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HCI Vistas- Honourable Group Members

Members are categorized as Professionals, Academicians, Ph.D. Scholars and Students.



HCI Vistas Global Forum has about 200 members.
Mentors for HCI Vistas Initiative

Prof. Vladimir Averbukh, Ural State University, Russia

Prof. Pradeep Yammiyavar, Department of Design, IIT, Guwahati, India

Dr. Lene Neilsen, Usability Consultant, Snitkers, Denmark 

HCI Vistas Group Moderator and Facilitator

Dr. Dinesh Katre, India

Professionals
Name Designation Organization Exp. Academic Background Location
Amirjohn H UX Group Lead iSOFT 10 Computer Applications Chennai, India
Dr. Sanjay Tripathi Senior Consultant UX Tech Mahindra 10 Dr. rer.pol(HCI), MSc, B.Tech Pune, India
Mohammed Ismail Sr. New Media Designer Convergys Learning Solutions Bachelor of Fine Arts Hyderabad, India
Atul Manohar Lead Consultant UE Satyam Computer Services Limited 14 M Des.  Pune, India
Krishnakanth Perumahanti Usability Engineer CA 2.5 B. Tech. Hyderabad, India
Satyajeet Singh Manager- Product & Marketing Naukri.com 3 PGDBM from Birla Institute of Management Technology, B. Com., Lucknow University New Delhi, India
Prashant Paigude Lead - Technical Documentation SUNGARD 11 B.E. Industrial Electronics Pune, India
Apar S Maniar Self Employed / Freelancer / Consultant Independent / Michigan State University 7 B.E. Comp, MA in Telecom. Info. Studies & Media Mumbai, India
Rajat Bhardwaj Sr. Usability Analyst PureIT 5 Master of Commerece,  2 modules from HFI Pune, India
Nidhi Sharma Manager Interaction Design Infoedge Ltd 6 MBA IT Haryana, India
Jhumkee Iyengar Consultant Persistent Systems Pvt. Ltd. 14 MS (Human Factors Engineering Design), M. Des. (Product Design), BE (Mechanical Engineering) Pune, India
Pravin Shrikant Joshi Lead UI Designer Surgework India Ltd. 4.5 B.C.S. Navi Mumbai, India
Abhijit B. Chief Experience Officer CXI Design 11 B.E. (Comp. Engineering), VJTI;  MFA, University of Southern California, Los Angeles Mumbai, India
Bhooshan Suresh Pandya Marketing Manager – UX Lead Designer Tata Consultancy Services Limited 10 G.D. Art (Com.), (CUA), HFI  Mumbai-India
Shantanu Bhamare Sr. Project Manager,  In Board Of Directors of PMI Pune Chapter IBM 14+ BE Computer, PG- DAC- C-DAC; Mobile Computing, IIT Bombay; (PMP) from PMI USA Pune, India
Manish Kumar Senior Design Researcher HP 2 PG - SUID from NID, B. Tech. Computer Science, IET Lucknow Bangalore, India
Kiran Ghadge Usability Lead SpadeWorx Software Services 10 Science Graduate from Pune University Pune, India
Rashmi Sethi Senior Consultant UX Tech Mahindra 13   Bangalore India
Ranjeet Kumar UX Engineer (R&D) SumTotal Systems 6 UXD and UE Hyderabad, India
Bhakti Khandekar UI Principle designer Infosys 7 MCM Pune, India
Subash Babu Lead Technical Writer Citrix Systems, Inc. 8 Masters in Mass Comm., Certificates in Project Management & Entrepreneurship Bangalore, India
Abhijeet Rokade Interaction Designer TechMahindra 2.5 B.E. Computer (Pune University), M.Des (IIT Bombay) Dallas, USA
Aurobinda Narayan Pradhan UX Manager SAP Labs India 9 B.Arch., REC Bhopal, MDes.(VC) IDC, IIT, Bombay Bangalore, India
Sainarayanan Guruvayurappan Sr. Interaction Designer HCL Technologies Ltd. 10 Masters of InteractiveMultimedia, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Chennai, India
Chaitanya Bailey Senior Instructional Designer Intelligroup Asia Private Limited 6.5 Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh). Hyderabad, India
Barry GLASFORD Senior Human Factors Project Analyst Kohler Company 12 BS, Technical Communication, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI Kohler, WI USA
Mitchell Gass Principal Ulab, Participatory Design Associates 10 B.S. Computer Science,California State University,East Bay Berkeley,CA, USA
Peter Luo Interaction Designer Creative Technology 2 HCI Singapore
Yoav Rubin - IBM Haifa Research Lab 7 B.Sc. degree in Information Systems Engineering Haifa, Israel
Sammeer Chabukswar Group Head, Usability Engineering Persistent Systems Ltd 12 MS (Human Factors) Pune, India
Prasanna Sahu Sr. Visual Designer ClearPoint Learning Systems 5 Degree in Fine Arts (Graphics) Pune, India
Rikke N. Orngreen Researcher, Developer & Teacher Copenhagen Business School 10+ Ph.D. in informatics Denmark
Lene Nielsen Usability Consultant Snitker & Co. 10+ Ph.D. Denmark
Deepa Shah Director True Sparrow Systems Pvt. Ltd. 3 B. Arch. Pune, India
Gaurav Trivedi User Interface Designer Times Business Solutions Limited 3 DAC Noida, India
Aparna Ghogale Independent Consultant Visual and interactive design; user interface design 9 G.D. Arts (Applied Arts); C-DAC’s Diploma in Advanced Computer Arts Pleasanton, CA, USA
Sapna Jayaram Sr. Usability Consultant Product Engineering 7.5 BCA,MBA Pune & Bangalore, India
Uday M. Shankar UI Architect Extreme Networks 8+ Diploma in Advertising & Journalism Chennai, India
Pankaj Sapkal Strategist Short-Path 16 B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), M.Des.(Industrial Design), M.A. (History) Pune, India
Sameer Chavan VP User Experience & Design Naukari.Com 11+ Product Design, IIT Mumbai; B.E (Mech.), PVP Institute of Tech Noida, India
Rahul Avachat Architect - User Interface Design Cybage Software Pvt. Ltd. 10+ G. D. Art Commercial (Applied Art) Pune, India
Pooja Rastogi Manager - Interaction Design Naukari.Com 5 Masters in Fine Arts Noida , India
Ira Jhangiani Human Factors Engineer Motorola 2 Masters Plantation, FL, USA
Vishwanath Shankar Technical Leader - Consumer Lifestyle Philips Electronics India Ltd. 12+ BS Engineering Technology Bangalore, India
Atul Joshi CEO and Director Design Incubator R&D Labs Pvt Ltd 8+ GDPD from N.I.D., Design Research Scholar, Fabrica, Benetton, Italy Mumbai, India
Divya G Team Lead Triumph India Software Services Ltd. 3as TW B.SC,pursuingMA-Journalismand MC Bangalore, India
Amrutraj Pujari User Experience Engineer Oracle India 4 Master ofScience (HumanFactors) Bangalore, India
Pushkaraj Mirajkar Technical Communicator Cognizant Systems   Certifiedin Usabilityfrom OhioUniversity,USA Pune, India
Devashish Pandya Senior IT Consultant   12+   Pune, India
Harshit Desai Director PureIT     Pune, India
Ravi Shankar Manager UE Practice Fiserv 10 B.Arch, MBA Pune, India
Anand Kumar Web Designer Cognizant Technology Solutions 6.5 DACA from CDAC Pune, India
Chandan Sharma Online Marketing and eBusiness Manager Avaya GlobalConnect Ltd 8+ Masters in Computer Science, MBA in Marketing Gurgaon, India
Dr M V Ananthakrishnan Independent Consultant Anjana: The educating people 42+years MSc., PhD (Physics) Mumbai, India
D. Karthikeyan Lead Creative Design Dhyan Infotech 5.5 Computer Application Chennai, India
Sachin Bhosale Product Engg. - UI & UX Coreobjects India Pvt. Ltd.

9+ yrs, UX 2yrs

Engineering Pune, India
Hemant Kadegaonkar User Experience Consultant TechMahindra 4.3 M.Des (Visual Communication);  BFA Pune, India
Manasi Kore Programmer Analyst Trainee Cognizant Technology Solutions 1 M.Des. (Visual Communication) Pune, India
Ankush Gokarn Sr. Information Architect Pure IT, Usability Research 5 B.Com, PGD Mass Communication Pune, India
Rajasekhar Reddy Allipuram Senior Usability Consultant Capgemini 10+ Bachelor of Engineering Hyderabad, India
Academicians
Dr. Vladimir Averbukh Professor, Head of the researcher’s section
of Inst. for Math. and Mech.
Urals Branch of Russian Academy of Science
Ural State University   Ph.D. Russia
Dr. Pradeep Yammiyavar Professor, Department of Design Indian Institute of Technology 30 M.Des. and Ph.D. in Industrial Design Guwahati, India
Ampat Varghese Varghese Head, Dept of Liberal Arts and Humanities Srishti School of Art Design andTechnology 29 Masters in Mass Comm., Journalism and Bachelors in Economics Bangalore, India
Anand James Dev Head of Department, Communication Design Symbiosis Institute of Design 12 MDes IIT Bombay Pune, India
Nilesh J Uke Assistant Professor Sinhgad College of Engineering 13 ME (Computer Engineering) Pune, India
Yogesh Deshpande Assistant Professor Vishvakarma Institute of Information Technology 18 M.E. (Electronics & Telecom) Pune, India
Dennis Kappen Professor Industrial Design at Humber College of Technology and Advanced Learning 3D Ideation Inc. 15 Product Design and  M.Des. Toronto, Canada
Dr. Sunil Bhatia Editor and Faculty Design for all Institute of India     New Delhi, India
Prof.Ashivni Shende Assistant Professor JSPM (MCA)Hadapsar College     Pune, India
Pooja Gandodhar Lecturer Indira College of Engg & Mgmt 2.6 BE(Computer Science) Pune, India
Sucheta V. Kolekar Lecturer Shahu College of Engineering 3 M.Tech, BE Pune, India
Ph.D. Scholars
Perihan ElSayed Mohamed Moawed Elbaz Ph.D. Scholar Institute of studies and statistical research (CairoUniversity) 12 Ph.D. Thesis on ‘The Influence of Culture in Systems Usability’ Cairo, Egypt
Ganesh Bhutkar Assistant Professor andPh.D. Scholar Vishwakarma Institute of  Technology 12 ME (Comp. Engg) & MBA, Ph.D. Thesis on ‘Usability of Medical Devices used in Intensive Care Unit Pune, India
Rajesh Kulkarni Ph.D. ScholarHOD Computer Science/ Associate Professor Gnyana Saraswathi college of engg. affiliated to JNT University, Hyderabad   M. Tech. Computer Science Nizamabad, India
Ayesha Butalia Assistant Professor Computer Department, MITCOE     Pune, India
Kirti Mahajan Assistant Professor and Ph.D. Scholar Bharati Vidyapeeth University’s, Institute of Mgt. & Entrepreneurship Development 10 BSc, MCM, MCA Pune, India
Students
Rohan Jaguste Student UmeÃ¥ Institute of Design,UmeÃ¥, Sweden   - Industrial design at UmeÃ¥, Sweden; B.C.S.,  University ofMumbai. UmeÃ¥, Sweden
Sangeeta Balasubramani Student Symbiosis Institute of Design - UX Design Pune, India
Rahul Abhishek Student Symbiosis Institute of Design - UX Design Pune, India
Divya Chotalia Student Symbiosis Institute of Design - UX Design Pune, India
Roger Joseph Student Symbiosis Institute of Design - UX Design Pune, India
Vivek Kant Student University of Allahabad - MSc Cognitive Science Allahabad, India
Pooja Deepak Student Symbiosis Institute of Design - UX Design Pune, India
Drupad Mistry Student Symbiosis Institute of Design - UX Design Pune, India
K. Sai Mohith Student Symbiosis Institute of Design - UX Design Pune, India
Avijit Sengupta Student Symbiosis Institute of Design - UX Design Pune, India
Sakshi Gupta  Student Indiana University Bloomington - Currently MS(HCI/d)B.Tech (Information Technology) Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Kshitiz Anand Interaction Designer Indiana University, Bloomington 3 BDes; IIT Guwahati,MS(HCI)-Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Satyajit Swain Student DA-IICT, Gandhinagar   B. Tech (ICT) Gandhinagar, India
Prasanna Kate Student DoD, IIT, Guwahati   M.Des. Guwahati, India
Shyambihari Prajapati Student DoD, IIT, Guwahati   M.Des Design, B.E Mech. Guwahati, India
Nitin Garg Student DoD, IIT, Guwahati   M.Des Design, B.E Mech. Guwahati, India
Prineel. P. Bandellu Student DoD, IIT, Guwahati   M.Des Design, B.E Mech. Guwahati, India
Vishav Rajbhandari Student Symbiosis Institute of Design - UX Design Pune, India
Devesh Sinha Student Symbiosis Institute of Design - UX Design Pune, India
Suguna Diwan Student Symbiosis Institute of Design - UX Design Pune, India
S.Nitish Sivaramakrishnan Student DoD, IIT, Guwahati   3rd year B.Des. Guwahati, India
Chiragh Kirpalani freelance communication designer and student Symbiosis Institute of Design 3 UX Design Pune, India