Ashish Deshpande

CEO

Pune, Maharashtra, India37 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founder of India's premier Design Consulting firm.
Expert in Product Innovation and Service Design.
Certified Usability Analyst with extensive design education experience.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Design Consulting expert with a focus on Product Innovation and User Experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Industrial DesignDesign ThinkingLeadershipDesign Education

Other Skills

Certified Independent DirectorConsumer ElectronicsDesign EntrepreneurDesign ManagementDesign StrategyExperience DesignHuman FactorsPaper PrototypingProduct DevelopmentSpace-planningSpatial Experience DesignStudies ProgramUser-centered Design

About

Ashish Deshpande is an Industrial Designer, NID 1983-89, co-founder Elephant, India's premier Design Consulting Practice. His work spans Product Innovation, Service Design and Experiential Retail. Ashish conducts regular Design Thinking workshops and Design Led Innovation lectures. Ashish has been a design jury for several international & Indian Design competitions including the India Design Mark. He serves on the Board of Director of Symphony Limited as a Certified Independent Director and has been part of Board of Studies for Design Programs of several Design Institutions. Ashish is a Certified Usability Analyst. He has been in the past, President, National Executive Council, Association of Designers of India. Specialties: Industrial Design, Design Thinking

Experience

Nirma university, ahmedabad, gujarat, india dept of design

Board of Studies (Adhoc)

Jan 2020 – Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Cept university building product systems design

Board of Review

Nov 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Three years

Studies ProgramDesign EntrepreneurIndustrial DesignDesign Education

Symphony limited

Independent Director, BoD

May 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 10 mos · India

Mentoring Symphony Ltd at the Board level over strategic, compliance and stakeholder matters.

Certified Independent DirectorLeadership

Association of designers of india

2 roles

Past President

Sep 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 6 mos

Apart from being a Co Founder at Elephant, India's premier Design Consulting firm, Ashish is the President , ADI, National Executive Council in a volunteer capacity.

President

Jan 2016 – Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Registered society , National Executive Council member

Mit adt university

Member, Board of Studies, Foundation Program

Feb 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 1 mo · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Remote

Periodic review of the Foundation Studies Program at MIT ID.

Ciie

Jury

Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 · 0 mo · IIM, Ahmadabad

India design council

Past Council Member

Jan 2013 – Jun 2016 · 3 yrs 5 mos · India

Past Member

Elephant design pvt. ltd.

Director, Product Experience

May 1995 – Present · 30 yrs 10 mos

Co Founder

Elephant the design office

Partner

May 1989 – Mar 2000 · 10 yrs 10 mos · Pune INDIA

Partner and Head Industrial Design

Elephant strategy + design

Director

Apr 1989 – Present · 36 yrs 11 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area · On-site

Elephant is India's premier Design Consulting business, having transformed brands through design since 1989. Paper Boat, Nirlep, Symphony, Bajaj Auto, Britannia, Bharat Benz, PepsiCo Kurkure, Titan Eye Plus are some of the brands that Elephant has helped either establish or turn around through design interventions cutting across identity programs, product design, package and retail environments.

Product DevelopmentDesign ManagementDesign EntrepreneurIndustrial DesignSpatial Experience DesignDesign Thinking