Talks

I gave the following talks between 2019 and 2023 at various design and development conferences. I've re-recorded some of these talks at higher quality.

UX India 2023

Workshop on Navigating Complexity with Custom Games
In this workshop, we explored real-world examples from various sectors and learned to craft bespoke games that directly address complexity. 🕹️ Here's what we covered:

Examining the subtleties of complexity in design.
An in-depth analysis of tailored games created to manage complexity.
Developing systematic approaches to tackle complex challenges.
Encouraging collaboration and innovation among your product team members.

UX India 2022

Topic - Pause and Pace - The dualism of complex problem-solving

India HCI 2021

Topic - Needs and Interfaces

This talk attempts to establish an abstract structure between needs and interfaces using symbolic representations to understand design evolution and design debt. This talk was based on an essay that I wrote in 2020.

Google for Startups: T-Hub (2021)

Topic - Strategy and problem-solving for building a company

A deep dive into strategic learnings from building an Ed-Tech startup.

Design@Now 2021

Topic - Philosopher's Frame - Bringing philosophical ideas to design

What can design learn from philosophy? How can some philosophical ideas shape design and even define it? What does it mean to have an intersection of design and philosophy?