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MANAN

SONI

👋🏻 Hello there! I’m Manan

A 3rd-year B.Des student @ IDC, IIT Bombay, poking at how people think, click, and behave.
Then turning that mess into designs that just… flow.

(yes, mind-reading is part of the job… kinda)

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ABOUT

Again just so you remember my name :))

I’m Manan - someone who didn’t just stumble into Interaction Design… I ran straight into it and never looked back.
I get a rush from turning clutter into clarity, leading fast-paced college projects, and building things that actually make sense to people. Right now, I’m leading and mentoring a 40+ member design-dev team, managing live products, pushing pixels, and still finding time for 2AM cycling detours through Powai.
My secret superpower? Multitasking. yes… because why have one tab open when you can have twenty?

PS: My batchmates have quoted it as "Mananing".

I’m diving headfirst into AI-powered design

Transitioning to ai coding tools as per the industry requirements. Cutting out the grunt work so I can tackle the juicy problems where they actually live.

When I’m not designing...

You’ll find me wave-boarding around campus lanes, smashing birdies on the badminton court, vibing to Western hip-hop, or bluffing my way through a poker hand.

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Toolkit

Tools i use

Lovable

Figma

Cursor

Uizard

Framer

Protopie

Jitter

DaVinci Resolve

Spline

Dreams

procreate

Adobe suite

The list never ends...

Toolkit

Tools i use

Lovable

Figma

Cursor

Uizard

Framer

Protopie

Jitter

DaVinci Resolve

Spline

Dreams

procreate

Adobe suite

The list never ends...

Toolkit

Tools i use

Lovable

Figma

Cursor

Uizard

Framer

Protopie

Jitter

DaVinci Resolve

Spline

Dreams

procreate

Adobe suite

The list never ends...

SELECTED PROJECTS

IITB's InstiApp

Timbl.

Google NotebookLM

EXTRAS

IOTA

Schematic Map

Illustration Scroll

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Design (B.Des)

IDC | IIT Bombay

2023 - 2027

At IDC, IIT Bombay, I'm building a strong foundation in Interaction Design through courses in digital interfaces, typography, Grids, cognitive ergonomics, AI in design, data visualization, animation, and user research. Balancing theory with hands-on design practice.

Bachelor of Design (B.Des)

IDC | IIT Bombay

2023 - 2027

Bachelor of Design (B.Des)

IDC | IIT Bombay

2023 - 2027

Certification Courses

Google UX Certificate

Summer 2023

Gained hands-on proficiency across the UX lifecycle; completed full 8-course track with applied projects.

✅Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design.
✅Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate
✅Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes
✅Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts
✅Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma
✅Build Dynamic User Interfaces (UI) for Websites
✅Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs
✅Accelerate Your Job Search with AI

Certification Courses

Google UX Certificate

Summer 2023

Gained hands-on proficiency across the UX lifecycle; completed full 8-course track with applied projects.

✅Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design.
✅Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate
✅Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes
✅Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts
✅Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma
✅Build Dynamic User Interfaces (UI) for Websites
✅Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs
✅Accelerate Your Job Search with AI

Certification Courses

Google UX Certificate

Summer 2023

Gained hands-on proficiency across the UX lifecycle; completed full 8-course track with applied projects.

✅Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design.
✅Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate
✅Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes
✅Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts
✅Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma
✅Build Dynamic User Interfaces (UI) for Websites
✅Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs
✅Accelerate Your Job Search with AI

EXPERIENCE

Lead UI/UX Designer

UI/UX Designer

Devcom | IITB

Jul 2024 — Present

At DevCom, I design and scale IIT Bombay’s digital backbone building platforms like InstiApp, ResoBin, IOTA, and Mess-I that serve 13,000+ users across the campus.

Leading and mentoring a 40+ member design–dev team, managing critical tech infrastructure and ensuring delivery under real constraints.
Collaborating cross-functionally with developers through design sprints and tight feedback loops to improve communication and speed.
Aligning priorities with 30+ faculty and student leadership, managing 10+ institute-wide tech initiatives that impact a ~15,000 student end-user base.
Led end-to-end UX processes: ideation, information architecture, user testing, and low-to-high fidelity prototyping.
Officially Redesigning InstiApp from scratch, the one-stop institute app with 9,100+ MAUs

Lead UI/UX Designer

UI/UX Designer

Devcom | IITB

Jul 2024 — Present

At DevCom, I design and scale IIT Bombay’s digital backbone building platforms like InstiApp, ResoBin, IOTA, and Mess-I that serve 13,000+ users across the campus.

Leading and mentoring a 40+ member design–dev team, managing critical tech infrastructure and ensuring delivery under real constraints.
Collaborating cross-functionally with developers through design sprints and tight feedback loops to improve communication and speed.
Aligning priorities with 30+ faculty and student leadership, managing 10+ institute-wide tech initiatives that impact a ~15,000 student end-user base.
Led end-to-end UX processes: ideation, information architecture, user testing, and low-to-high fidelity prototyping.
Officially Redesigning InstiApp from scratch, the one-stop institute app with 9,100+ MAUs

Lead UI/UX Designer

UI/UX Designer

Devcom | IITB

Jul 2024 — Present

At DevCom, I design and scale IIT Bombay’s digital backbone building platforms like InstiApp, ResoBin, IOTA, and Mess-I that serve 13,000+ users across the campus.

Leading and mentoring a 40+ member design–dev team, managing critical tech infrastructure and ensuring delivery under real constraints.
Collaborating cross-functionally with developers through design sprints and tight feedback loops to improve communication and speed.
Aligning priorities with 30+ faculty and student leadership, managing 10+ institute-wide tech initiatives that impact a ~15,000 student end-user base.
Led end-to-end UX processes: ideation, information architecture, user testing, and low-to-high fidelity prototyping.
Officially Redesigning InstiApp from scratch, the one-stop institute app with 9,100+ MAUs

Research Intern

Ran a controlled study on Passfaces (image-based passwords) to test usability of grid sizes and password lengths.

Executed an extensive user study with 80 users to investigate user preferences for "Passfaces image grid sizes and password lengths", as part of a larger research initiative.
Conducted a systematic, longitudinal and counterbalanced study with non-emergent users.
The results are analyzed quantitatively with various empirical tests and further analysis is done qualitatively to arrive at valuable and actionable insights

IDC | Under proff. A. Joshi

May 2024 — Jul 2024

Research Intern

Ran a controlled study on Passfaces (image-based passwords) to test usability of grid sizes and password lengths.

Executed an extensive user study with 80 users to investigate user preferences for "Passfaces image grid sizes and password lengths", as part of a larger research initiative.
Conducted a systematic, longitudinal and counterbalanced study with non-emergent users.
The results are analyzed quantitatively with various empirical tests and further analysis is done qualitatively to arrive at valuable and actionable insights

IDC | Under proff. A. Joshi

May 2024 — Jul 2024

Research Intern

Ran a controlled study on Passfaces (image-based passwords) to test usability of grid sizes and password lengths.

Executed an extensive user study with 80 users to investigate user preferences for "Passfaces image grid sizes and password lengths", as part of a larger research initiative.
Conducted a systematic, longitudinal and counterbalanced study with non-emergent users.
The results are analyzed quantitatively with various empirical tests and further analysis is done qualitatively to arrive at valuable and actionable insights

IDC | Under proff. A. Joshi

May 2024 — Jul 2024

Design Coordinator

Organizer

Mood Indigo | IITB

Oct 2023- Jan 2025

Design Coordinator | 54th Edition of Mood Indigo 2024, Asia’s Largest College Cultural Festival | Events: 240+ | Colleges: 5,000+ | Footfall: 1,50,000+

Delivered a playful website for Indigo Art Project’24, an exclusive event-competition for creative artists.
Designed the logo for Eloquence, the festival’s literary arts vertical, reflecting its expressive brand identity.
Iterated visual assets based on feedback, ensuring consistency across social, web, and promotional rollouts.

Design Coordinator

Organizer

Mood Indigo | IITB

Oct 2023- Jan 2025

Design Coordinator | 54th Edition of Mood Indigo 2024, Asia’s Largest College Cultural Festival | Events: 240+ | Colleges: 5,000+ | Footfall: 1,50,000+

Delivered a playful website for Indigo Art Project’24, an exclusive event-competition for creative artists.
Designed the logo for Eloquence, the festival’s literary arts vertical, reflecting its expressive brand identity.
Iterated visual assets based on feedback, ensuring consistency across social, web, and promotional rollouts.

Design Coordinator

Organizer

Mood Indigo | IITB

Oct 2023- Jan 2025

Design Coordinator | 54th Edition of Mood Indigo 2024, Asia’s Largest College Cultural Festival | Events: 240+ | Colleges: 5,000+ | Footfall: 1,50,000+

Delivered a playful website for Indigo Art Project’24, an exclusive event-competition for creative artists.
Designed the logo for Eloquence, the festival’s literary arts vertical, reflecting its expressive brand identity.
Iterated visual assets based on feedback, ensuring consistency across social, web, and promotional rollouts.

Organizer

Moodi, TechFest

Oct 2023 — Mar 2024

Selected as an Organizer in my 1st year at IIT Bombay for Mood Indigo (Asia’s largest college cultural festival) and Techfest (Asia’s largest college science and technology festival).

Coordinated logistics, event planning, and on-ground operations for multiple flagship events.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams and external vendors to ensure seamless execution and participant experience.

Organizer

Moodi, TechFest

Oct 2023 — Mar 2024

Selected as an Organizer in my 1st year at IIT Bombay for Mood Indigo (Asia’s largest college cultural festival) and Techfest (Asia’s largest college science and technology festival).

Coordinated logistics, event planning, and on-ground operations for multiple flagship events.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams and external vendors to ensure seamless execution and participant experience.

Organizer

Moodi, TechFest

Oct 2023 — Mar 2024

Selected as an Organizer in my 1st year at IIT Bombay for Mood Indigo (Asia’s largest college cultural festival) and Techfest (Asia’s largest college science and technology festival).

Coordinated logistics, event planning, and on-ground operations for multiple flagship events.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams and external vendors to ensure seamless execution and participant experience.

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Best thing about design

Its All About People!

What I’ve noticed about Manan is his drive and self-motivation to learn. He doesn’t wait around, he takes charge, asks for feedback, and actually applies it. He intuitively understands UX, pairing creativity with discipline and focus, which is rare this early.

Saurabh Soni

VP, Head of Design @Razorpay

Manan went above and beyond in leading the redesign of InstiApp and accounted for all possible stakeholders and use cases. His projects can be described as a wonderful blend of utility and visual appeal. He is an absolute asset to have on any team

Harigovind Raghunath

Overall Coordinator @Devcom

Beyond screens, he leaves patterns, docs, and habits teams can reuse. He shows up prepared, unblocks dependencies, and delivers consistently, which keeps work moving even after handoff.

Ananya Chavadhal

Overall Coordinator @Devcom

Manan brings visionary creativity to every project. His designs are forward looking and carry a rare “wow factor” while staying grounded in execution. He thrives under pressure, balances big ideas with detail, and makes collaboration genuinely inspiring.

Vaibhav Verma

Product Lead @Devcom

Contact

Say Hi!

For a collaboration, design discussion or for a simple ☕

manansoni300@gmail.com

+91 6350 100 388