sajana

sajana

Architect, Designer, Educator

Projects

2023
UG Capstone Projects & Research Papers Guided at NMIMS School of Design

Capstone projects & research papers guided:

  1. Hack A-tack: Designing to encourage responsible online Behavior in teens
  2. Project Sentinel: PTSD workshop for Indian Armed Forces
  3. Food wastage in Indian households
  4. Suffice: A connected application to learn bite-sized fire safety
  5. Project Karma: Reviving the sanctity of polluted water bodies near religious places of India
  6. Finding non-mainstream destinations for Gen Z travelers
  7. Mindivert: Making urban teens and young adults mindful about their marijuana consumption
  8. Enabling preschoolers to perceive dangers and prevent injuries
  9. Unpause life - a kit to decode the menopause life
  10. Commute with Care: making the commute easier and effortless for elderly people
  11. A secret rescue: A design solution to tackle domestic abuse
  12. Rethinking the commute experience in suburban trains: To make it socially comfortable, equitable, and gender inclusive.
  13. Alvive - Enhancing Quality of Life: A holistic approach to post hysterectomy care for women in their prime.
  14. ParentPal - Enhancing parent-child connection during work hours: A communication device to connect toddlers and working mothers.
  15. Empowering teen girls with confidence and knowledge: A menstruation application to educate starting with their menarche and help them overcome their physical and emotional challenges.

Side Projects

2019
Branding Exercise
2018
App for postman

A mobile application for postman to plan their day and log their activities for a smoother service and to generate records digitally.

2018
Coo-P

A Chrome extension for annotating, saving, and copying text/images from web pages easily without compromising the browsing history.

Work Experience

2024 — Now
Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology, Calicut
Kerala, India
2020 — 2024
Mumbai

Courses:

  • Design Theory (1st Year) - To develop creative & critical thinking skills, familiarize design processes and approaches.

  • Form Exploration (Ist Year) - To develop model making and form finding skills.

  • Ideation & Prototyping (2nd Year) - Introduction to design process with emphasis on ideation and prototyping stages.

  • Simple Product Design (2nd Year) - Design of tangible products considering giving importance to physical ergonomics, affordance, materials & manufacturing process.

  • Data Visualization (2nd Year) - To represent and communicate complex data in simple efficient visualization.

  • Connected Experiences (3rd Year) - IoT based products & services

  • Behavioral Design (3rd Year) - Using behavioral science insights & gamification approach to build user engagement and behavioral transformation through design framework.

2019 — 2020
Visiting Faculty at Kamala Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture and Environmental Studies
Mumbai
2019 — 2019
Furniture Designer (Consultant) at Modulinea Modular Systems
Vasai, Maharashtra
2016 — 2017
Assistant Project Manager at Design Innovation Center, IDC, IIT Bombay
Powai, Mumbai
2012 — 2013
Architect at Architechnics
Bangalore
2010 — 2011
Project Architect at Kochuthommen and Associates
Ernakulam

Certifications

2022
Introduction to Internet of Things from NPTEL
2021
Essentials of Data Science with R Software -1: Probability & Statistical Inference from NPTEL

Contact

LinkedIn