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Researching diverse users in India - In conversation with Swathy G

In anticipation of our newly launched User Research Fellowship, we hosted Swathy G (Senior UX Researcher, Meta) for an Open House about researching diverse users in India.

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Speculative Design and Prototyping for AR/VR

Pranshu Chaudhary talks about his experiences in Speculative Design and designing AR/VR experiences.

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How does writing and research improve your design process?

Tanya George, a typeface designer talks about how you can incorporate writing and research into your design process.

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How to transition from Graphic Design to Product Design? - Lakshmi Deshpande

Lakshmi Deshpande talks about her transitions as a designer and how designers wanting to transition into product design could do so.

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How to articulate design decisions? - Pragati Mehrotra

Pragati talks about what goes into great communication between stakeholders and how one can improve their design process by articulating decisions better.

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Kenneth Dsouza on Challenges with Transitioning to a Design Manager from an IC role

Kenneth talks to us about the transition to a Designer Manager and the challenges he faced. He's currently a Senior Design Manager at Jiva and previously was at Gojek.

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Navneet Nair, Director of Product and Design at PhonePe Talks About Securing One's Career as a Designer

Navneet is currently the Director of Design at Phonepe and also a mentor in the Product Design Followship. He talks about his journey in design and how business and design can work together.

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Hardik Pandya, VP Design at Unacademy Shares his Design Journey

Hardik talks about his journey in design and his experience working in a fast paced product company. He also gives helpful advice for designers starting out in the field.

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Karthik Mahadevan on Designing for Visually Challenged People as a Founder of Envision

Karthik is the Co-founder and CEO of Envision. He talks about his journey in design and how he started his own company.

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Akshay Verma Shares His Insights on Product Design & Leading Design at Prophecy

QnA session where Akshay discusses the various growth paths for designers and whether a master's degree is right for you.

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Kshitiz Anand, Associate VP Design at Paytm on Growing as a Designer and more

Currently the Associate VP at Paytm, Kshitiz is a Design Leader with experience in setting up and leading Design Teams across industry and academia.

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Daniel Burka, Director of Product & Design at Resolve to Save Lives Shares his Insights on Designing for Humanity

Daniel talks about his journey in Design.

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Somya Hastekar, UX Lead at Microsoft on Designing for Inclusivity, Overcoming Rejection as a Designer

Somya Hastekar is a UX Lead at Microsoft, and a Mentor at ownpath. She brings digital product and service experiences to life by making tech humane.

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Janey Lee's Journey from Political Science to Product Designing at Spotify

Janey has a degree in political science, read on to find out how that helped her in her journey to become a Product Designer at Spotify. Fun fact about Janey: She spent two years in Mumbai, India!

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Ankit Bhargava, Co-Founder, Sensing Local on Systems Thinking, Designing for Cubbon Park

Ankit is an Architect and Urban Planner with about 10 years of experience in projects relating to spatial planning, urban governance, system design, and architecture.

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Office Hours with Fatema Raja

Fatema Raja is a UX Lead at Gojek and Mentor at ownpath. She constantly strives to make technology more humanist and ethical.

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Interview with Somya Hastekar

Somya Hastekar is a Product Design Lead at Microsoft, and a Mentor at ownpath. She brings digital product and service experiences to life by making tech humane.

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Office Hours with Sameer Bhiwani

A conversation with Sameer Bhiwani on his experience with recruiting and mentoring designers, and his advice for budding designers.

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