Hello , Suvodeep Das here ! Studied product design from NID , Ahmedabad (National Institute of Design ) 2004.
VERY HANDS ON ….. be it code, art or building kayaks , ebikes, furniture or cooking or brewing beer.
What really interests me now is trying to change human and organisational behavior through the Design Process.
Pretty good teacher (IMHO ! ) and I love mentoring people . I can abstract out complex concepts and teach people in a language they understand.
Awards / Recognitions
- 3 UI patents : 4 in progress
- Red Dot Design Award 2017 (HM) for a Design Thinking Toolkit
- 2020 SAP Catalyst Award
- 2020 SAP Global UX Competition (internal) : Top 5
- 2019 SAP Engineering Pride Award
- Global SAP HANA Innovation Awards : First Prize for FAME (Fleet Analytics) https://blogs.sap.com/2015/04/02/fame-fleet-analytics-mobile-enabled-a-sap-hana-solution-for-smarter-fleet-management/
- SAP High Potential Award for 2013 (100 people get it globally)
- USID Silver award 2012 for SAP Business Objects Mobile ( UX for mobiles and tablets )
- Certified National Geographic Scuba Diver, Certified paraglider pilot.
- Pride of NID Award 2005 (National Institute of Design , Ahmedabad . Given to one or two persons each year )
- Best Product Design at Innovation Awards. Featured on CNBC 19/20 Nov 04 and numerous magazines and newspapers.
- Won the competition to do the Trophy Design for CSIR(Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) CSIR Diamond Jubilee Technology Award (India’s highest Technology award) till 2030. Presented by the Prime Minister of India to industry captains every year ( the one Ratan Tata is holding . Now that was a high point of my career 🙂 )
- Merit Award K . C. Mahindra Awards for Automotive Design Excellence 03.
- Canada International Auto Show 2003 : Urban Mobility Transportation System for India (exhibited at the CIA 2003, Toronto and highly appreciated by Ratan Tata.)
INTERESTS : emerging market mobility and wildlife ( I am also probably one of India’s few self proclaimed automobile artists)
Have a World War 2 jeep , a few vintage bikes, 5 kayaks. Wish I had the money to buy an ultralight.
Since I dont have that much moolah , my next big project is to build a DIY electric GYROPLANE ! I strongly believe humanity has to go to the sky and the water at an individual transportation solution level.
I take my entire team out kayaking in the wild every year without fail as it instills a major amount of team bonding and collaboration .
WAR ( Wild animal rescue ) : Spare time I have been rescuing animals (mostly snakes ) which have been the victims of rampant urbanization . I have a soft spot for animals which humans love to hate. Someone’s gotta feel for them !
I am now working on an AI/ML vision mobile app to identify snakes so that people stop killing non poisonous snakes unnecessarily and geo – tag them and their release areas to find patterns.
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