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Pranali  Khachane
Educa/on Interac5on
Post  gradua5on  in  ‘Informa5on  and  Interface  ^  design’  Discipline  from  Na5onal  Ins5tute  of  Design
Gradua5on  in  Electronics  Engineering  from  University  of  Mumbai ...page  17

Work  Experience
3.5  years  of  industry  experience;  grew  gradually  from  a  Developer  to  User  Interface  Team  Lead ...page  18

Design  Projects Informa5on Interface Interac5on Design

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Indian  home  and  

Physical  compu5ng  and  
Ek  cup  chai Iphone  radio media  consump5on  -­‐  
electronic  music
HP
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Classroom  Projects
Projects  done  during  3  Semesters  of  
classroom  training Informa5on  ac5vism   Naviga5onal  interface:  cloud  
camp  par5cipant  map compu5ng  device
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Indian  independence                               Mobile  phone  usage  in  

ac5vi5es  and  ac5vists small  business  industry  
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Internship  Project
Final  semester  gradua5on  design   Indic  Script  input  for  mobile  phones
project  was  done  at  Mobile  Research  
Lab,  Gandhinagar
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 Ek  cup  chai
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Depiction  of  the  process  of  tea  

making  as  an  Information  Graphic
Concept  1  (Ek  Pyaali  Chai)

This  graphic  was  made  to  depict  the  tea  

making  process  and  provide  an  
experience  of  having  a  fine  cup  of  tea  
at  the  road  side  stall,  as  commonly  
seen  in  India.

The  visuals  and  the  terminology  were  

carefully  chosen  to  enhance  the  ‘Indian  
feel’  for  the  process.  

Concept  2

This  graphic  gives  more  stress  on  

delivering  the  informa5on  graphically  
on  the  tea  making  process.  

It  explains  the  recipe  of  4  different  

types  of  tea  in  4  quadrants  of  the  circle.  

The  blue  color  is  water  content  and  

white  is  milk.  Red  line  represents  heat.  
The  solid  lines  are  mandatory  steps  
where  in  the  do]ed  ones  are  op5onal.

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 Informa/on  ac/vism  par/cipant  map
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This   Information   g raphic,   m ade   for  

a  camp  attended  by  social  activists  
across  the  globe,  to  inform  them  
about  the  participant  profile.  Total  
140  participants  of  39  different  
nationalities   attended   the   camp.

This  map  tries  to  show  the  par5cipant  

strength  from  each  country.  
It  displays  the  male:female  ra5o  of  
par5cipants  from  each  country  and  
indicates  the  propor5on  of  par5cipant  
age  groups.

This  map  was  later  printed  on  the  camp  

handbook  and  distributed  to  
par5cipant  ac5vists,  informing  them  
about  the  people  they  will  encounter  in  
the  camp.

The  color  code  was  decided  on  global  

sta5s5cs  of  the  World  Educa5on  
Gender  Parity  Ra5o.  
The  color  selec5on  gives  an  
understanding  on  women  educa5on  in  
the    par5cipant  country.

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 Indian  independence  ac/vists  and  ac/vi/es
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The  task  was  to  create  an  interac/ve   Event  5meline   Panel  for  detail  
visualiza/on  for  a  given  data  base  
controller River  of  Freedom  fighters informa5on
which  would  effec/vely  reveal  
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linkages  and  paPerns  in  the  data.

This  project  maps  the  events  and  

freedom  fighters  in  the  history  of  
Indian  freedom  struggle.  

Data  collec5on  was  the  crucial  part  for  

this  topic  as  lot  of  5me  was  spent  on  
gathering  the  required  names  and  list  
of  events.  
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Process  of  data  collec5on  was  stopped  
as  lot  of  the  informa5on  was  not  easily  
available  from  authen5c  sources.  No  
specific  pa]erns  emerged  out  of  the  
interface  rather  it  serves  as  an  
exploratory  interface.  

The  final  design  has  been  implemented  

to  be  flexible  for  accommoda5ng  the   1947 1947
missing  data. Events Linkages People  5meline
 controller
 

Ini5al  Flash  prototypes

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Indian  independence  ac/vists  and  ac/vi/es:  Process  Concepts  and  Prototypes

Topic  search Data  search Database Informa5on  analysis concepts prototyping tes5ng review

Books  ,   collec5on
libraries hand  wri]en  notes,  
University  of  mumbai scans,  
Central  library  mumbai photocopies,  
Mani  bhavan  ,  Mumbai   cards
movies,   Circular  /meline
journals,
Internet

Parallel  co-­‐ordinate  system

Linear  /meline
Freedom fighters

events

event
type

linkages

type of work
Region Paper  prototype

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 Iphone  Radio
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Brief:  Design  an  interface  for  a  radio  

applica/on  on  the  iPhone  device  
plaVorm  aimed  at  engaging  
youngsters  and  making  them  explore  
the  world  of  online  music  streaming.   Status  bar
User
•18  to  35  age  group Sta5on  Art,  Name  Ar5st  -­‐  Song
•Generally  occupied  with  some  other  
work  like  driving,  reading,  wri5ng,   Ac5on  bar  (Sta5on  related)
walking  etc
The  interface  concepts  were  thought   Tag,  Share,  View  Lyrics,  Block,  Add  as  favorite
keeping  in  mind  the  common  ac5vi5es,  
places  and  the  5me  the  user  group  
might  use  the  applica5on.  
Various  non  tradi5onal  concepts  were  
tried  ini5ally.  

The  concept  chosen  was  not  tradi5onal   Album  art

however  the  interac5ons  defined  were  
familiar  to  the  users.
Naviga5on  Slider
Player  Control  Bar

Ini/al  prototypes

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Iphone  Radio  :  Applica5on  screens  

player  screen

current  playlist favorites friend  recommenda/ons top  10 genre tagged  list

               
Favorites history
Top  10
Tags

List  of  the  favorite  

sta5ons  streamed  by  the   The  browsed  sta5on  
user.  The  scrollbar   Top  10  channels  of  the   history.
Tags  are  the  user   day  to  add  promo5onal  
displays  the  frequency  
controlled  grouping  of   content.
of  a  par5cular  genre.
the  sta5ons.

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 Naviga/onal  interface  for  a  cloud  compu/ng  device
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Brief:  The  task  was  to  come  up  with  a  

naviga/on  concept  for  a  two  touch  
cloud  compu/ng  device  keeping  in  
mind  the  exis/ng  technological  
advancement.

Project  Brief
Research
Product Target  user  group
(Technology,  task  and   (  user  segments  and  Lifestyle  
u5li5es) study)
Design  guidelines
Product  features
two  touch
various  sensors
touchpad  at  the  back
different  modes  of  device
Screen  size

Brief  user  study

users  interacts  with
desktop  and  data  
 the  computer  and  other  
management
digital  devices  and  their  
purpose

Current  Technology  study

Conceptualiza5on

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Naviga/onal  interface  for  a  cloud  compu/ng  device  :  Concept  of  levels

The  OS  will  have  4  levels  to  navigate. Defining  and  tes/ng  the  space  controller
levels  are  defined  according  to  the  common  usage  pa]ern  found  amongst  
the  users.

Level  2  (Work  mode)  is  where  user  performs  all  the  task.  Again  
according  to  the  func5ons  the  spaces  are  created  within  this

(1)  Recent  ac5vi5es    (2)  File  browser    (3)  Cloud    (4)  Seings/
Control

The  interac5ons  and  the  interface  was  designed  keeping  in  mind  the  
product  specifica5ons  and  the  list  of  sensors  used  in  it.

Deciding  size  and  shape  of  a  control

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Naviga/onal  interface  for  a  cloud  compu/ng  device  :  Interface  screens

Visual representation of a file system Concepts for file system Sleep Mode

Standby  mode Home screen of level 2 : Dashboard concept

This  mode  was  specially  designed  for  use  while  user  is  traveling  or  
when  there  is  no  ac5ve  use  of  the  computer  machine.  In  this  level  
user  will  be  able  to  access  all  the  gadgets;  the  user  has  to  pull  in  a  
gadget  in  the  central  space.

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Media  consump/on  of  middle  class  

families  from  /er  2  and  /er  3  ci/es
This  project  was  offered  by  HP,  
Research  Labs,  Bangalore  to  introduce  
Design  Research  and  User-­‐centered  
Design  in  the  curriculum.  

We  were  given  the  3  main  areas  to  

concentrate  on.

Media
Indian
consumption
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Multimodal
interaction

18  students  worked  on  the  project.  We  

visited  families  to  understand  Media  
usage,  applica5ons,  familiar  interface  
interac5ons  etc.

Total  3  groups,  each  comprising  of  6  

students  worked  simultaneously  in  
different  ci5es.  
 
We  covered  Surat,  Vadodara,  
Ahmedabad,  Udaipur  and  Ambala  
and  interviewed  total  52  families.

The  other  two  groups  covered  

Karnataka,  Kerla  and  Andra  Pradesh  in  
the  south.

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 Phenomenological  approach  to  research
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Mobile  phone  usage  in  small  scale  

service  industry  -­‐  IBM  Research
6  weeks  module.  
2  weeks:  Groundwork  for  the  field  
research  
2  weeks:  On  the  field
2  weeks:  Discussion  and  analysis  the  
data.  

Objec5ve  
•To  understand  the  methodological  
framework  of  Phenomenological  
research  and  its  associated  methods
•To  grasp  and  prac5ce  basic  skills  of  
Long  Interview,  Par5cipant  
Observa5on,  Focus  Group  Interviewing  
and  Systema5c  Self  Observa5on
We  were  total  8  groups  who  visited  8  ci/es  
Our  group  went  to  Amrava5,  a  5er  3   of  India  and  study  8  different  service  
city  in  the  state  of  Maharashtra,  where   sectors,  which  affect  our  day-­‐to-­‐day  life.
the  language  for  day  to  day  
communica5on  is  Marathi.  We  
surveyed  the  service  personals  of  
newspaper  distribu5on  network  in  the  
city;  who  have  frequent  interac5on  
with  the  households.

The  greatest  challenge  here  was  the  

unfamiliarity  of  the  place.  It  was  an  
ethnography  exercise  for  us,  where  you  
meet  strangers  and  slowly  build-­‐up  
rapport  with  them.  We  ini5ally  started  
by  making  subtle  observa5ons  and  
conducted  the  survey  once  we  were  
familiar  with  the  service  personal  and  
the  distribu5on  process.  

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 Indic  script  input  for  mobile  phones
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Mobile  Research  Lab,  Gandhinagar.

 
This  research  project  is  an  effort  to  
accommodate  the  requirements  of  
the  diverse  scripts  practiced  for  
writing,  in  India;  while  typing  on  a  
portable  device  like  mobile  phone.  In  
effect  the  solution  will  ease  the  
phone  usage  for  wider  population  
and  for  varied  purpose  rather  than  
just  limiting  it  to  making  and  
receiving  calls.
The  very  first  interac5on  with  the  
device  starts  when  one  looks  at  it.
The  next  level  of  interac5on  is  when  
one  touches  the  device,  where  the  
physical  interface  of  the  device  plays  a  
key  role.

The  project  proposes  some  new  ways  

of  interac5on,  which  will  facilitate  an   कखगघ टठडढण पफबभम
easy
interac5on  for  inpuing  Indic  scripts  in   चछजझ तथदधन
a  mobile  device. Literature  review

Structure  of  the  scripts   User  research

Indic  languages  are  not  completely  
linear  in  nature  like  English,  where  
consonants  and  vowels  appear  one  
aler  the  other.  In  case  of  Indic
scripts  one  has  to  break  the  progressive  
wri5ng  flow  in  case  of  vowel.  A  vowel
sign  may  appear  to  the  lel  or  right,  
above  or  below  of  the  base  consonant,
and  some5mes  surrounds  the  base  
consonant  on  more  than  one  side.

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Indic  script  input  for  mobile  phone  :  Concept  development

User  input  for  defining  various  interac5ons  for  a  touch  

sensi5ve  device  concept.

The  phone  prototype  was  given  to  the  users  and  they  were  
told  to  match  the  ac5ons  and  interac5on  gesture.  They  had  
freedom  to  define  new  if  needed.  

The  proposed  concept  is  about  mapping  modifiers  spa/ally  rather  that  providing  
a  fixed  space  interac/on.  
The  vowel  symbols  occupy  par5cular  space  in  a  par5cular  direc5on  around  the  
base  le]er,  which  can  be  u5lized  for
the  input  interac5on.  The  core  concept  is  to  separate  vowel  and  consonant  
interac5on  logically  as  well  as  spa5ally.

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Indic  script  input  for  mobile  phone  :  Interac5ve  prototypes  and  tes5ng

Prototype  using  an  inbuilt  

accelerometer  of  
Mackbook

Processing Arduino mercury  5lt  sensor IR  switch

Arduino mo/on  
Touch  
Sensors
Sensors
Wiimote DarwiinsRemote

Video  Prototype Glovepie accelerometer  breakout  board mercury  5lt  sensor Wiimote
Lipi
Flash  prototype

Physical  prototype

Wooden  prototype Joys5ck Lipi  Desktop  interface

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The  aim  was  to  come  up  with  a  

naviga/on  concept  for  a  two  touch   Interac/on  between  keyboard  circuit  and  computer
cloud  compu/ng  device

Interac/ve  applica/on  design  

The  assignment  was  to  design  or  think  

of  an  applica5on  or  product  concept  
which  will  help  in  day  to  day   Interac/ve  applica/on  design
interac5ons  or  day  to  day  life.

Using  pair  of  smart  s5ckers  you  can  

convert  any  bag  in  a  smart  bag,  which  
indicates  if  one  is  carrying  all  essen5al   Electronic  Music
things  inside  the  bag.  One  s5cker  goes   This  module  was  to  learn  the  
on  the  object  and  another  on  the  bag   the  interac5on  with  music.  
which  acts  like  indicator.
Crea5on  of  music  electronically  
and  how  we  can  use  it  for  
interac5ve  interac5ons

Interac/ve  applica/on  design:  Island  

Hopping  (An  interac/ve  game  board)   Interac/ve  applica/on  design:  Island  Hopping  (An  interac/ve  game  board)
This  is  a  prototype  of  a  real  world  
scenario  of  an  interac5ve  installa5on.  A  
person  has  to  walk  and  step  on  the  
right  stone,  every  5me  he/she  gets  the  
next  clue  about  the  possible  stones.  If  
the  stone  is  correct  then  user  gets  a  
light  feedback  else  no  feedback  is  
received.

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 About  me
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Email:  Pranalirk@gmail.com  Phone:    022  28122492,  022  28252205

Postgraduate  in  ‘Informa5on  and  Interface  Design’  from  Na5onal  ins5tute  of  Design  (NID)
President  of  the  Student  ac5vity  council  at  Na5onal  Ins5tute  of  Design  Bangalore.

Graduated  in  Electronics  Engineering  from  Thadomal  Shahani  Engineering  College,  Mumbai  University  in  June  2004.  
Ac5vely  involved  in  various  ac5vi5es  of  student  council  body  and  Na5onal  Service  Scheme  (Social  Service  Society).  

Aler  my  gradua5on  I  joined  as  trainee  solware  engineer  at  Geodesic  Informa5on  Systems  Ltd.  and  worked  on  various  planorms  and  
technologies.  While  working  on  User  Interface  development  I  started  taking  interest  in  the  usability  of  the  product  and  started  working  on  
enhancing  the  user  experience.    NID  offered  me  the  formal  educa5onal  planorm  in  the  same  field.  

During  3  semesters  of  classroom  training  at  NID  I  worked  on  various  classroom  and  industry  projects  which  introduced  me  to  various  fields  
such  as  Data  Graphics,  User  research,  Ethnography,  Usability,  Prototyping,  Physical  compu5ng,  product  design  etc.  During  the  internship  
project  we  got  an  opportunity  to  apply  what  we  learned  in  classroom.  It  gave  us  chance  to  experiment  and  learn.

I  wish  to  explore  more  on  the  tac5le  and  gestural  controls;  specially  on  the  physical  interfaces  and  controls.  Informa5on  design  has  become  
my  hobby  aler  our  Informa5on  Design  Semester  at  NID.  

As  a  person  I  am  nature  lover  and  nature  driven.  I  am  always  ready  to  learn  and  try  new  things.  I  posses  interests  in  photography  and  clay  
model  making.  

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 Work  experience
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Geodesic  Informa/on  Systems  

Limited  Mumbai   Mundu  IM  Symbian  plaVorm
Aug  2004  to  June  2008
Title:  User  Interface  Team  Lead.

Started  as  trainee  engineer  and  my  

role  was  to  reverse  engineer  MSN  and  
XMPP  communica5on  protocol.

Worked  on  the  development  of  

‘Webaroo’,  a  solware  responsible  for  
data  synchroniza5on  between  
handheld  device  and  computer.

Implemented  network  layer  for  MSN  

protocol  for  windows  mobile.
Mundu  IM  Blackberry  plaVorm
Developed  a  social  networking  
sohware  for  small  networks  of  
Bluetooth  and  Wi-­‐Fi  connec5vity.

Also  got  a  chance  to  work  on  the  User  

Interface  development  of  the  desktop  
Trading  client  for  Sharekhan.

Shiled  to  the  user  interface  

development  on  Symbian  plaVorm.  
Gradually  got  the  responsibility  of  
managing  User  Interface  
development  team  where  we  were  
responsible  for  the  Interfaces  of    all  
the  products  on  the  symbian  ,  UIQ  
and  blackberry  plaVorm.

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