Mar 2016 – Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Noida Area, India

• Till 25th Nov 2019 I was working with:
• Samsung Design Delhi as Chief Designer at their Noida facility.
• Creating meaningful solutions within the vast Samsung product ecosystem.
• Innovation and value addition in existing products and solutions.
• Unique new ideas and pitches for ever-evolving Samsung devices.
• Many project pitches also involved UX solutions for AR, VR, and smartwatch apart from regular
• mobile and television projects.
• SDD (Samsung Design Delhi) is one of the corporate design centers of Samsung.
• Type of Business: IT - Mobile and Visual Displays (Television)

Aug 2014 – Feb 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · Noida Area, India

• Samsung Design Delhi / Lead Designer
• I worked on design ideas and solutions with the SDD enterprise solutions team for the Samsung B2B domain. Plus global pilot-pitch projects. I was part of Arab Care, IPD, and VOPD projects published on the Samsung Design showcase website.
• Type of Business: B2B (ESD- enterprise solution design) | Address: Samsung Design Delhi, Samsung India Electronics PVT.LTD , Sector- 62, Noida- 201301

Sep 2012 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr 10 mos · Pune Area, India

• Working with "Tap To Learn Inc"/June Software was fulfilling.
• worked as ART LEAD:
• visual design and research for smartphone products.
• (Learning Apps and Games | iOS, Android and Windows)
• research and mock-ups for various product ideas.
• pitch ideas and animated demo for apps & games.
• character design and concept art.
• development of art assets and props.
• Type of Business: Learning Apps and Games | Address: "Tap To Learn Inc"/June Software, Pune

Oct 2011 – Jul 2012 · 9 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Here, I played a vital role in Visual Design as a Senior Flash Game Artist for Facebook Social Games and Mobile Games.
• Character Design and concept art.
• Development of art assets and props (sketch to finished vector art).
• Graphic user interface (GUI) innovation and execution.
• and cinematic video (animated) for social game promo.
• Type of Business: Facebook and Mobile Games | Address: Asvathaa Inc, New Delhi

Sep 2007 – Sep 2011 · 4 yrs · Gurgaon,India

• Worked on a variety of projects:
• Animated Short films
• Emantras’ Gurgaon office was helping to build a diverse product portfolio for the company whose base was software development. We developed a couple of short animation films differentiating from studio-style animation. We aligned ourselves with Indian art as an animation treatment.
• development of series pitch books
• and visual look and feel for its online/mobile games.
• Type of Business: Animation, Apps and Games | Address: M-Lab Emantras, Gurgaon (this was an
• innovation lab of Emantras, Chennai)

Oct 2006 – Aug 2007 · 10 mos · India

• A series of animated political cartoons
• This project was done in Oct 2006 - March 2007 as part of my final academic submission to the NID
• thesis project on a hypothetical brief. Ideally to be aired weekly on a TV news channel.
• Later to be put as an archive on the channel’s website for repeat viewing.
• Plus various small design and desktop publishing projects.
• Type of Business: Studio Shop (Portrait-Painting and creative arts) | Address: Sita Road,
• Chandausi-244412

May 2005 – Oct 2006 · 1 yr 5 mos · New Delhi

• Flash illustrations and animation for interactive e-learning modules for Educomp Smart Classes. A product based on the CBSE syllabus. Type of Business: Education (e-learning) | Address: Educomp, Rajendra Place, New Delhi

May 2003 – Apr 2005 · 1 yr 11 mos · India

• Set up a digital design facility for Sabrang Chitralaya.
• Spearheaded the Design and Desktop Publishing while mentoring the stakeholders
• Designed website for the studio with free hosting space provided by BSNL
• (imagine the period: doing this with a dial-up landline connection in a small town with little
• electricity supply)
• Type of Business: Studio Shop (Portrait-Painting and creative arts) | Address: Sita Road,
• Chandausi-244412

Dec 2002 – Mar 2003 · 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Intern: Satellite TV Channel Programming and Promo Creatives
• (This was the time I was looking for my final NID thesis/diploma project sponsor. I didn't get one for the time being started working with Ayush and Ravi as Intern to earn my expenses)

Apr 2000 – Jun 2000 · 2 mos · Andheri East, Mumbai

• Intern: Classic 2D Animation Studio Pipeline Basics and Character Design Model Sheets
• It was the period when the Indian Animation setups were taking on classic animated TV series production work.
• FYI: During this, time Mr. Ram Mohan was the head of UTV Toons
• (These internships or industrial training were part of the NID curriculum to give a glimpse of the industry and a chance to test one’s learning. Also, the realization of the difference between working in hypothetical and actual situations.)

Apr 1999 – Jun 1999 · 2 mos · Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, India

• Intern: Animation Concept Art and Character Design
• Animation Division of Famous Studio which is now known as "eeksaurus studio"
• (It was my unofficial summer training. Suresh Eriyat had just joined hands with Famous Studio for setting up the Animation section for them. They were working on a Shivaji biographical animation film which was to be distributed on DVDs.)
• We created a lot of pre-production material along with production sketches and treatment sheets.