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
Studied bachelor in product design from the prestigious National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, India
Did exchange study in Germany & internship in Paris (2007/08)
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
Participated 2 times @ Service Design Global Conference
1 Publication (Full conference paper)
4 blog articles for dept. of design course - website
Graduated from Aalto with full grade (5/5)
Participated as talent at UNLEASH Innovation Lab 2017
Thesis Project published in Yanko Design
Thesis project exhibited at Dubai Design Week
Visiting faculty of Service / System design at NID, India
Currently learning new skills (Bootstrap, HTML5 / CSS) and Finnish
Some (fun) facts
Can understand / speak 6 Indian languages (Hindi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Marathi, Gujarti and Tamil) apart from fluent English, basic Finnish and German.
Have experience of living / studying / working in Germany, France, Netherlands and Finland along with most of the cities in India.
Few challenging activites done in Finland - Bicycle ride in -25 degree celsius for 5 km and AVANTO
My friends calls me - ´Curry Master´ because i can cook delicious (chicken) curry :)
During my childhood I had participated in many drawing & painting competitions and received more than 50 awards
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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