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Abhinav Chhikara

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of 10kdesigners, empowering UI/UX designers.
  • Head of Design at Unacademy, scaling design teams.
  • Co-authored 'Pyjama Profit' for freelancers.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a UI/UX design leader with a strong entrepreneurial background.

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About

Abhinav Chhikara is a designer, educator, and entrepreneur based in India, best known for founding 10kdesigners, a platform aimed at nurturing and advancing the careers of the next generation of UI/UX designers. His journey in design began in 2011 when he started freelancing on platforms like oDesk, working on iOS app design. Over the years, he built a reputation in the design community, working with numerous startups and founders across India, Europe, and the US. Before launching 10kdesigners, Chhikara held a pivotal role as the Head of Design at Unacademy, an ed-tech unicorn, where he led the design team from the ground up. His work helped the company grow into one of India's leading online learning platforms. His earlier career also includes stints at companies like Housing.com and Lisn, a music-sharing app he co-founded that gained significant traction. Apart from his entrepreneurial ventures, Abhinav is a content creator, sharing design tutorials and insights on platforms like YouTube. He also co-authored the book Pyjama Profit, which provides guidance for freelancers looking to build sustainable careers in the gig economy. His expertise spans product design, UI/UX, and design education, with a clear focus on building communities.

Experience

13 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
6 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Memetic design

Founder

Dec 2024Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • We design memorable websites and product experiences for category defining startups. Clients include Composio ($24M Series A), Supermemory ($3M pre seed) & more.

10kdesigners

Founder

May 2020Present · 6 yrs 1 mo · Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

  • Building the strongest design network.

Unacademy

Head of Design

Sep 2017Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Joined early, went from solo designer to building the first design team as we scaled from free courses to live classes to becoming the biggest household name for education in India.

Lisn inc

CEO/Co-founder

Dec 2015Apr 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Real time music sharing app with friends. Featured on TechCrunch, viral in North America, scaled to 10,000 users but shut it down due to lack of growth.

Housing.com

UI/UX Designer

May 2015Feb 2016 · 9 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Part of the Housing Labs team.

Yelo.

UI/UX Designer

Dec 2014Apr 2015 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Worked as a solo designer, building zero to one. Acquired by Jugnoo in 2015.

Microsoft

Designer in Residence

Jun 2014Aug 2014 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Worked at Microsoft Ventures on internal products and helping out their portfolio companies with design.

Abnux

Designer

Aug 2012Oct 2017 · 5 yrs 2 mos

Education

Manipal Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Computer Science

Jan 2012Jan 2015

St. Joseph's Pre-University College

Jan 2010Jan 2011

The Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore

ICSE

Jan 2003Jan 2009

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