Talks & Workshops
I speak regularly on topics related to design and art. I love engaging in a dialogue with the design community and students. I express my personal vision and share my learnings hoping to inspire young minds in their creative journeys.
I have served as a jury member for evaluating 'Interaction design' student projects.
NIFT Bengaluru
SPA Vijayawada
A promising future
Aug 2023 Digital Product Design, Jain University, Bengaluru
This was a short talk during the orientation to welcome the young students of design. The presentation was a walkthrough of my design journey with an emphasis on embracing lifelong learning.
Design Thinking in IT
Oct 2022 Faculty Development Program, Impact School of Engineering, Bengaluru
The ask was to provide an industry perspective on the design thinking process in practice. to the faculty. The presentation was mapped to the curriculum and illustrated with real project examples drawn from my work experience.
Romancing a line
Mar 2020 Friday Funda, f1Studioz, Bengaluru
A talk on my creative explorations towards a personal vision of art. It covered my journey of experimentation with cartoons and fine arts. The broad theme was on creative courage and encouraging young designers to pursue the difficult path.
A tribal concern
Jan 2021 MIT School of Design, Ujjain
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The talk is an empathetic journey back in time to learn more about the tribal communities that I grew up around during my childhood. It was a deeper look at their life and an attempt at creating artworks that reflected their worldview.
A hichhiker's guide to enterprise product design
Jan 2020 Dribble Meetup, Bengaluru
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The presentation was a creative walkthrough of the work done at Capillary Technologies. It delved into the process to create a consumer-grade user experience for B2B clients.
Design Thinking
Mar 2018 Capillary, Bengaluru
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The workshop was organized for the leadership team in business, product management and engineering.
Designing for AI systems
Mar 2017 Ripples, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
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The workshop was an attempt at drawing students to think of the big picture and design using Artificial Intelligence. The intent was to encourage designers to think of the problem first and ideate on the solution to augment humans.
Art as a daily activity
Nov 2016 The Folk Cosmos, School of Planning & Architecture, Vijayawada
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The workshop persuaded people to shed their inhibitions and practise art. Hands-on exercises were designed to help teams work collectively on an artwork The emphasis was on the community coming together to make public art by drawing inspiration from folkways.
