Bangalore · NIFT M.Des
Design research at the intersection of systems and people.
I'm Nidhi — an engineer turned design researcher, working at the crossover of UX, service design, and systems thinking.
Currently at NIFT BengaluruBest Paper Award · NCWE 2024Open to UX research rolesASME SDC · World Rank 7Available Jun 2027Currently at NIFT BengaluruBest Paper Award · NCWE 2024Open to UX research rolesASME SDC · World Rank 7Available Jun 2027
Selected work
Highlights
Anchor case study · Trend Research / Editorial
Everyday Tech. A 2027 Trend Book.
A 2027 trend report mapping the cultural collision between technology and identity — 1000 data points, 30 clusters, 18 megatrends, 6 patterns of opportunity.
Read the case studyComing soonComing soon
Service Design / UX
Aadhar Seva Kendra
Service DesignUX
→Craft Research / Ministry of Textiles
Banjara Lambani
EthnographicSustainable
→Best Paper · NCWE 2024
Stall Flutter Analysis
ResearchAerodynamics
Design Thinking · World Rank 7
ASME SDC Robot
PrototypingMechanics
Lead Designer · 2022
SAE BAJA e-ATV
CADFEA
What I do
Services
01
Design Research
Ethnographic studies, trend forecasting, and qualitative synthesis to surface human tensions worth designing for.
Trend ForecastingField ResearchSynthesis
02
UX Design
From service blueprints to interface flows — translating research into usable, intuitive product experiences.
WireframingPrototypingUsability
03
Systems & Service Design
Mapping the systems behind services. Where users, touchpoints, and operations meet.
Service BlueprintsSystems ThinkingJourney Mapping
04
Branding
Identity systems grounded in cultural research. Logos, palettes, and tone that mean something.
IdentityEditorialCultural Branding
N.
· aboutThe short version
An engineer who fell in love with the why behind the systems she was building.
Five years of mechanical engineering taught me how to model systems. Design research is teaching me how to listen to the people inside them. I'm at NIFT Bengaluru building both muscles at once.