I come from a defence-background family — which means I grew up with discipline, adaptability, and a deep respect for systems. Having lived and studied across nine schools in multiple cities in India, I learned early how to read people across cultures.

Today, I bring that empathy into product design. My forte is design systems and component governance — building the rules that make great products consistent at scale. I've led organisation-wide design systems at CarTrade Tech, and driven UX strategy for Future Mobility at TVS Motor Company.

I'm jolly and playful in person. At work, I value clarity, empathy, and the discipline to really go through the pain before designing a solution.

5+
years crafting product experiences
3
design systems built & governed
M.Des
UI/UX — NIFT Mumbai
Tools
FigmaFigma MakeSketchZeplinLottie FilesRunway AILovableClaudeMCP Code ConnectClaude Code Console
Professional Skills
Design SystemsUX ResearchUI DesignDesign ThinkingPrototypingProduct StrategyAI in Feature DesignPersona MakingUser JourneyUX DesignWireframing
Apr 2025
Present
CarTrade Tech · Navi Mumbai
Lead Product Designer ↗︎
Promoted from Sr. Designer

Led end-to-end UX lifecycle improvements across Research → Design → Development. Drove monetisation, SEO, and AI adoption.

Oct 2023
Apr 2025
CarTrade Tech · Navi Mumbai
Sr. Product Designer ↗︎

Design System Specialist — leading and scaling the organisation-wide design system across CarWale, BikeWale, and CarTrade.

Dec 2022
Sep 2023
TVS Motor Company · Bengaluru
Deputy Manager — UX Design & Research ↗︎
Future Mobility · EV

Researched current trends, brand strategy, benchmarking for Future Mobility (EV). Aligned UX strategy and design systems for B2B at TVS.

May 2021
Dec 2022
CarTrade Tech · Navi Mumbai
Product Designer ↗︎

Lone product designer for CarWale. Managed full UX process — research, ideation, wireframing, prototyping, pixel-perfect delivery.

End-to-end UXWireframing
Sep 2020
Apr 2021
CarTrade Tech · Navi Mumbai
Associate Product Designer ↗︎
First role

Joined CarTrade Tech (IPO-listed auto marketplace group behind CarWale, BikeWale, CarTrade). Delivered UI/UX for lead conversion, SEO, and monetisation-driven tasks.

End-to-end UXWireframing
Mar 2025
Jan 2026
Ghafoor's Overloaded Biryani Co.
Founder ↗︎
Startup · Cloud Kitchen

Bootstrapped and led a premium cloud kitchen alongside a full-time job. Managed end-to-end — menu engineering, pricing, unit economics, vendor management, platform strategy on Swiggy and Zomato.

Unit EconomicsOnline Platform Strategy & Pricing & Menu EngineeringVendor Management
2020
ARious · EDU360 Knowledge Solutions
UX Designer — Dissertation & Apprenticeship ↗︎
EdTech · AR

Designed FTUE and onboarding for an iOS AR learning app. Researched user mental models through offline reviews. Combined spatial design principles from architecture with HCI theories.

2019
Lenskart.com
UX Researcher — Apprenticeship ↗︎
Direct project with CTO

Apprenticeship project directly with Lenskart's CTO. Ran a 2-month Design Thinking sprint to solve app retention — users were uninstalling within ~30 days. Generated 15 concepts, prototyped 3, shipped 1.

2018–2020
Master of Design — UI/UX (Experience Design)
NIFT Mumbai
Core: Design Research, Design Thinking, Trend Forecasting.
2014–2018
Bachelor of Design — Marketing & Merchandising
FDDI Noida
Core: Footwear Design, International Business, VM & Retail.
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