Bhaktadas Bora

Profile Summary

• Currently working as a Faculty at National Institute of Design, Assam.
• Proven excellence of teaching more than 3 years at NID, Assam.
• Proven excellence of more than 5 years in Automotive and Product design in
• Automotive Startups and OEMs.
• Track record of working with design engineers, company CEOs, MDs and other
• Stakeholders to bring a Concept Sketch to Reality.
• Successfully completed multiple Design Training and Mentorship in various
• Educational institutes including NID, Assam

Core Competencies

Design based teaching:

• Guidance on Design Research
• User Study
• Problem Solving
• CMF
• Cognitive Ergonomics
• Automotive Space Packaging
• Documentation

Skill based teaching

• Concept Generation
• 2D Idea Sketching/Hand Rendering
• 2D Digital Rendering
• 3D Modelling
• 3D Visualisation
• 3D Animation
• Automotive clay sculpting
• 3D Printing/ CNC cutting and milling

Organisation based activities:

• Event management
• Setting up lab and workspaces

Organisational Experience

May ‘21-Current, National Institute of Design, Assam as A Designer/Faculty

Key result areas:

● To take courses and manage related arrangements for Industrial Design Students
● To coordinate the IPR Cell (Intellectual Property Right Cell) and organise events on the topic of IPR
● To advise students on cultural activities as a Faculty Advisor
● To propose new requirement such as new lab or studio for the workshop
● To explore self initiated creative projects

Mar ‘18- Aug ‘20, Seth Automobile Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata as an Automotive Designer

Key result areas:

● Design of an Electric Bike named as SR6 and various versions of it.
● Design and development of a single-seater Dune Buggy named SR2
● Development of a Electric Scooter named SR5
● Worked on a Retro Car modification named SR3
● Vision SR: Designed a future representation of a kit car called SR1
● Prototype development of next version of SR6
● Design and prototype development of a production intend lightweight Electric Off Road Bike called SR8

Mar ‘16- Feb ‘18, Speedways Electric, Gurgaon/Jalandhar as an Automotive Designer
Key result areas:
● Development of front designs (production and prototypes) of an existing Golf Cart-SGC series
● Development of dashboard prototypes of Golf Cart- SGC series
● Development of front design of an existing Sightseeing Bus- SEB series
● Development of dashboard design of Sightseeing Bus- SEB series
● Development of front design of a Quadricycle – EMIGO series
● Worked on client specific Food and Beverage carts
● Worked on sightseeing Wheeled Trains and Santa Cart
● Worked client specific Automotive stickers

Jan ‘16- May ‘16, Chatelec Motors, Mumbai as a Design Consultant

Key result areas:

● Finalising colour and materials of an Electric Bus Project
● Use of Inclusivity to the bus design.

Feb ‘15- Feb ‘16, Golden Arrow Wireless Limited, Ahmedabad as an automotive Designer

Key result areas:

● Development of an Electric Sports Car Prototype made using fibreglass material
● Presentation Renders and Animations of the prototype

Internship

Nov ‘12- Dec ‘12, Design Edge, Ahmedabad
● Design of a Long Haul Truck Interior for Indian Truckers

Aug ‘13- Nov ‘13, Chatelec Motors/Clean Air Island, Mumbai
● Design of an Electric Bus using Indigenous and Sustainable Materials

Academic Details

• M-des (Transportation and Automobile Design) from NID Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, 2014
• B-Tech (Automobile Engineering) from SRM University, Chennai, 2010
• 12th from K.V. ONGC, Cinnamara, Jorhat, 2005
• 10th from Dipankar Vidyapith, Jorhat, 2003

Software Skills

• Autodesk Sketchbook Pro
• Autodesk Alias Concept/Surface/Design/AutoStudio
• Autodesk VredDesign
• Rhino
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Keyshot
• Office Softwares from Microsoft, Google

Role as a Visiting Faculty

• Design Mentor for Hackathon at NID, Assam, Jan-Feb ‘21
• Visiting Faculty to NID, Assam, Sept, ‘20
• Visiting Faculty to Skyy Riders Institute, Odisha, Jun ‘18, Aug ‘19