About me
I am a creative problem solver, keen observer and avid listener. I like to experience new places, culture and diversity.
I have around 10 years of work experience in the area of B2B software design, consumer products, mobility, fitness and healthcare.
At present working as a design lead at Nordea bank, designing applications for business process automation using PEGA platform, located at Helsinki, Finland.
Background
Born and brought up in Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta) India
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Studied bachelor in product design from the prestigious National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, India
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Did exchange study in Germany & internship in Paris (2007/08)
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Worked in India as a product and graphic designer for 3.5 years in fitness / mobility industry
Since 2013, I have been living, studying and working in Helsinki
Bike enthusiast, Love to cook, travel, watch cricket and play ping-pong
Between 2013-2017
Internships in Netherlands & Finland
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Participated 2 times @ Service Design Global Conference
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1 Publication (Full conference paper)
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4 blog articles for dept. of design course - website
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Graduated from Aalto with full grade (5/5)
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Participated as talent at UNLEASH Innovation Lab 2017
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Thesis Project published in Yanko Design
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Thesis project exhibited at Dubai Design Week
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Visiting faculty of Service / System design at NID, India
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Currently learning new skills (Bootstrap, HTML5 / CSS) and Finnish
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Some (fun) facts
Can understand / speak 6 Indian languages (Hindi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Marathi, Gujarti and Tamil) apart from fluent English, basic Finnish and German.
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Have experience of living / studying / working in Germany, France, Netherlands and Finland along with most of the cities in India.
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Few challenging activites done in Finland - Bicycle ride in -25 degree celsius for 5 km and AVANTO
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My friends calls me - ´Curry Master´ because i can cook delicious (chicken) curry :)
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During my childhood I had participated in many drawing & painting competitions and received more than 50 awards
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Going for a bike ride to unknown places without using any map and relying on intuition to find my way back
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