“Excellence is a journey of doing things repeatedly better.”
PDF: Curriculum vitae
PDF: Case Studies
linkedin: Mahendra Chauhan
Email: [email protected]
FUNCTIONAL AREA OF EXPERTISE:
Design Process
Human Centered Design and Research
Design thinking methodologies
New Product Development process
Design Leadership strategies
Managing cross functional teams
I am a design leader who has a deep expertise in product strategy and design. I have designed some of the most iconic products and won many national and international design awards, including 'Red Dot design award'. I have also won prestigious 'Good Design Award' from Japan design council. Good Design is a mark of excellence and quality in design. I regularly speak at various design forums. Currently, I am heading the design team of world’s fourth largest watch and lifestyle company TITAN, Which is a part of 100 billion USD Tata group
Products which I have designed sell in more than 32 countries globally. My Responsibilities include creating watches and wearables for all the brands of Titan. I am leading an entire team of designers, engineers and support staff to create stunning products and user experiences which resonates with millions of consumers globally.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Gold medalist in Bachelors of Architecture | 1998 |
RADO design excellence award ( An award by SWATCH group Geneva) | 2003 |
Design boom shortlist for a disruptive innovation-BIBULB | 2005 |
Red dot product design award-Design Zentrum, Germany | 2013 |
Tata Inno-vista global award for design ( An award by Tata group) | 2013 |
Good Design Award, Japan Design Council | 2014 |
India Design Mark award – High tech self-energized watches | 2014 |
Index award -One little brick-Nominee | 2015 |
India Design Mark award –Slimmest watch in the world | 2019 |
India Design Mark Award -Edge Zen | 2020 |
India Design Mark Award-Edge | 2020 |
PARTICIPATION ON A PANEL AS A JUDGE OF THE WORK
OF OTHERS
Panel member of CII ( Confederation of Indian Industry) design Summit | 2018 |
Jury Member of prestigious India Design Mark | 2014 TO 2020 |
PARTICIPATION AS A SPEAKER
Speaker at India design Mark confluence at Bangalore | 2015 |
Speaker at India design summit | 2018 |
Keynote presenter at Ahmedabad design week -ADW2 | 2020 |
Speaker at World Design Organization, Monteal, Canada-Design for Diversity ,India chapter |
2020 |
ARTICLES/PODCAST
Final research based thesis project at NID, Ahemedabad. ‘Micycle-An introspection in to new parameters of bicycle design’e |
2004 |
An article in ‘Medium’ for Association of designers of India( ADI) | 2018 |
Fundamentals of watch design- Audiogyan Indias foremost design podcast | 2019 |
Article for the WEAVE magazine - Art of strategic design story telling' | 2021 |