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Principal and Lead
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ALo Consulting
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Arvind Lodaya is listed as Principal and Lead at ALo Consulting, a company with 1 employees, based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. AeroLeads shows phone signal with area code 512 and a matched LinkedIn profile for Arvind Lodaya.
Arvind Lodaya previously worked as Member, Scientific Committee, ICDHS14 New Delhi Cultures of Design at Icdhs14 Cultures Of Design Conference and Principal & Lead at Alo Consulting. Arvind Lodaya holds Professional Diploma [Masters Equivalent], Industrial Design from National Institute Of Design.
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Based across India and the USA, Arvind Lodaya trained in Product Design and has worked extensively in innovation, design and branding. He works across sectors, visits at premier institutes in India & overseas, and has worked with innovative startups—including a museum on conflict, a tech-enabled skilling venture and a design-led business incubator.He started out designing industrial and consumer products for various brands including Bajaj, Kirloskar and Otis. He was appointed Creative Director at Ogilvy, where he led the corporate rebranding of ICICI and led strategic design assignments for Seagram, HLL, Arvind, Lakme, Godfrey Phillips, Cadbury's, etc..As Dean [Research] at Srishti, he curated student art for Ars Electronica, undertook research projects and launched programs on Product & UI/UX Design and Transcultural Design. He was the first HP Labs-Srishti Research Chair and was on the steering group of the Nokia-Srishti Design Research Lab. He was invited on the UNDP-GoI's "Endogenous Tourism" review panel, and Visiting Scholar at the University of Gothenburg in 2010. After Srishti, he consulted with IMRB International as Innovation Mentor, before launching a 'breakthrough' innovation + brand consultancy. He was part of dLabs at ISB (later, Propel Labs) and co-founded the Deccan Centre for Innovation & Design [DCID]. He was invited by IIT-G to advise on its BTech program, and by Impact Business Leaders, University of Stellenbosch, ISB, IIT Mandi, Ambedkar University Delhi and Startup Village to guide programs on Design and Business Innovation. He was Professor of Design and Program Chair at Vidyashilp University where he rolled out a post-COVID, digital-first curriculum in Content & Communication Design. He has since developed a non-elite, global-South oriented course in Design-led-Entrepreneurship, and was part of Stanford's "Life Design Studio" APAC module in 2024.He is on the board of QUEST Alliance, an NGO that aims to upgrade public education via tech innovation, and Drishti, a media NGO. He lives across Bangalore, India and Los Alamos, New Mexico in the United States, where his partner works with a research lab.His current interests include wicked problems, impact entrepreneurship, design thinking & innovation cultures, cultural policy, transcultural design and integrating design with deep values.
Listed skills include Design Thinking, Service Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, and 46 others.
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Member, Scientific Committee, Icdhs14 New Delhi Cultures Of Design
Current
Icdhs14 Cultures Of Design Conference
Oct 2024 - Present
Principal & Lead
CurrentProduct/Service/App/Business Innovation, Branding, UX/CX, MarComm design & consulting. Also undertake teaching, training, mentoring and faculty development assignments.Assignments include (selected):ONLINE ED: Syracuse Univ, Univ of New Mexico, CIIS (California)TRAINING/MENTORING: Pearl Academy, Q-Glue, Ernst & Young, ISB Hyd & Mohali, Impact Business.
Mar 2011 - Present
Advisor
CurrentHelping build a youth-centric startup ecosystem that spans the entire journey from inspiration to rollout.
Jul 2023 - Present
Founder-Trustee And Governing Board Member
Current
2004 - Present
~22 yrs 5 mos
Member, Board Of Studies - Institute Of Design
Current
Nirma University
Jun 2021 - Present
Advisory Board Member
Current
Nov 2019 - Present
Advisor
Current
The Sustainabality Platform
The Sustainability Platform (TSP) was founded at the Institution of Engineers, India (IEI) in 2011, with a focus on inserting 'sustainability' concerns within the engineering profession. TSP has since evolved into a powerful platform on curriculum and competency building on sustainability issues for Higher Education institutions. TSP is an active partner.
Feb 2019 - Present
Vp Design & Innovation
CurrentAs dLabs evolves into its new, global form as Propel Labs, my brief is to lead and direct its design and innovation activity, and grow its ability to serve a wider range of verticals, geographies and institutions.My recent project at Propel was a research & business innovation assignment for 3M's Abrasive Systems Division.
Oct 2016 - Present
Professor Of Design
- Rolling out a new-age 'critical×digital' B.Des program. Building a team—hiring Foundation as well as other faculty (mostly visiting/adjunct).
- Paper “Opening up our Gated Community” at “PIVOT 2020: Designing a World of Many Centers” conference organized by the Design Research Society and Tulane University, New Orleans
- Invited talk “Decolonizing = Reculturing” for Spotify’s global design team
- “From Design Verticals to Horizontal Design” at Futurescape webinars by Association of Designers of India Hyderabad
- Invited on two working groups of the “Future of Design Education” international think-tank led by Don Norman et al
- Invited on core team of “Design Education Review Mission” of Association of Designers of India
Feb 2021 - Jul 2023
Working Group Member
Future Of Design Education
Honoured to be invited onto some of the Working Groups of the Future of Design Education initiative co-founded by Don Norman and Karen Vrendenburg. Hope to be able to translate much of the critique (including my own) into affirmation and empowerment for all stakeholders. Welcome any input, ideas, suggestions in this regard.
Apr 2021 - Apr 2023
Core Team - Design Education Review Mission
Helped plan and run a survey of design educators on major issues, and analysed the results in the form of a systemic map and recommendations to empower them and improve their experience.
May 2021 - Mar 2022
Member, Board Of Studies - School Of Design
Nov 2018 - Mar 2022
Advisor [Pedagogy & Design]
Radical Skills
Radical Skills is a visionary initiative with plans to game-change the skilling scenario in India with a suite of high-value, world-class offerings made available at a mass scale.
Jan 2014 - Dec 2020
Visiting Professor
School Of Design, Ambedkar University Delhi
In addition to teaching key studios in the M.Des (Social Design) programme, my mandate is also to help strengthen academics at the School of Design, in particular the Masters and Doctoral level programs and help conceptualise academic initiatives.
Jun 2017 - Nov 2020
Adjunct Professor
Teaching and guiding students, helping grow the department and programs
Apr 2017 - Nov 2020
Fellow
Senior resource for QGlue's strategic design & innovation consulting, training and coaching/mentoring network.
Jul 2018 - Dec 2019
Innovation Mentor
Jul 2017 - Jan 2018
Founder-Director
Deccan Centre For Innovation & Design [Dcid]
Jul 2015 - Aug 2016
Mentor & Trainer
2014 - 2016
~2 yrs
Innovation Mentor
I briefly worked with IMRB International's newly setup Innovation Labs in Bangalore to help develop the unit's business focus & processes, and mentor its younger staff in pitching for, planning and undertaking industry assignments in innovation research.
Nov 2010 - Mar 2011
Dean Of Research (Srishti), Design Principal (Srishti Labs)
* Conceptualised masters-level program in 'Transcultural Design' at Srishti* Design Research & Concepting Lead at Srishti Labs (July 2010 onwards)* Senior Mentor at USID Design Gurukul (interdisciplinary social innovation workshop) at IIT Kanpur, August 2010* Advisory Board, CEPT University Faculty of Arts & Humanities (2009 onwards)* Principal Researcher.
2002 - Oct 2010
Co-Founder, Creative Director
Artistree/Ogilvy & Mather
* Founded, visioned &; led Ogilvy's boutique creative unit in India* Recruited & built crack creative team* Interfaced with clients & prospects to scope & define projects* Provided leadership & supervision to creative projects* Achieved the highest employee/turnover ratio within Ogilvy in 2 years* Won several prestigious &; competitive assignments & awards
1995 - 2000
~5 yrs
Co-Founder, General Dogsbody
Sahjeevan (Then Janvikas Ecology Cell)
Starting by helping to design the fund-raising proposal to recruiting and training the team, I helped establish this NGO which is now highly respected and is doing some great work in the arid desert-like region of Kutch in west India.
Mar 1993 - Jan 1994
2 education records
Arvind Lodaya education
Professional Diploma [Masters Equivalent], Industrial Design
Phd [Suspended], Design, Ecology & Traditional Culture
Centre For Study Of Culture & Society
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Arvind Lodaya has worked for Alo Consulting, Icdhs14 Cultures Of Design Conference, The Future Founders Co., Quest Alliance, and Nirma University.
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Arvind Lodaya holds Professional Diploma [Masters Equivalent], Industrial Design from National Institute Of Design.
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Arvind Lodaya is listed with skills including Design Thinking, Service Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, User Interface Design, User Experience, Concept Development, and Creative Direction.
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