Priyank S.

Experience

• Sole Proprietor Shrot · Self-employed Jan 2025 – Present 1 yrs 10 mos Ranikhet, Uttarakhand, India • Started a home-run skincare brand from scratch. Currently selling in 5 locations. www.shrot.co.in
  • Solely developed branding strategy and elements, recipes of products, material sourcing, business models, handling sales, packaging. In short, every aspect of the business from start to end.
• Sole Proprietor Priyank Sagar Design · Self-employed Apr 2024 – Present 2 yrs 7 mos Ranikhet, Uttarakhand, India • Started a design studio focusing on providing consultation in space of physical products and service design.
  • Have designed Trekking boots and equipment, directly collaborating with professional climbers.
• Service Design Researcher TATA Consultancy Services · Full-time Sep 2021 – Mar 2024 2 yrs 6 mos Pune, Maharashtra, India • Designed holistic services for internal, client and CSR projects.
  • Research activities to help build body of knowledge of Service design subject. Published research in conferences and journals.
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to co-create holistic services, wrote research papers, prototyped and implemented new services, and explored directions in which service design should progress.
• Teaching Assistant Indian Institute of Technology Bombay · Part-time Jun 2019 – Aug 2020 1 yrs 2 mos Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Assisted professors with several academic projects and conducted design workshops from time to time.
• Interaction Design Intern eGovernments Foundation · Internship May 2018 – Jul 2018 2 mos Bangalore, Karnataka, India Focused on service design problems of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (Municipality of Bangalore). Designed a service that would optimize the utilization of waste pickup trucks. Took part in entire design process, from research to delivery.
• Design Intern Pan Himalayan Grassroots Foundation · Internship May 2017 – Jul 2017 2 mos Ranikhet, Uttarakhand, India Studied brand system of the NGO and its sister organization- Mahila Umang Producers Co. to produce multiple promotional videos for both organizations which played an essential role in fund generation for NGO.