September 2020 Edition #4 ImaginXP IN THE “NOW” Lockdown Edition, featuring Academic Year 2020 www.imaginxp.com Editor SPEAKS Message from Editor-in-Chief Message from Chief Strategy Officer Abhignya Srishaila Col. Prashant Mahajan With the fickle nature of the current situation of the covid-19 pandemic, it is We live in an era of unprecedented challenges and opportunities where the likely to make us question ourselves ‘to be, or not be’. It is a perfect example of nations and citizens across the globe are battling a medical crisis leading to an something we as design thinkers call, a wicked problem- one problem aimed to economic crisis. The challenges of the education sector are varied from solve, 5 more arise! It means that there are a lot of factors involved in the conducting final exams to screening candidates for new programs to context that we cannot control. However, there are people doing their job to effectively manage the learning of the returning students to migrate to the keep us safe, and we must do our job to live through this phase with utmost digital platforms. caution. But does that mean we leave everything at a stand still? No, we are going to adapt and move forward to offer what we are supposed, the best way Team ImaginXP has ensured that from day one of the lockdown, the learning possible. of our student did not get interrupted. Along with our partnering Universities, we remain steadfast in honouring our commitment to ensure quality learning That said, the September issue of the newsletter brings you the Academic year for our students. The new semester, like a new season, brings a fresh hope to 2020 at ImaginXP and the partnered universities. As an organisation, we strive for excellence and new opportunities amidst the pandemics. always aim to grow, expand our horizons to reach new possibilities and The designers are helping different organisations in their journeys to digital milestones. The current issue throws light on new courses offered as degree transformation in these difficult times to ensure a happy and satisfied and certificate programs, along with new additions to the team who are customer. We urge all our students to make use of this opportunity to not only talented and smart professionals to help us carry out our vision. We are also develop the hard skills required by any professional but also the soft skills proud to introduce the very first issue of our bi-annual Journal consisting of the necessary for collaborating remotely with team members in diversified works and articles written by our own students, mentors and professionals. geography. We welcome our new recruits and hope to share a memorable journey of Let us resolve to work harder and push ourselves for a better future. Let us live learning, teaching, encouraging and exploring talents as one family. up to the adage: “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. Let us make ourselves, our families, our faculties, our institutions and nation proud of what we design for a better future. ImaginXP ImaginXP 01 Newsletter September’20 Newsletter September’20 02 ImaginXP is a curriculum and A Designer certification without education organization is like a Pilot in UX design without training. and Design Thinking About ImaginXP Design is becoming an omnipresent entity in What we offer almost every industry, ranging from fasion to automobile, agriculture to healthcare. But India is still in the phase of exposure to Never Stop Learning Design education, and is also growing at a competitive pace. ImaginXP is one of India’s leading education companies that provides Undergraduate & Postgraduate degree programs in UX Design. UG and PG Courses Short term courses Corporate Offering We aim to train aspiring design students about UX Design and Design Thinking through A full fledged curriculum for Offering a variety of intensive Our collaboration with leading Undergraduate & Postgraduate courses, and design education and practice courses for design aspirants corporate workforces to offer short term courses as well. We are currently based learning to students and professionals, ranging personalised and customised catering to more than 1500 full-time students across different universities in from the duration of 4 weeks workshops on design thinking, at various universities across the country. We India. to 14 weeks, about different UX for technologies, UX and also partner with leading corporates to train topics like Design Thinking, UX Interaction design, based on their workforce on Design Thinking, UX design tools & processes, Customer the organisational needs. & other future skills. experience etc… ImaginXP ImaginXP 03 Newsletter September’20 Newsletter September’20 04 Our IXP Partners Testimonials Corporate Clientle Arnab Dey, Student (B.Des) I'm doing my Bachelor's in UX design from Chitkara University in collaboration with ImaginXP. I pursued UX because I was unhappy with the current entrepreneurship culture, and I wanted to solve legit problems. I figured out, in the process of learning UX I would have a better understanding of the users, the market and ways to solve problems and add value to people's life. The faculties of both Chitkara University and IMAGINXP have helped me understand the design process and some important design tools. My mentors constantly encourage me to take challenges, complete tasks in time and also to educate myself and become a better designer. Ashvesh Nayak, UX Design Faculty Working on more than 75 Projects with almost 150 students with a team of Versatile Design Professionals to assist me anytime of the day is the only University Partners statement that could explain my 9 month journey with ImaginXP as a UX Design Faculty. Its a great feeling just to start a day knowing I will be interacting about design and design solutions with lots of curious minds who got a unique way to look at this world and I am the one who will be assisting them to learn something new everyday. Almost year ago I was the person sitting across the desk gazing at those white boards with lot of questions in mind; but today when I stand in front of the class bringing on table my personal and Industrial Experience of design world. Due to Global situations we all had to make changes in our lifestyle & one of those were the way we teach, evaluate and roll on the academic curriculum at Universities. Inspite all the odds ImaginXP used this opportunity to keep students engaged and motivated by introducing students to subject matter experts in the form of Webinars, Design Sprints & Live industrial projects. It wasn't an easy journey but definitely worth it with each and every member of ImaginXP Family. ImaginXP ImaginXP 05 Newsletter September’20 Newsletter September’20 06 02 Student Projects UX Faculty | ImaginXP B.Des UX | Chitkara University “Paytm for Smartwatch” “Berrylicious” by Anshuman Dixit by Anant Singhal Not so long ago, Paytm- India’s leading financial seFvvrvices and ecommerce Company With the rising trend of living a healthy lifestyle, people are more aware and moving towards expressed their drive to move towards creating a platform for smart watch interfaces as well. consuming ‘organic’ products, food and farming. A significant amount of people are constantly Taking this as an inspiration, the project of designing a responsive interface for paytm in smart in search of platforms and spaces that sell fresh and healthy products that don't involve watches, was undertaken with a careful and distinguished plan of research and execution. chemical preservatives or other chemical components. The project aimed at identifying challenges of the users in making small payments in case of the Berrylicious is once such platform to meet those users’ needs. It is an ecommerce platform absence of a phone or a wallet, especially during times of outdoor fitness-related activities. The exclusively designed to sell fresh, assorted and exotic range of dry fruits and nuts. The platform result of the project led to the creation of the paytm app operable on the smartwatch to not pay also offers a variety of healthy and scrumptious recipes created by experts, to explore different or accept payments, but also add money to the e-wallet when necessary. tastes with the right mix. Stamurai Speech Therapy App ImaginXP ImaginXP 07 Newsletter September’20 Newsletter September’20 08 What happened in August Chitkara University Demo sessions and more Faculty Web Series Nature-inspired design UX Design by Ashvesh Nayak A live demo session was conducted to create Ashvesh Nayak is an Automobile, Yacht & Concept awareness on the scope and opportunities of UX Designer, currently working as an in-house faculty for Design and its ability to adapt in various domains ImaginXP. He conducted a Webinar on Bio-imitation and industries. emphasising about how industrial solutions were adapted by Inspiration from Nature. Not just shapes, forms and Design Thinking Structure but also focusing on the versatility of the implementation. A live Demo session was conducted through a virtual classroom to throw light on Design Thinking skills and relevance of Design Thinking in pivoting The Story of Product Designs towards innovation and career development. by Aditya Shahakar Aditya Shahakar, an Architect, Product and Experience Designer and currently, a design Researcher and faculty in UX Design ImaginXP conducted a webinar on story of product designs focusing on how product innovations and designs evolved An exclusive live virtual classroom was conducted through our times and the journey it took as a process till for those who were interested in learning and modern times. “Innovation is in our genes and it will keep upgrading their skills in visual design and Visual inspiring us.” design tools. Emerging Technologies in UX Design Launch of ‘Design Review’ by Kritika Dhuli https://tinyurl.com/designreviewixp Kritika Dhuli, UI/UX Design Faculty conducted a webinar on "Emerging Technologies in UX Design". She explained how companies need to be aware of latest technologies to ImaginXP launched its first Bi-annual Design continue engaging with their customers and stay relevant; Journal- Design Review, showcasing a range of how designers can help create the best possible user inspiring works, experiences and portfolios by experience, reduce friction and give brands a competitive students, Mentors and Design Professionals in advantage. context of UX Design and Design Thinking. ImaginXP ImaginXP 09 Newsletter September’20 Newsletter September’20 10 Role of Boards in Designing Webinar on Career opportunities by Savita Bana in UI/UX Savita is an artist, Product and Accessory designer, and a A Webinar was conducted with Jagannath University, Delhi UX Design faculty at ImaginXP. She conducted a Webinar on by UX Evangelists- Aman Sanjay and Sonam Keshari on the the importance of different kinds of design boards as a scope of UX as a career and how UX Design is a booming medium of story telling for Product and UX Designers for trend in today’s market. inspiration or shaping a design. “Design for Emotion to increase User Instalive session with UXJ Alumni engagement” by Sweta Raj Saumya Agarwal Sweta Raj is UX/UI Designer, currently working as UX/UI Saumya Agarwal is an alumni of IXP, a certified UX designer Faculty with ImaginXP. She conducted a Webinar on- and has worked in organisations such as Cognizant, ONGC, “Design for Emotion to Increase User Engagement” which Berkadia and is currently working with Oracle in Hyderabad. highlighted the understanding of Emotional design and how She talks about her journey of how the UX Jumpstarter positive User engagement can be delivered through a course reignited her career and led her to a transformative balanced play of Design and emotions. journey in UX design. Webinar on Design Thinking and its Walkthrough of IXP Programmes with importance in UX by Shruti Sachan Col. Shishir Kumar, by Shiksha.com Shruti Sachan, a Design researcher and a UX Design faculty The Director General of ImaginXP Prof. Col. Shishir Kumar at ImaginXP, conducted a webinar on the importance of interacts with shiksha.com about various short-term Design Thinking in the field of UX. She emphasises on courses and degree programmes offered by ImaginXP in empathy and observation as a power tool in deriving their partner universities across India. effective insights and how they can be used to solve day to day problems. ImaginXP ImaginXP 11 Newsletter September’20 Newsletter September’20 12 Welcome to Academic Year 2020! New Courses in the house… ImaginXP introduces new Certificate/Diploma/Degree courses for designers, students and design enthusiasts, with an aim to widen the scope of learning and adaptation of UX design in industry specific domains. Fintech & Digital Artificial intelligence Data Science Banking & Machine Learning 01 Blockchain Data Analytics Cybersecurity Animation & Product Digital Healthcare Game Design Management 02 03 04 ImaginXP ImaginXP 13 Newsletter September’20 Newsletter September’20 14 New Members Welcome to IXP Family Surya Teja Bachu Mihir Anand Varun Nair Divij Deswal Accessory Design | Product Engineer | Product Design Product Design Experience Design | UX Design | Design Mentor | Industrial Design Research Arun Soman Anshuman Dixit Naicy Rajput Kaustubhi Shukla Architecture | Product Design UI/UX Design | Design Research Product Design | Experience UX Design | Design Research | Mentor Design | Graphic | Research Mrunmayee Bhade Avani Sharma Namrata Singh Bhawana Jain Product Design Human-centered Design | Fashion Design | Accessory Textile Design | UI/UX Design UX Research Design | Social Design Ajit Chauhan Debarghya Kumar Arghyadeep Ghosh Engineer | Automotive Design Architect | Industrial Design Automotive Engineer | Automotive Design ImaginXP ImaginXP 15 Newsletter September’20 Newsletter September’20 16 Creative 1. Harman Bains, BFA Int, Chitkara Canvas 2. Madhurika Rajput, B.Des, Sandeep 3. Shailja Singh, UX Faculty 4. Deepakshi Aggarwal, BFA, Int 01 03 04 02 ImaginXP ImaginXP 17 15 Newsletter September’20 Newsletter September’20 18 16 Shoutout To Aditya Gupta The lockdown has always opened doors to further productive opportunities and has increased the accessibility of learning our COURSE COURSE COURSE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE interests, those for which we did not have time earlier… However, 05/31/2020 06/19/2020 07/13/2020 Aditya Gupta Aditya Gupta Aditya Gupta there are a few we have encountered who have taken ‘No rest for N FO R E V N FO R E V N FO R E V IO E IO E IO E T has successfully completed T T has successfully completed R has successfully completed CA R CA YO R CA YO YO E DU E DU NE Marketing in a Digital World E DU NE UX Design Fundamentals NE Visual Elements of User Interface Design the living…’ to a great extent. 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