YASHASVI NAGDA
Origin: [Sanskrit: यशस्वी] /jʌʃ-əs-wiː/ Meaning: Successful, Victorious, Glorious
An eternally curious being who is always exploring, learning and growing
Work
An experience designer with 5+ years of industry experience at Bosch, I've spearheaded design efforts for notable accounts like Rolls Royce Power Systems.
I worked as Experience Design Intern at Siemens for building Socio Technical Systems for enhancing urban mobility through lens of Urban Experience Design.
My interest in research in HCI (Human Computer Interaction) and my work in the field of deceptive UIs earned me an internship at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (IISc) at I3D Lab (2019). At IISc I worked on a Microsoft Research India funded project on designing and developing a gaze controlled desktop application for children with severe speech and motor impairment.
Even during my academic years, I exhibited entrepreneurial spirit by freelancing for celebrity performers (A R Rahman, Ayushmann Khurrana, Farhan Akhtar, Nucleya to name a few) and SaaS based companies. I was crafting UIs, promotional posters, social media promotional material, branding and prints etc which fostered financial independence from an early stage.
Formal and Informal learning
Additionally, I hold a
Master's degree in User Experience Design (M.Des) from MIT Institute of Design, Pune
Bachelor's degree in Urban Planning from National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, an institute of national importance, where I cultivated my true passion for design.
Throughout my career, I've embraced diverse challenges, including managing our family-owned school's digital transformation, refining operational processes, and honing leadership skills.
This unique blend of experiences has shaped me into a versatile professional, dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that exceed expectations.
Personally
I'm a native of Khandwa, MP hailing from a traditional family with a rich generational legacy that combines leadership, intellect and artistry. Currently, I am based out of Bangalore, India.
Feel free to ping me if you would like to work together or have some interesting topics to discuss.
Beyond work, I
🎯 Read
History, Design, Physics, Psychology, Fiction
Check my Goodreads list. Open to new recommendations anytime. I parallel read on browsers (which led to me discovering that max number of tabs in safari you could then open is 500 in one profile )
🏍️ Ride
Motor biking is my meditation
I learnt biking when I was 14. Couple years ago, one fine day, post a project meeting, I just got out and bought my first own bike.
👩🏼🌾 Grow
Proud plant parent
Not getting a lot of herbs and veggies during COVID lockdown made me want to grow it all by myself. It started with that and rest is history.
☕ Brew
Coffee, Tisanes
Coffee is certainly not an inexpensive hobby. It started with some filter papers and now I carry my own portable coffee machine to work for I need freshly ground, specific bean coffee to get through the day. Tisanes, I grow, pick, process and brew a lot of my tisanes at home.
🎨 Create
Paint, Paper-engineering, Digital art, Miniatures
I have been tinkering since I was a kid. Thankfully, that hobby is retained. What makes me a bit proud about myself is the fact that these paper models I created almost pre-internet era which kept the original creativity flowing.