Seeking a full-time opportunity in a challenging and creative work environment in India, to apply my skills in User Experience Design, starting June 2009.

Masters of Science                 
Human Computer Interaction Design,                       
Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.                       
GPA: 3.9/4.0, Expected Graduation: May 2009.        

Bachelors of Design
Communication Design,
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India.
GPA: 3.6/4.0, May 2005.

Associate Instructor at Indiana University, USA.
-Course i310, Multimedia Arts and Technology, Fall 2007
-Course i495, Senior Capstone, Spring 2008, Fall 2008
-Course i560, Enterpreneurship in Informatics, Spring 2008
Tasks: Teaching Flash, basics of design. Mentoring senior undergrduate students in final projects. Mentor for over 40 students over 10 different projects.

User Interface Design Intern, Customer Experience Design, Motorola Corporation, Chicago.
(June 2008 - August 2008)
Tasks: Interaction design for future touch screen phones on Windows Mobile Platform, User research for social networking focused phones.

User Interface Designer at Communication Design Group, Infosys Technologies Limited,India.
(August 2005-August 2007)
Tasks: Doing user studies, performing usability tests, creating wireframes, interaction diagrams, information architecture, visual designs, and user documentation.

Graphic Designer (Volunteer work) at Empowerment International Organization, Nicaragua. 
(Oct 2007-Present)
Tasks: Creating promotional materials, information brochure, posters.

Research Intern at Human Computer Interaction Labs, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
(May-July 2004)
Tasks: Research work on interaction design for tangible interfaces using phidgets.

Design: Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Premiere, MS Office and Corel Draw
User Research and Usability: Focused Group Discussion, Contextual Inquiry, Thinking Aloud Protocol, Card Sorting, Heuristic Evaluation, Affinity Diagramming, Ethnography, Eye Tracking, Camtasia.
Programming: HTML, CSS, Actionscript. (elementary)
Operating System: MAC OS, Windows, UNIX

Merit Scholarship for Graduate Studies at Indiana University for the year 2007-2009.
CDG Star Awards at Infosys, for extra efforts in projects.
Awarded the President of India medal to best outgoing student in terms of merit for batch 2005.
Creative head of design team for Alcheringa 2004, the IIT Guwahati cultural festival.
Member of Students’ Gymkhana Council, IIT Guwahati during the years 2002-2004.
Awarded the IIT Guwahati Institute merit scholarship for excellence in performance 2002-2003.
Solo Photography exhibitions and workshops at Bangalore and Guwahati.
Member of IIT Guwahati field hockey team, 2002-2004.