Hi all! Please use this discussion thread to discuss Adding Faces to Names held on Mar 24, 2018. Feel free to ask questions about the place, date and time, agenda of the meeting, or anything else.
Thank you everybody for the great enthusiastic response for the meet-up. We had a great meet-up where primarily we got to know the individuals playing different roles related to UX and Interaction Design in various organisations in Pune. The attendees are requested to express their experience of this years first local UX Meet-Up in this thread.
Attendees:
Swetlana Patil: Design Researcher, Turian Labs
Harshita Ratnaparkhe: UX designer, Synerzip
Mansi Makde: Graphic Designer, Studio Fifi
Akash Rode: Computer Engineering B.tech student looking for a career in UX Design, VIT, Pune
Omprakash Pandey: UX Architect
Ashwin Bhawsar: Java Developer, Cognizant. Past: Game Designer, Ubisoft.
Pravin Dhayfule: UX Lead, DBOI Global Services Pvt. Ltd.
Minutes of Meet-Up
People started gathering by around 6 pm at the Food court and introduced themselves
Each of us explained our role in the organisation and the process and UX Maturity level in the organisation
Akash who is a student expressed his aspiration to enter the UX industry and was seeking guidance
Major concern raised was UX is being underestimated as a Graphic Design activity rather than a complete set of Research and Analysis profession in many organisations especially in India
One opinion was to start UX Awareness Workshops across colleges and such organisations to explain the actual processes and methodologies of UX
It was also expressed that the community can share job openings related to UX for those who are looking for jobs
