Merino Group
Ruchin Chaudhary has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries and positions. Ruchin currently holds the role of Head of Design Department at Merino Group since November 2019. Prior to this, from November 2018 to November 2019, they served as Head of Project Management at 91springboard, where they were responsible for design language, project delivery, and system development for startup spaces. Ruchin also held the position of Head of Design Department at 91springboard from July 2017 to November 2018.
Ruchin has a strong background in education as well. Ruchin worked as a Visiting Professor at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, from August 2008 to June 2017. During their tenure, they taught various courses in industrial design and contributed to the development of design education curriculum.
In the entrepreneurial space, Ruchin served as the Chief Products Officer at LetsCATCHUP from November 2013 to October 2016. Ruchin played a key role in designing the workflow, information architecture, and user interface of the career discovery platform.
Prior to their entrepreneurial ventures, Ruchin co-founded RED Studio + Archihaus, a Gurgaon-based Design-Build consortium, where they led the design-build team for multiple projects across various sectors. Ruchin worked there from July 2006 to November 2013.
Ruchin's early career includes roles as a Senior Project Consultant at Hexolabs from October 2007 to May 2012, Deputy Manager at Godrej & Boyce from August 2005 to April 2006, Bio-Medical Engineering Intern at the Department of Veterans Affairs from May 2005 to August 2005, and Design Intern at Desmania Designs, Delhi from May 2004 to July 2004.
Ruchin Chaudhary completed a one-year Executive Management Development Program (eMDP) in Project Management at XLRI Jamshedpur from 2018 to 2019. Prior to that, they earned a Master of Design (M.Des) degree in Industrial Design from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, from 2003 to 2005. Before their postgraduate studies, Chaudhary pursued a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) degree in Architecture at Vastu Kala Academy from 1997 to 2003. Ruchin completed their Senior Secondary education with a focus on Science at Kendriya Vidyalaya from 1984 to 1995.
In addition to their formal education, Chaudhary obtained various certifications. In 2016, they achieved elementary fluency in Spanish through Duolingo. In the same year, they also pursued courses such as "Learn Sketch3 from scratch" and "Getting Started with Illustrator CC" from Udemy.
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Merino is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of decorative laminates and is globally recognized as the leader in the industry of laminates and surfacing solutions. Starting with plywood manufacturing facility in Assam, today Merino has presence in over 80 countries with an annual turnover of over 250 million USD. With over 5000 employees, the group today has a diverse business portfolio that extends from Surfacing Solutions products to Information Technology, Food & Agro products. Merino’s vision is to achieve global competence and competitiveness in every line of business by synergizing western work culture with Indian ethos. It draws inspiration from the words of Swami Vivekananda: "Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.” With 5 state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, Merino offers a wide range of laminates and surfacing solutions featuring over 10, 000 SKUs in multiple designs, finishes, and sizes. Our all-new Low-Pressure Laminates (LPL) facility with latest German technology has further bolstered our manufacturing capability. Based on the motto Excellence, Economy, and Ethics, Merino has embarked on a digital transformation journey that aims to create a customer-centric organization. It focuses on enabling a robust technology foundation to transform the business and become Digital First. The goal is to build a robust enterprise core for sales digitization, security and protection of intellectual property, data analytics, strong internal & external ecosystem along with easy and intuitive workplace technologies. Merino has made considerable efforts in “Changing Lives” and “Championing Sustainability” through sustainable initiatives for clean energy, water conservation, waste management, afforestation, and carbon footprint reduction. At every step we ensure that we are market-driven, knowledge-based, system sustained, IT enabled, and ethics anchored - resulting in the creation of universal weal for all stakeholders.