This week, our guest is Dharmesh. He is one of the leading user research experts in India. He was previously working as the Head of Research at Setu. He also worked in various fintech companies like ClearTax and Rupeek before that. We talk about opportunities in research today. How convince leadership to allocate budget for research. We also talk about some of his latest projects.

Reach out to Dharmesh here: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dharmeshba/ 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/dharmeshba 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dharmeshba/?hl=en 🌎 Website: https://linktr.ee/theindianotes

This week, our guest is Chetty Arun. He was previously the Director of Design at Razorpay. One of the best fintech companies in India. We talk about his journey of becoming a designer. How he went about scaling the design team of Razorpay. His personal challenges and learnings along the way. We also touch upon organizational culture as a topic. Chetty has had an amazing journey. I had a wonderful time talking to him. I hope you enjoy the episode as well. ------------------------------------------ Reach out to Chetty here: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chettyarun/

🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChettyArun

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chettyarun/

🌎 Website: http://chettyarun.com/

This week, our guest is Paul Finney. He is the Founder of Spacekayak. Spacekayak is a web3 native creative studio and they work with some of the finest web3 companies in India.

We talk about his journey of becoming a founder. How did he build Spacekayak’s team from scratch. What are his thoughts about the future of web3 design. And of course what are the future plans for Spacekayak.

Reach out to Paul here:

🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulfinneyx/

🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulfinneyx

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulfinneyx/

🌎 Website: https://www.spacekayak.xyz/

This week, our guest is Chandra. He is a Product Designer at Gojek. He was previously working with Obvious, one of the best design agencies in the country.   

We talk about his journey to becoming a designer. His time at Obvious and his experience while building Pause. He also talks about the current design education and design job market. We touch on a bit about mistakes to avoid while applying for design jobs.  

Reach out to Chandra here:   

🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandrasekharn/

🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ncresq

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maybe_chandra/

🌎 Website: https://nchandrasekharr.github.io/

This week, our guest is Akshay. He is a Senior Product Designer at Observe.ai. He is also the author of the book “Designing Human-Centric AI experiences”   

We talk about the framework that he uses to design for AI. We also take a deep dive into AI, what role it will play in the future of design, and some of the misconceptions and exciting predictions around AI.

Reach out to Akshay here:   

🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaykkore/
🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/akshaykore
📚 Book: https://akor.in/aibook-in/

This week, our guest is Shivam. He is a Senior Product Illustrator at Swiggy. He previously worked as an illustrator on Flipkart as well.  

We take a deep dive into Shivam’s journey of discovering illustrations and getting started with them. We also talk about the role illustrations play in products, how to collaborate with teams, and his advice for illustrators who are getting started.

Reach out to Shivam here:   

🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivam-thapliyal-b5236aa9/
✍️ Writing: https://thapliyalshivam.medium.com/
🌎 Website: https://www.shivamthapliyal.com/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thapliyalshivam/

This week, our guest is Karthika. She is a Product Designer at Vodafone and she is a builder.   

We take a deep dive into talking about her side projects. How she went about building them. We also talk about her journey and her advice for builders or creators who are getting started.   

Karthika’s story is truly inspirational and I had a wonderful conversation with her.   

Bangalore Roomie: https://twitter.com/BangaloreRoomi
Flinder: https://flinder.netlify.app/
Bookmark of the day: https://www.bookmarkoftheday.xyz/


Reach out to Karthika here:   
🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/s-karthika-37a6aa13a/
🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/designermaybe
✍️ Writing: https://medium.com/@skarthika
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kkkkkarthika/

This week, our guest is Sanketh. He is a Design Ops Lead at Postman and previously worked at Deloitte.   

We take a deep dive into talking about Design Ops and its importance of it in organizations. We also talk about how to convince stakeholders to invest in Design Ops, and also about building and measuring the value of Design Ops.

Reach out to Sanket here:   

🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanketpath/
🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/sanketpath
✍️ Website: https://blog.sanketpathak.com/