ABOUT IfDE
IfDE is creating an ecosystem that will allow entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs
to envision a preferred future, generate innovative ideas, realize robust solutions, create business and social impact.
IfDE’s training courses in Digital Product and Experience Design, Growth Hacking and Entrepreneurship are developed by our expert faculty to plug gaps in the traditional educational system and startup ecosystem. IfDE’s courses have been designed to provide a right balance of theoretical and practical learning. At IfDE, we want students to learn how to scale up ideas and opportunities efficiently, equipping them to solve today’s problems while anticipating the problems of tomorrow.
“Our vision is to create 10,000+ Design Driven Entrepreneurs, Designers & Marketeers that create Responsible Innovations locally and globally”
Our mission is to NOT just create startups but to create the next wave of responsible entrepreneurs, designers & marketeers, to establish, manage and contribute to successful, sustainable and fulfilling businesses.
Why Does This Matter?
Why next generation of employees are likely to fail due to traditional Education System?
Reason behind 90% of startups failing within the first 5 years of operation?
Globally, 60% of youth want to start their own business but according to IBM Oxford study 90% of startups fail within the first 5 years of operation. Since 2015, as many as 1,503 startups have closed down in India. The major reason for startup failure is due to the replication of Western business models and lack of skills and capabilities related to Problem Solving Approach, Business Acumen, Strategic Foresight, Understanding User behaviour and Empathy, Personality & Team and Innovative Mindset. Other reasons cited for failure include lack of
skilled workforce and funding, inadequate formal mentoring and poor business ethics, according to the study.”
– Research: Forbes, CBInsights, March 2016, Sample 156 Startups.
– Forbes.com, “Entrepreneurial India,” by the IBM Institute for Business Value Nov. 2017
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Faculty & Advisors
We have Faculty, Coaches & Advisors with 100+ years of experience in education, training, design & entrepreneurship. They will work with you to develop your capabilities and skillsets.
Dr Girish Prabhu
Girish is the Ex-Dean of Human Centered Innovation programs at Srishti Institute for Art, Design & technology. He is an expert in defining problems & opportunity framing, performing user research & designing for business.
Companies
Intel, HP, Eastman Kodak
Sudhindra V
Sudhindra is the Chief Design Officer at IBM IX India. At IfDE, he will guide the students to understand & implement principles of system & service design along with effective organisational management practices.
Companies
IBM, Sapient Nitro, Emirates Airline, HFI
Samir Chabukswar
Samir is the Founder of YUJ Designs, UX Design Studio & UX Veteran with 20+ years of experience. His expertise is in defining systems, design processes, man-machine interactions & user experience.
Companies
Yuj Designs, HFI, Persistant
Prasadd Bartakke
Prasadd is the Co-Founder and Chief of Design and Research at YUJ Designs. At IfDE, he will help the students validate ideas & process with rapid prototyping for better UX & product design.
Companies
YUJ, Persistent, HFI
Atul Saraf
Atul is the Founder of DesignFold Consulting. He brings in 20 years of experience in creating strategic UX and delightful IXD. Atul helps students envision and create next-generation digital products and interfaces for web and mobile.
Companies
Citigroup, American Express, Xerox, Hindustan Unilever
Sriram
Sriram currently works as a Design Director at IBM iX Bangalore Design Studio. He has been studying user behaviour and understanding user motivations with the goal of designing better experiences.
Companies
Samsung Electronics, Jana Bank, Idea, MetLife
Beena Prabhu
Beena currently leads research for the APAC region at PayPal. She brings 20+ years of experience in helping organizations understand the people they create products for and translate this understanding to compelling and sustainable products and services.
Companies
PayPal, Co-Founder DesignFold, Human Factors International, Siemens, HP, Intel, Intuit, Nokia
Apala Chavan
Apala is President, HFI – Middle East Asia, Africa and Australia. Spearheading cross-cultural design, innovation and strategy at IfDE.
Companies
HP Labs, Adidas, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, NCR, Intel
Kanwal Rai
He was Vice President and Head of Wells Fargo Start-up Accelerator in India before turning into an adviser on Innovation, IP and Entrepreneurship. He is an author of a book featured at HBS Working Knowledge and alumnus of DCE & IIM C.
Companies
Infosys Technologies, Wipro Technologies, Aspect Development, Capgemini
Sangeeta Karmokar
Sangeeta is the Founder of Women Entrepreneurship Centre. She champions 18 years of education and research in New Zealand around design led entrepreneurship. Sangeeta’s expertise includes design thinking, digital innovation, entrepreneurial strategy, women entrepreneurship and working with the community.
Dr Nikhil Varude
Dr Nikhil is the lead strategist at Circadian Comm & Analytics. He specializes in implementing growth-oriented marketing techniques that steers startup growth.
Sabina Krishna
Director of HCD at Human Factors Research & Design. She is a strategic leader and HCD-UX specialist having played various roles as head of multi-million global projects across industries.
Sudhir Desai
Currently the co-chair for the UN Millenium Project (Southern and Western Region) and chairman for the Future of Work and Technology workshop. Sudhir is the founder of Living Enterprise, a firm that help’s clients identify, develop strategies and execute strategic growth initiatives.
Vivian Gomes
Currently, the Board member of UXQCC (Austria). He is a Google Developer Expert in UX. Spearheading culture change transformation through Design across the world. He is a certified trainer from LUMA Institute.
Sreekumar
Sreekumar is Gallup certified strength coach. He is an ardent believer in heart-centred servant leadership and studies organisations that are epitomes of excellence with an inspiring culture that make a positive impact in society.
Ajay Hiraskar
CEO of Success Alchemists, a firm which provides Mentoring & Scaling Up Coaching services to companies in USD 1 – 25 Mn revenue range. He has been associated with companies like DELL, IDEA Cellular, The Times of India & Reliance Infocomm for over 27 years.
Alok Nandi
Design director and innovation strategist at Architempo, Alok b. Nandi brings experiences in multiple media (film production, events org, exhibition design, interactive media publishing for Tintin’s publisher a.o.) as well as R&D combining tech and storytelling (AR, VR, MR). He is global president of IxDA, Interaction Design Association.
