A little about me

📍 Current Location
San Francisco Bay Area, California
🧑‍🎓  What I'm pursuing
M.A. Interaction Design & Interactive Art, California State University, East Bay
💼  Previous Role
Sr. Experience Design Professional @ THEM Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
❤️  My interests
Social Impact, psychology, networking, travel, culture, food, football (soccer), art
😊  When I’m free, I
Socialize, sketch, cook, watch documentaries & movies, learn design & psychology, teach what I learned, play football, travel, engage with design community, volunteer in NGOs, curiously watch content on youtube

A little about me

Knowledge seeker
collaborative
pASSIONATE
FRIENDLY
TRIES TO BE FUNNY. HEHe
Hey there! I’m Akhilesh Naidu, a self-driven digital product designer who believes in delivering value through a business-centric design approach along with the user-centric philosophy.  For the past two & half years, I have been heavily engaged in working on different BFSI projects using business centered UX methodology to create value and deliver meaningful experiences that helps scale businesses & empower people. Basically, I design to make an impact.

I'm keen on teaching & exploring different aspects that caters to the world of UX and interaction design. What describes me is my zeal towards this field. My curiosity and areas of interest mostly lie in human cognition and psychology, UX research & testing, design systems, business strategies & visual design.
I’m enthusiastic about innovating & crafting solutions for challenging problems that shapes the way humans interact with the world around them.
Some of my achievements
achievements
1st place, Start up Challenge
Euphoria 18, Kamla Nehru College,  University of Delhi, D.U., Oct 2018
Other team Members: Akhil Yadav
achievements
1st place, Start up Challenge 2018
Gargi College, University of Delhi, D.U., Sep 2018
Other team Members: Akhil Yadav
achievements
2nd Position, Bizness Bee
COMFESCO'18, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi, D.U., Mar 2018
Other team Members: Akhil Yadav
achievements
3rd place, Design 360
UX Designathon, IIIT-D, Mar 2017