Alok Kumar ↗

🔥 ❤️ I witneshed an incredible amount of energy and zeal for learning at the most prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay this weekend.

I was invited to conduct #designthinking #workshop and the schedule was packed with:
1. Discuss the #foundation of Design thinking
2. #empathy Practices (#userinterviews )
3. #Problem #breakdown
4. #solution Explorations
5. #sketch the #wireframes / Solutions

Thanks to the students and the committee of #iitbombay for… Show more

🔥 ❤️ I witneshed an incredible amount of energy and zeal for learning at the most prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay this weekend.

I was invited to conduct #designthinking #workshop and the schedule was packed with:
1. Discuss the #foundation of Design thinking
2. #empathy Practices (#userinterviews )
3. #Problem #breakdown
4. #solution Explorations
5. #sketch the #wireframes / Solutions

Thanks to the students and the committee of #iitbombay for this opportunity. Thanks, Rhythm Ranasaria and team. Show less

Shared my ideas & case study around how to gamily a product with few touch points like:
#socialProof
#reciprocation
#framing
#salience
#closure
#reinforcement
#scarcity

Talked about Career in Design and how to have a flourished future in Design World with few examples and case studies from game Design. Shared few personal experiences.

Shared my experience and ideas around building a Design Led Culture in an organization.
Quick notes:
⭐ Do some research, ie. better than no Research
⭐ Few tip around quick Research
⭐ What Process works better in Time & Budget crunch
⭐ How to be User Centred with time constraints
⭐ How to work when there's no perfectly defined process
⭐ How to be adaptive in nature.

Helped the Design Students to build an impactful Portfolio which is of Industry standard.

Volunteering to grow this Product & Design community, Learn and spread the knowledge with fellow rethinkers in this community. Hosted multiple UX talks and met like minded UX professional to enhance my skill as well as helped my mentees to brush up their skills to solve the real life product problems.

Always ready to bridge the gap between UX Professional's mindset, Business Goal and User Experience.

Shared my thoughts about a Perfect UXD studio Setup and the value of UX in Game Design at the biggest gaming platform of India (IGDC).

Part of the panel member at Gamescom Asia Event where we discussed about Engagement and Retention with the help of UX in Gaming. Shared the stage with few Global leaders of gaming world.

Honoured to be the part of ABHUYUDYA DX 2022 by SPU, Bhopal.
Shared my experience around what should be the focus of new talents entering the Design World.

Travelled to Surat, Gujrat to talk about How Design is a mindset and not just a Process. Addressed Friends of Figma Surat, Lottie Surat, Red and White Institute and Dhiwise members.

I got amazed to meet so many Design Entrepreneur and loved the attitude & positivity towards spreading the awareness of the value of Design. Also very impressed with the kind of Design initiatives Red & White Multimedia Education has taken in Surat.
Loved to interact with the Design Community, I am glad… Show more

Travelled to Surat, Gujrat to talk about How Design is a mindset and not just a Process. Addressed Friends of Figma Surat, Lottie Surat, Red and White Institute and Dhiwise members.

I got amazed to meet so many Design Entrepreneur and loved the attitude & positivity towards spreading the awareness of the value of Design. Also very impressed with the kind of Design initiatives Red & White Multimedia Education has taken in Surat.
Loved to interact with the Design Community, I am glad that the community enjoyed and found my talk useful. Show less

One of the Jury Member for Design X Social Award.

Excited to see the entries from Candidates around the globe, Looking forward to learn and interact with the brilliant minds.

Global Innovation Challenge.
Theme - Designing for Crisis
Design interventions for an empathetic, sustainable, and delightful citizen experience

🔥🔥 Delighted to be the Guest Speaker at Chitkara University, Chandigarh to meet the Design Students in person, and agitated to share my experience and talk about how We at Vedantu Craft the Best Student experience by keeping Users at the center of the Design.

🎙️🎙️🎙️ I talked about:
★ Empathy and Best Practices of Empathising with Users
★ How closely We are connected to our Students
★ Why our Students Love our In-Class Experience
★ How and when to use Gamification
★… Show more

🔥🔥 Delighted to be the Guest Speaker at Chitkara University, Chandigarh to meet the Design Students in person, and agitated to share my experience and talk about how We at Vedantu Craft the Best Student experience by keeping Users at the center of the Design.

🎙️🎙️🎙️ I talked about:
★ Empathy and Best Practices of Empathising with Users
★ How closely We are connected to our Students
★ Why our Students Love our In-Class Experience
★ How and when to use Gamification
★ Tips to be Industry Ready (For Design Students) Show less

I got a chance to meet the Students of ICAT Design & Media College at Bangalore Campus. and with me I had My Co-host and Design Professional Nikita Rana to talk about her early learning from the industry.

A full Auditorium of young energy to hit the industry soon, have lot of questions around what to focus on to taste the success in Design Industry. I loved sharing my experience from Product Design and Game Design World.

What I talked about:
1. How to get industry Ready
2… Show more

I got a chance to meet the Students of ICAT Design & Media College at Bangalore Campus. and with me I had My Co-host and Design Professional Nikita Rana to talk about her early learning from the industry.

A full Auditorium of young energy to hit the industry soon, have lot of questions around what to focus on to taste the success in Design Industry. I loved sharing my experience from Product Design and Game Design World.

What I talked about:
1. How to get industry Ready
2. How we at Vedantu uses Design Thinking and other process
3. What can students learn from my previous projects
4. How gaming basics helps other industry
5. Gaming UX Tips
6. Portfolio Tips

Thanks ICAT Design & Media College and Vismitha for inviting. Show less

Shared my Experience and enlightened the Vijaybhoomi University & Vijaybhoomi Learning and Employability Students (Design / Tech / Business) and discuss about the value of practical approach.

🔯 Most importantly, shed some lights on 🔦 ⭐
1️⃣ How Design Thinking is more than a Design process
2️⃣ Bridging the gap between User and a Product
3️⃣ Value of User Centric Design
4️⃣ Value of Collaboration outside the team
5️⃣ How to keep an eagle eye on future opportunity and… Show more

Shared my Experience and enlightened the Vijaybhoomi University & Vijaybhoomi Learning and Employability Students (Design / Tech / Business) and discuss about the value of practical approach.

🔯 Most importantly, shed some lights on 🔦 ⭐
1️⃣ How Design Thinking is more than a Design process
2️⃣ Bridging the gap between User and a Product
3️⃣ Value of User Centric Design
4️⃣ Value of Collaboration outside the team
5️⃣ How to keep an eagle eye on future opportunity and prepare well before Show less