Saswati Saha-Mitra

Current

• Knowledge Manager at CKS Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Past

• Instructional Designer at Educomp Solutions Ltd
• Senior Research Fellow at Katha

Education

• SNDT Women's University, Mumbai
• International School of Paris

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Industry

Design

Websites

• My Company
• My Portfolio

Saswati Saha-Mitra’s Summary

User Centered Design is the crux of my work. I do both ethnographic research as well as quantitative analysis studies that lead to effective product-service innovation. Possibilities of gendered usage of technology fascinates me. Low literacy users challenge my grey cells and entertaining educational multimedia platforms remain a constant favorite.

Apart from the above, Linguistic Challenges, Creative Teaching Methodologies, Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies, Instructional Design, Sociological trends and Translation are things I have worked on in the past and intend to amalgamate them in future work areas.

Saswati Saha-Mitra’s Specialties:

User Research, Secondary Research, Expert Interviews, Visual Culture Analysis, Business Forecasting, Report Editing, Content Writing,Workshop Planning, Quality Control, Marketing and Liaison.

Saswati Saha-Mitra’s Experience

• Knowledge Manager

  CKS Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

  (Market Research industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  User Research, Secondary Research, Expert Interviews, Visual Culture Analysis, Business Forecasting, Report Editing, Content Writing,Workshop Planning, Quality Control, Marketing and Liaison.

• Instructional Designer

  Educomp Solutions Ltd

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)

  September 2006 — April 2007 (8 months)

  Instructional Designer at Educomp Solutions Limited, Bangalore. The projects involved :
  
  • Creating storyboards checking for authenticity of the information, searching exact visuals and additional information on the given topic.
  
  • Scripting the content to be taught, expressing the concepts in a clear and lucid manner depending on the learner’s needs and provide simple yet detailed enough animation instructions for the designers.
  
  • Reviewing storyboard, recording a dummy Voice Over, sending out module for production and conducting discussion sessions with designers to clarify doubts.
  
  • Uploading tests and additional information. Creation of the interactivities was one of my preferred areas of work.
  
  • Maintaining of uniformity across the entire project.
  
  • Collaborate with various teams regarding the different stages of the projects and thus, hold the entire project together from start to finish.

• Senior Research Fellow

  Katha

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Research industry)

  July 2005 — June 2006 (1 year)

  Senior Research Fellow in Mumbai for the eminent Indian publication house and NGO, Katha. I was in charge of organizing their translation workshops and Comparative Literature seminars. I also worked on the Katha Asia City Stories Film Festival, organized at the India Habitat Centre and the Alliance Francaise of Delhi, between January 6th and 11th, 2006. My work included :
  
  i. Contacting national and international filmmakers, writers, journalists and cultural centres of different Asian and European countries.
  
  ii. Preparing hand- outs for 60 films and documentaries, providing information on the films, for the guests and primarily the student body, were most likely to encounter Asian films for the first time.
  
  iii.Conducting the screenings and discussions with the audience on the films shown during the film festival.

Saswati Saha-Mitra’s Education

• SNDT Women's University, Mumbai

  MA , English , 2002 — 2006

• International School of Paris

  1993 — 1997

Additional Information

Saswati Saha-Mitra’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Portfolio

Saswati Saha-Mitra’s Interests:

Learning New Languages, Art History, Feng-shui, Reading, Photography, Birdwatching, Listening to Hindu Film Music of the 60sto the 80s and all types of World Music, esecially French and Spanish, Doing My Little Bit for Saving the Rain forests through the Lil Green Patch Application on Facebook and Trying my Hands at Pastry-making. Tried blogging but barely get the time.

Saswati Saha-Mitra’s Groups:

Katha, International School of Paris,Alliance Francaise de Bangalore, CKS Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Scottish Church College

•    Interaction Design Association
•    Telecom Professionals
•    India Leadership Network
•    Designindia
•    Marketing Communication
•    Sustainability Professionals
•    Telecom Jobs
•    VAS Professional
•    User Experience
•    Design Research
•    Telecom & Mobile VAS Professionals Worldwide
•    Designers Talk
•    Indian Telecommunications Industry
•    Global Trend Forecasting
•    Color Marketing Group - the premier international association for color design professionals
•    Future Trends
•    Mobile VAS and Content - Professionals
•    Mobile Phone Design

Saswati Saha-Mitra’s Honors:

• Stood First in Level 3A and 2B in French at Alliance Francaise, Bangalore between 2007- 2008.

• Ayesha Barnatwala Memorial Trust Fund Award for securing the highest in English Language Teaching in M. A [English], 2004.

• Radhabinode and Ranibala Devi Memorial Prize for securing the highest marks in B. A. English {Honours] Examination, 2001.

• Outstanding Effort Award in History in Grade 10, 1997.

• Academic Excellence Award in Geography in Grade 10, 1997.

• Outstanding Effort Award in German in Grade 10, 1997.

• Outstanding Effort Award in German in Grade 9, 1996.

• Best Effort Award in German in Grade 8, 1995.

• Best Achievement Award in French in Grade 7, 1994.

• Enthusiasm in Studies Award in French in Grade 6, 1993.

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