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JURY CO-ORDINATOR Designation: Designer Educator company: Daily Dump, 2992, 12A Main, HAL 2nd Stage, Bangalore What I do Now: I am working on different solutions for the urban home waste problem. What I would have loved to redesign when I was 10: I wanted to redesign teachers when I was 10 Designation: Design Thinker & Independent Academic, Ahmedabad Company: Self Employed What I do now: I write a blog called “Design for India” on thoughts and initiatives for the spread of design in all sectors of the economy. With 125,000 visitors it has become a major platform for Indian design discourse. I am also on the Governing Council of the IICD, Jaipur but I live and work from Ahmedabad in India. What I would have loved to redesign when I was 10: I would have loved to redesign my schools facilities and systems to motivate and teach hand skills and model making abilities in the student community. This programme and facility should bring in the concept of craftsmanship along with the concept of sportsmanship which are two sides of our non-academic ability that needs to be nurtured in society. What I do: I have a Ph.D. in Chemistry. But, I formally left Chemistry in 1997. Started working on adult literacy in 1989 in slums of Mumbai. Co-founder of Pratham. Now President and CEO Pratham. What I would have loved to redesign: I have no recollection of trying to change anything, except my own clothes, when I was 11. By 16 I was trying to change everything. Designation: Founder - Director company: Incubis Consultants (India) PL What I do Now: Run a multidisciplinary design and architectural design firm and enjoy creating with a diverse mix of talents - Always on the look out for clients who share our passion and with whom we can open up new frontiers What I would have loved to redesign when I was 10: My schoolbus
Parul Patel is associated with The Riverside School, having joined the school since it was founded in 2001. A B.Com Graduate, she started her career as a Junior K.G. Teacher in 1990. Currently working as an Administrator, Parul was actively involved with the Design for Giving School Contest in 2009, and the Design for Change School Contest in 2010. She enjoys reading and watching movies, and is an out-and-out people's person. Her administrative skills are impeccable and she puts her heart and soul into everything that she does. According to her " Being in School Administration is something I love, so have never felt I have been working for the last 20 years".She loves every moment of her association with DFC, and is inspired by various people doing some phenomenal work in various parts of the country. Pranay Desai has 11 years of design practice behind him. He graduated from the prestigious MS University of Baroda and specialized in Visual Communication. He started ‘IINFI Design Solutions’ in 2000 with his partner, Chintan.His core competency is in the area of graphic design. He is responsible for the design backend and support for Design for Change.