My journey as a designer and the places it has taken me to...
WORK
VMware I USA I Staff Product Designer I Oct ‘20 - Present GE Healthcare I USA I Staff UX Designer I May ‘18 - Sept ‘20
Google I USA I Capstone Project I Oct ‘17 - Feb ‘18
Smashing Ideas + Philips I USA I UX Design Intern I Jun ‘17 - Aug ‘17
University of Washington I USA I Teaching Assistant I March ‘17 - May ‘17
Amazon I USA I Student Researcher I Jan ‘17 - March ‘17
Clicked I New Zealand I Design Consultant I June ‘14 - Sept ‘15
LG Electronics I India & South Korea I Dy. Manager | Design Research & Strategy I Jan ‘12 - May ‘14
LG Electronics I India & South Korea I Team Lead I UX & Consumer Insight Design I Jan ‘09 - Dec ‘11
LG Electronics I India & South Korea I Senior Designer I Consumer Electronics I Aug ‘07 - Dec ‘08
Onida I India I Product Innovator I July ‘06 - July ‘07
VIP Luggage I India I Designer I Feb ‘05 - June ‘06
EDUCATION
University of Washington I USA I Current (2016-2018) I MS HCDE (Human-Centered Design & Engineering)
National Institute of Design I India I ‘02 - ’05 I Post Graduate Study I Product Design
G.B. Pant University I India I ‘97 - ’01 I Bachelor of Technology I Mechanical Engineering
CERTIFICATIONS
Core UXD program I Design Incubator India I 2014 I Advanced tools and methods for UX delivery across web, enterprise and mobile devices.
Innojump training workshop I Seoul Design Center I 2013 I Trained to coach insight discovery and innovation processes to various corporate teams.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Seoul Design Awards I Seoul, South Korea I 2010 I 'Sanjha' I Special Mention I Team project
Opus Design Awards I Japan I 2009 I 'Nethra' I Special Jury Award by Shunji Yamanaka
Indira International Innovation Awards I India I 2009 I Top 10 under 30 media mention
National Children Science Congress I India I 1996 I Child Scientist award national level
INTERESTS
Designthinkering I Experiments with Induino I http://designthinkering.blogspot.co.nz/
Through the lens I Witnessing life one click at a time I https://500px.com/designraga
Wander-in I Around the world travel blog I http://travellingcamera.travellerspoint.com/