268817454/IMG_1365.jpeg Oct 25Home PRESS: To friendship beyond borders. In the pic are Stacy and I with Rama. Enjoyed the attention of paparazzi in the Caribbean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594238824243-YYKBN9NLXXECTTY3WSPI/IMG_6440.jpeg Oct 25Home AWARD: And then the prestigious iF Design award. Won this for innovative work in Fintech domain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/e03627a7-3a4b-4fa5-ae59-8af8943a2f8f/IMG_2860.jpeg Oct 25Home AWARD: Our first major award and I couldn't keep from displaying it at the centre of our studio in Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594313874372-30WKFPHC9N7E4IIJ3PDW/fullsizeoutput_2f9f.jpeg Oct 25Home AWARD: Won Creativepool Annual award for work on app design for global travellers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594236899901-B91S08AKQTVI4IODF289/5a00aa3a-8cf8-4a40-ac15-410d2cac5c41.jpg Oct 25Home AWARD: A moment of pride receiving the India's Best Awards. I was the jury member, speaker and award winner at the show in 2018. A moment of great pride! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/ad4971ba-bd4a-49e6-bb3c-d082b2bde9a5/Untitled.jpg Oct 25Home WRITING: A capture from the article I wrote and was published. By 2024 I might have written about a hundred articles and at least a fifth of them published in digital and print media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/11ab2ae9-27be-45e8-8300-badb6ce34fae/IMG_4325.jpeg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: Capture from a workshop as part of NASSCOM's Design4India event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/3d7fdde2-92a6-4a86-b9cb-62332bc9a1e4/IMG_4186.jpeg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP Capture from one of the workshops conducted in Atlanta, GA. This one involved participation from the employees across the world. In one room, 2 Days of undivided attention from the leadership, 1 big solution to crack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883461272-82L31539HTTPN3CXX3T4/IMG_3776.jpg Oct 25Home SERVICE DESIGN: A capture from service design workshop for a new-age start-up foraying into the space of journalism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594277238985-0LCX2O4YYFYBBZV10EDF/IMG_5545.JPG Oct 25Home TALK: A glimpse from India's Best Awards, fireside chat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594277223873-FE2NDU7XN1RNAPNMB59C/fullsizeoutput_719.jpeg Oct 25Home PANEL MEMBER: Design4India initiative by NASSCOM. During this period, it was sponsored by Facebook and had attracted a wide audience pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/725a48e6-e1b9-4e27-814f-6f301d3bfbe6/IMG_4529.jpeg Oct 25Home MIXED REALITY: Our first MR project. I facilitated workshop with the client's team and established vision and journeys for the same https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594235932947-0SY1QTHLU4OOVD5R1CBK/IMG_0293.JPG Oct 25Home PANEL DISCUSSION: A pic from the panel discussion. I was invited as panelist for the NID CII Design excellence awards event and the topic covered Industry 4.0 and Data https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593884138154-5EYG4NCXX0TAXQV6K1CT/IMG_2894.JPG Oct 25Home ACQUISITION: A new phase started as Think Design got integrated with Havas. This picture has me among the SEA top leadership of Havas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/fdc9cf34-b771-45d1-b250-7a9edc886d7c/IMG_9653.jpeg Oct 25Home RESEARCH: A capture from community insights generated post pandemic... I spearheaded this project and we brought innumerable trends to common knowledge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/654c4092-20b1-4db8-8853-b7ab1fb8712b/IMG_4330.jpeg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: A note of acknowledgement from the participant of my workshop. What a beautiful gesture! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593882952892-Y6CB7DA517B6BXTI8CJH/IMG_6450.JPG Oct 25Home TALK: I was a panel member for discussion on Customer Experience and Communication https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/5a1bc380-8b18-4014-be0b-c6af96527455/ISDI1.jpeg Oct 25Home LECTURE: Capture of my presentation session at ISDI Mumbai campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593884158216-EUKMMCT6XWIMG438HD5C/IMG_2899.jpg Oct 25Home GLOBAL TEAM: Global design leadership huddle at Paris. As we were being integrated with Havas, the global peers huddled together to form common methodologies and work together. I led this initiative through Havas CX incubation phase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883624401-9PJPZKMB8BTQ6548OSDM/fullsizeoutput_1530.jpeg Oct 25Home TALK: Winning together, as we were being integrated in the Havas network. It was not only new but also grand and much needed especially while integrating with the network companies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593882934055-LIOWZXR9Q021XGO02MF7/d1ade1db-23a5-41fd-84d1-5f5f4c771caa.jpg Oct 25Home PANEL MEMBER: I was invited as panel member as part of Ajeenkya DY Patil University's initiative during the pandemic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593882929389-Z744WXD69MRWA14DAYQM/3fbb624c-0ddf-4c77-b01d-baa1b37b8904.jpg Oct 25Home TALK: I was invited as a speaker organised by the World University of Design. My first on Instagram Live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1724895792299-I6H8XDCXJ3TCUR6GDTR8/IMG_6462.jpg Oct 25Home TALK: I spoke on Data Storytelling for ISB executive education participants. This is one of the several talks I delivered on the subject https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883440464-C13H4L1WO9X2BLIFE7BE/IMG_3514.JPG Oct 25Home TEACHING AT NID: A capture from NID education program. I continue to love teaching and interacting with student in the capacity of a visiting faculty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883610176-2C24XRT4ZR3PCJVBJPVH/IMG_3984.JPG Oct 25Home PANEL MEMBER: A glimpse from CII NID's India Design summit. I was part of the panel discussion at this event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/01aaa394-d1f9-47c7-8101-24656d6c472e/CG6+Avanti_Workout.png Oct 25Home INDUSTRIAL DESIGN: Avanti Cardiogym CG6: A U.S Patented Award winning gym which also had a pioneering touch screen interface to guide users on individual workouts and plans. Designed at Think Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/65ed8cd3-e519-4ea6-98cc-cff66a86f6bf/Avanti+CG6+Interface.png Oct 25Home INTERACTION DESIGN: The console interface of Avanti Cardiogym CG6. It is a pioneering product that revolutionised the idea of cardio + strength on a single machine and in a single workout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/4f7e0649-87be-478c-a52e-8003206792bc/IMG_4867.jpeg Oct 25Home CAREER: My last working day at Think Design. July, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594234779055-QZJWUCBJ9UHE9IBTZYGW/IMG_2541.jpg Oct 25Home ACQUISITION: The final signing moment as Think Design gets acquired by Havas. Wow, that was an exhilarating experience going through the process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594319519592-FJX759N17N6Z6JLA7STH/CX+Postit.jpg Oct 25Home SERVICE DESIGN: A capture from service design workshop and blueprint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/cba9b724-6d79-40f2-9d85-39ea74cb022e/Service+Design+in+Excel.jpeg Oct 25Home SERVICE DESIGN: A spreadsheet rendition of Service Design Blueprint. I always follow up the creative map with a spreadsheet because it then becomes data and is usable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593884143142-87CUQ45SWU8C6V58637K/fullsizeoutput_1963.jpeg Oct 25Home GLOBAL COLLAB: A moment of sharing thoughts and walk, as Havas' design leadership across the world huddled in Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/3ff62728-a73e-49bc-8c1a-37850fba120c/IMG_4607.jpeg Oct 25Home TEAM: A glimpse from the send off party as I gear up to transition out of Think Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1593883554087-PGG4F5PAA09ERYWHP8RR/IMG_3938.jpg Oct 25Home AWARD: The CII Design Excellence award trophy and certificate in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/0da44065-9e70-4e80-837f-fc149e4c216e/IMG_3301.jpeg Oct 25Home MENTORING: Learning session at Think Design's office. I was quite active in acquiring new knowledge and sharing it with my colleagues... it became part of the culture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/1594448850666-4AO77ANJSWWO1L6CO6J1/SBR_4577.jpg Oct 25Home WORKSHOP: A capture from Design Thinking workshop conducted at IIT Delhi campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/e0813a8f-a04a-479a-9aec-87bb331a56d2/IMG_2393.jpeg Oct 25Home RECOGNITION: As I complete 19years at Think Design in 2023, a light moment in the office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/7adf9bf5-292d-430b-87ff-cae627cda0b8/IMG_3078.jpeg Oct 25Home PARTNERSHIP: I led the discussion and closure of MoU between IIT Mandi's iHUB and Think Design. I continue to be part of the governing council as of 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/c276140c-8050-4597-a5de-a1ae7c15922c/5b94e9f4-0c3d-4a09-bf53-858aa2be9725.jpeg Oct 25Home TALK: My TEDx talk. I spoke about First principles Vs. Analogical thinking and how they influence innovations around us. At IID Mandi campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/002628cd-f07d-4f53-9cf5-40073604ab5c/IMG_4109.jpeg Oct 25Home TALK: A capture at the IIT Mandi campus after my TEDx talk. In the picture as the students and the capture by travel influencer, Analli gupta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/e0acd3cf-4f8a-4c94-a01a-898d0976faa5/b7abe263-08aa-4d7e-9b6c-dec401623817.jpeg Oct 25Home TEACHING AT NID: A capture from the lecture at NID campus. Research, Data and Design are some of the topics I cover for the presentations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/c148a9fa-d91d-4237-884c-0ac91a0ab8b4/Banner_Microinsights_blog-post_enterprise-22-scaled.jpg Oct 25Home PROGRAM: Intern from Home program had us capture several design trends and insights during the pandemic. It continues to inspire me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/66ebdfcc-d833-415f-af1d-1c46e9760f87/Screenshot+2024-08-29+at+9.06.14%E2%80%AFAM.png Oct 25Home TALK: I delivered several talks on the subject of Dark Patterns in UX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/a48b77f8-50e7-48b5-ac54-254e497ef766/Untitled+2.jpg Oct 25Home JURY MEMBER: A moment from the iF Design award jury and the article published in POOL magazine on the subject https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efccdce176bbf55bbd93ec7/bf25b6ec-ba74-4378-abd2-7d46bf9087f9/1720186495189.jpeg Oct 25Home POST: That was a lovely gesture from team Think Design!