About

Baptized into a hard-core mechanical engineering design role in my first four working years with Leyland's R&D, and with a subsequent two-year specialization in Industrial Design, I operate as an independent Product Designer.

Based out of south India as a specialized extended resource, I team up with start-up manufacturers, establishing insight, evolving strategy, adding creative value in bearing product ideas to market.

Experience

  • Principal Designer BG Design · Self-employed Jun 1998 – Present 26 yrs 6 mos Chennai, TN, India Industrial design services on contract to start-up manufacturers... Medical devices for radiography, therapy, surgery, sterilization, hospital automation, community medicine | SPMs for textile, automotive manufacturing | Data-hosted retail Kiosks | Frugal hybrid consumer appliances | GPS, Compass, Range Finding digital accessories for DSLRs | IoT devices for sustainable mobility, remote sensing, work-flow enabling
  • Industrial Design Intern Leubin Design · Internship Jun 1997 – May 1998 11 mos Bengaluru, KA, India Design of a range of food storage devices for Godrej-GE.
  • Design Engineer Ashok Leyland · Full-time Apr 1991 – May 1995 4 yrs 1 mos Hosur, TN, India Customizing Off-highway Trucks to suit special applications, and development of new Transmissions

Education

  • National Institute of Design Master of Design MDes, Product Design 1995 – 1998
  • Karunya Institute of Technology BE Mechanical, Mechanical Engineering, First Class 1986 – 1990
Stats

Joined: September 28, 2021

Area of Expertise

Languages

English Full professional proficiency

Location

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India