Experience

Ooloi Labs

• India
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and Partner

  • May 2019 - Present

  We are a social enterprise building a product that is focused on helping social impact organisations and programs scale their work. We think that whether organisations are scaling up (going into more regions themselves) or scaling out (working with new partners to take their approach elsewhere), creating a dynamic repository of tools, and approaches informed by experiences by field teams is critical. As a team, we work at the intersection of designing and building technology, human-centred design and focus on operational and program needs.



Self-Employed

• Independent Design Consultant

  • Sep 2017 - Oct 2019

  As a consultant, Yashna works on projects in the areas of Design Research, Designing Experiences, Education, Social Innovation, Design Strategy, Design systems and Sustainability design (all under the radar of Design Thinking)Her versatility and experience with different companies has pushed her to achieve tangible & intangible outputs, that have helped drive Innovation and Change. She approaches each problem with a design thinker’s mindset to achieve research-driven, feasible, viable and meaningful solutions. As a consultant, she has worked withQuest Alliance, SELCO Foundation, Saahas Zero Waste (Partnered with Plan India and Coca-Cola), Purpose, Kaboom (Partnered with Breakthrough), Turian Labs, LVPEI, Ahhaa among others.At Quest Alliance, she worked on the language lens and designed a content and translation framework across 8 states of the country.With Saahas Zero Waste (Partnered with Plan India and Coca-Cola), Yashna designed a waste management awareness campaign/module for Primary, Middle and Secondary Education for sub-urban/rural schools India. The project involved a detailed study of a set of 20 Pilot schools in different parts of India. It encompassed a varied set of learning tools, games, activities focused on helping students understand how to manage and minimize waste in their schools, as well as their community.Yashna also conducts workshops on different facets of Design.Past workshops:Design Thinking for Business InnovationDesign Thinking for Healthcare



Avantika University

• India
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Design Lead

  • Jan 2017 - Sep 2017

  As a Design lead, Yashna is responsible to provide strategic inputs to inculcate the spirit and culture of design. Lead a team of thinkers and doers and play a vital role in design and development of new projects Responsible for defining the scope of design centred projects, strategy for implementing, project planning, process building, implementing and converting opportunities into design solutionsCommunicating design inputs to other teams of avantika university and assist them in creating valuable design driven activities.Projects headed -ADTWAvantika Design Thinking WorkshopADTW is a platform for people from different industries, sectors and fields to come together and learn design thinking methodologies and principles. At ADTW, these methodologies and principles of Design Thinking are treated as individual tools that can be applied at various workplaces to create innovative products, services and experiences.

• Academic Associate | Design

  • May 2016 - Dec 2016

  As an academic associate, Yashna was an active member of the team for creating an innovative and contextual academic structure for the university. A curriculum that is driven by design thinking. This was not just for design but spreads out to all the fields where creation, innovation and problem solving is a must. Being once a student of engineering and design both, Yashna had a deep understanding of the context she was working in. And with a lot of trials, validation and feedback the team created a curriculum that offers specialization that is not institute driven but industry, need and choice dependent. It breaks the boundaries of the stereotypical education system in design and engineering.They created a model that inculcates personalized learning to make students discover themselves by becoming innovators and problem solvers and more importantly to become sound decision makers.



SELCO Foundation

• India
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Design Intern

  • Aug 2015 - Jan 2016

  Yashna has worked with the education labs in SELCO foundation. She designed and structured a curriculum called Invention and Sustainability education curriculum(ISEC) for rural children of Karnataka. Yashna has worked with the education labs in SELCO foundation. She designed and structured a curriculum called Invention and Sustainability education curriculum(ISEC) for rural children of Karnataka.



Self Employed

• Professional Freelancer

  • Nov 2011 - Jun 2013



Happy Hands Foundation

• Designer

  • Mar 2012 - May 2012

  Yashna's core function was to design and conceptualize the artisan residency program along with coworkers.She was involved in the artist’s projects and guided them through the design process which was later exhibited. Yashna's core function was to design and conceptualize the artisan residency program along with coworkers.She was involved in the artist’s projects and guided them through the design process which was later exhibited.



TRICOLITE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED

• India
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

  Design department, Panel detailing and Design Design department, Panel detailing and Design



Rotaract

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• President

  • Apr 2009 - Mar 2010