Shekhar Badve

Co-Founder

Pune, Maharashtra, India0 mo experience

Key Highlights

  • 25+ years of experience in design-led transformation.
  • Expert in aligning culture with strategy for growth.
  • Award-winning juror and design consultant.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic design consultant specializing in brand transformation and innovation across multiple industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic Innovation & Business GrowthDesign-led Problem Solving

Other Skills

AdvertisingBrand ArchitectureBrand CommunicationBrand DevelopmentBrand InnovationBrand ManagementBrandingBusiness StrategyCompetitive AnalysisConcept DevelopmentConsumer BehaviourConsumer InsightsCore CommunicationCorporate BrandingCreative Direction

Experience

Monsoonfish inc. ux & ui design agency

Director

Sep 2015Present · 10 yrs 6 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Lokus design pvt ltd

3 roles

Founder Director

Jun 2002Present · 23 yrs 9 mos

  • Design Thinking, Innovation Strategies, Entropy Reduction, Systems Design, Brand Innovation, Brand Communication, Spatial Design, Immersive Environments, Museum Design, Core Communication
Design ThinkingInnovation StrategiesEntropy ReductionSystems DesignBrand InnovationBrand Communication+6

Director: Strategy & Marketing

Jun 2002Present · 23 yrs 9 mos

  • I head the company’s fast-growing global operations, strategic consulting, key account and reputation management

Founder Director

Jun 2002Present · 23 yrs 9 mos

  • A firm believer in finding the positive valance & reducing the entropy to deliver impactful design solutions, I'm one of the founding directors of Lokusdesign, a leading Brand Strategy, Transformation & Communication Design company. I'm responsible for driving organizational growth & leading Design Strategy advisory for its key clients. I strive to deliver impact to the design consultancy’s client partners to innovate, transform, & grow using design as a tool of competitive advantage.
  • Bringing more than 17 years of rich experience in Strategic Brand Consulting, Design Innovation, & Design Research. I have worked across a range of sectors with notable Strategic engagements including J & J, Mitsubishi Hard Metal India, ITC, Smirnoff, Cadbury, Wipro Tech., Boston Scientific, Nestle, Dabur, Raymond, Havells, Pidilite, Honeywell, Bajaj Electricals, Unilever, Marico, Cox & Kings, Sharp.
  • Apart from Lokusdesign, I'm a Jury, prestigious India Design Mark, Govt. of India, a member of CII’s National Committee on Design, CII’s Committee on Design Interventions in Smart City & member of the Board of Studies, MIT Institute of Design, World University of Design, and WeSchool (Wellingker Institute).
  • Being passionate about grooming the next generation of design & communication professionals, I'm a guest lecturer at premier design and management institutes across the country including NID, SP Jain, IIM Trichy, MICA, Symbiosis Institutes, Welingkar, MIT-ID, NIFT, amongst others.
  • I was awarded the prestigious Rado Fellowship, Rado Watch Co., Switzerland, and Opus Design Award. International Eye Wear Design competition, Patrick De’ Hass Committee’s special prize for Iris fashion eyewear for the blind.
  • For more than 17 years I have worked as an advisor to senior executives tasked with driving growth and Innovation. Understanding how Strategic Design drives business results has been my passion since graduating from the National Institute of Design.

Education

National Institute of Design

Post Graduation In Industrial Design — Design

Jan 1998Jan 2002

AIIMS, Madras

PG Dip. — Operations Management

Jan 1996Jan 1998

CIPET, Bhopal

Post Diploma — Plastic Mould Design

Jan 1995Jan 1996

Maharashtra Institute of Technology

Diploma in Tool Design — Tool Design

Jan 1993Jan 1996