I believe that hard work, curiosity and passion can drive anyone to success. Armed with a structured approach and the perpetual will to have fun, I have never compromised on the quality of my work, be it for academics or for an organisation.
Experience
UX Intern
Samsung Research Institute,
Bangalore
Spent 10 weeks working with the IoT and Wearables team on a multitude of projects, ranging from ideation for new directions for the Smart Things architecture, explorations on the Galaxy smartwatch and proposing the concept of a watch application from scratch.
Invent@IITGn
Summer Program at IIT Gandhinagar
Competitively selected to participate in an intensive 6 week program of Inventing/Prototyping/Patenting at IIT Gandhinagar and successfully invented a pill dispensing and cognitive health monitoring device. (see Invention- Factory.org)
Featured in newspapers like the Times of India
Techniche, IITG
Core Team - Design
Member of a five person team that handled social media creatives for the annual techno-management festival of IITG and the design of national events, campaigns and competitions like 'Wake Up and Vote' and 'Technothlon'. (see Techniche.org)
Font and Pixel Media LLP
Project Intern
Worked on research, production, video editing and design of a series of nine educational videos on media literacy.
Distributed to Hindi and Marathi medium schools for students of class 6-10
Education
Undergraduate
B.Des, IIT Guwahati
CPI: 9.25
2017 - Present
High School
Lilavatibai Podar High School
CISCE, 98.25%
Publications
India HCI 2019
Student Design Consortium
Victoria - an AI powered knowledge companion The paper was a speculative design published at the prestigious India HCI Conference in Hyderabad, 2019. The theme of the conference was “Agents and Agency: HCI in the age of Machine Intelligence.”
Co-authors: Anshuman Dhar and Sree Mahit M.
Indian Provisional Patent
No. 201921027108
Automatic Pill Dispensing and Cognitive Monitoring Apparatus
Inventors: Arpita Kabra and Lipika Gupta
Achievements
Institute Merit Scholarship
Branch Topper 2019
Ozchi 24-Hour Student Design Challenge
SDC Chair’s Commendation
Leadership
Creative Director
Techniche 2020
Heading a team of 250+ responsible for putting up the fest and a team of 35 for the event branding, installations and social media upkeep of the fest