Vijay Chakravarthy

Vijay Chakravarthy serves as a Principal Service Designer at Philips since April 2019, strategically influencing the Oral Healthcare design hierarchy and collaborating with multidisciplinary design leaders. Concurrently, Vijay teaches a program on Innovation by Design at the Confederation of Indian Industry, aimed at enhancing innovation skills for mid to senior-level professionals. Previous roles include Studio Lead at Designit, managing the Product and Service Design group in NYC, and a lecturer at Princeton University, where curriculum development in Design Thinking was a focus. Vijay's early career includes significant positions in experience design and industrial design at firms such as Michael Graves Architecture & Design, Husqvarna, and TVS Motor Company, with a solid educational foundation in Industrial Design from institutions like Savannah College of Art and Design and UNSW.