“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.
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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 |