About me

🚀🌱🌏 Leading design-driven innovation to shape future businesses ⭐ Kanchan is an award-winning design researcher, strategist, multidisciplinary designer, entrepreneur, author, and speaker with 5+ years of experience in human-centered design. 🕵🏻‍♀️ She leads with empathy, adaptability, rigour, and a cross-functional collaborative approach to solve complex business challenges through products/ services/systems/ experiences/ strategies across industries like healthcare, education, F&B, and more. 💼 She has collaborated with 20+ prestigious global organizations like the British Council, TATA Trusts, IKEA Foundation, University of Leeds, Ministry of Culture (GoI), and World Resources Institute. 🎓 She is currently pursuing Masters in Strategic Design for Innovation and Transformation at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and holds a Bachelor in Architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. 📖👩🏻‍💻She is a coffee lover, dabbles with AI tools, and can be found reading in a park somewhere. 🏆Awards, Exhibitions, and Features🎤📰 ● Speaker at Salesforce Design Days with talk titled 'AI for Social Innovation' ● Top 20 emerging Indian designers by DesignxDesign 20 under 35 2023 ● Presented work to Mrs. Akshata Murty, UK's First Lady, at a G20 event at the British Council, Delhi ● Exhibited work globally- Ars Electronica (Linz), India Global Forum (London), Future Fantastic (Bangalore) ● Featured in The Indian Express, The Ken, STIR World, Firstpost, and the Financial Express. ● Internationally published author ● Mentored 50+ students and professionals, applying design thinking to new businesses.