Ambika Joshi

Date of Birth: 06/ 24/ 1988 Sex: Female Permament Address: 215, Panchratna Complex, Bedla Road, Udaipur-313004 Rajasthan, India Email: ambikajoshi@gmail.com Phone no.: 9266985328

Work Experience
Design Researcher, AB Designhabit & Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, June 2010 - till present Involved in content research and artwork development for narrative museums. Artwork development for Khalsa Heritage Complex, Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, a narrative museum on the history and heritage of the Sikhs. Graduation Project, AB Designhabit & Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, January-June 2010 Involved in content research and content development for Khalsa Heritage Complex, Anandpur Sahib Involved in business development and proposal writing Internship, Comet Media Foundation, Mumbai, June-July 2009 Indexed Bharat ki Chhap, a 13 part documentary series about the history of science and technology in India, recognized clips rom the series for online viral campaign, created the framework and look for a wiki site to upload the videos, conceptualised accompanying exercises for the videos. Created a presentation about the organisation for potential funders. Assisted in subtitles for a short documentary called "Spaceships, spiders and scrolls" about a children's workshop in Kolkata organised by Khoj International Artists Association. Presentation, Dastakari Haat Samiti. Dilli Haat, New Delhi December 2008 Assisted the Fashion Communication Department, National Institute of Fashion Technology. Work involved developing and presenting the craft initiatives of NIFT Volunteer (Graphic design and photography), Seva Mandir, Udaipur, Rajasthan. June 2007 Developed database of Women in Self Help Groups (SHG), Sisvi village. Assisted New York based photographer Lukas Vargas.

Education
Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication), National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi, graduation year 2010 (2006-2010) The Study, Senior Secondary School, Udaipur, Rajasthan Class 12, graduation year 2006

Workshops
Maps for Making Change, Centre for Internet and Society, April 2010 Enabling participants to use mapping technologies through GPS and API to support social change. In a group of three conceptualised a interactive game to map public surveillance through CCTV camera. The game created associative relationships with CCTV cameras at various sites to dis-spell discomforts one

has with surveillance, and also create a database of sites of surveillance. Creating Agency Through Telepresence, Khoj International Artists Association, October 2009 An interactive design Workshop, exploring Open Source and ubiquitous technologies. The Workshop explored GPS technologies and simple programming for microcontrollers. Rereading Media, ReThinking Culture, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, June 2009 One day Workshop on Media and Cultural Studies, broadly discussing Semiology, Cultural Studies, and Women Studies.

Computer Skills
Procient in word processing, computer graphics (vector graphics and photo editing) and desktop publishing. Also condent with non-linear video editing.

Languages
Fluent in English and Hindi, written and spoken