akash agarwal - akash_a@hotmail.com mobile- 91-9810707884 OBJECTIVE Architect with Graphic Design/3D background and a passion for new challenges, pursuing a career with a design house. Skilled at building strong team environments, fostering open communications and able to shoulder responsibility both during design and implementation phases." SKILLS Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience BASIC,VB,LISP Beginner 1 year ago 1 years Javascript,DHTML,FLASH Intermediate Currently Used 2 years 3DMAX, AutoCAD, Photoshop Expert Currently Used 5 years Director/Dreamweaver/Premiere Intermediate Currently Used 2 years English written/spoken Expert Currently Used 5 years TARGET JOB Target Job Title: Creative Alternate Target Job Title: Team Lead Desired Job Type: Permanent, Temporary/Contract/Project Work Load: Full Time Desired Salary: 25,000 rupees per month Site Location: No Preference Description of my perfect job: With clear goals and responsibilities managing or as part of a creative team delivering quality work. Career Level Mid Career (2+ years of experience) Date of Availability: Less than 1 month TARGET COMPANY CompanySize: No Preference Category: Arts, Entertainment, and Media Description of the company I would like to work for: A design/ideas driven company with international standards of operation. TARGET LOCATIONS Relocate: Yes India WORK STATUS India I am authorised to work in this country for any employer. EXPERIENCE 5/2002 - Present Vi labs DELHI,NOIDA Team Lead Working on the virtual health network project. Incharge of Safdarjung Hospital Website Project which was the chief reason for my being hired. Developing designs and presentations for clients/potential clients mainly AV movies and flash presentations. 3/2001 - 4/2002 innervisions design labs delhi partner 4 of my friends, all with design backgrounds had started up this venture. With clients like Unistyle, Dupont, METAL etc we provided design consultancy, corporate branding , visual merchandising and interior/exterior design solutions. We also designed and fabricated fixtures and products and sold them through our retail channels. My experience in a start up and ability to forge a team came in handy as did my skills in design and project execution.. i was initially able to deliver client projects operating with very small teams and resources. This effort had to end due to resource constraints and the inherent instability of a part ownership model but it was a great experience and good quality work was produced when we worked together. Projects - Website for Udayan child care , Delhi Printed Graphics for USI VM - Metal showroom at Priya cinema complex -Delhi VM - Metal Showroom at PVR-Saket complex - Delhi Products/Accessories Design - METAL Exhibition Stall Design - Dupont for CSD Garden Furniture Design n fabrication 5/2000 - 3/2001 Garrison India Noida/Pune/Bangalore Head- Domestic operations This was a startup incubated by senior IT professionals based in San Jose US. I was asked to join in as a lot of work was VRML/Graphic based. We started with 3 people and grew to 15 while i was there. My job was networking with people in the Design/IT community, setting up the bangalore office, handling domestic business. We did IT resourcing in the high tech areas like VLSI/Systems/Embedded/VRML. We also pitched for software/web projects and got them executed by our partners under strict supervision and quality control. I have been on salary till march 2001, and then since have been associated as a consultant. Main Projects - HeadHunting for Specsoft Ca Virtual Hospital Network Project BID for CFSL Website n network for Hansraj School, www.hrmsdelhi.com Project Proposal for KhadiGramudyog Bhawan moderniation. Setup of Bangalore office. Creation of website. 8/1999 - 4/2000 Digital Design Studios lucknow founder Freelancer- Architect, Writer, Graphic Designer, Website Designer, 3Dmodeller, Animator. Worked as a consultant and as a jobworker. Major projects- Articles in Chip Magazine , India Contributing Editor - Chip Basics Special Consultant-Multimedia Division-Technosys Ltd. Architectural Design,Supervision and Interior Decor of VIMAL harmony botique . lucknow 3D design and model, Presentation CDs and walkthru movies for Arch en Design Centre, Lucknow 3D design and model, Presentation CDs and walkthru movies for Agarwal & Associates Lucknow 8/1998 - 7/1999 Arch en Design Centre Delhi/Lucknow CAD Architect Incharge of CAD Lab. Responsible for managing team of 4 working on autocad/3dmax/photoshop. Developing Designs for clients. Detailing and drafting of working drawings. Presentation to clients. Projects included - Sports Complex - Patna, AirForce Naval Housing Board Residential Colony in Lucknow, Kribhco Building Lucknow, Kribhco Colony-Noida 3/1998 - 7/1998 Bhargavajay& Associates Delhi Trainee Architect Residential design and construction. Factory design and working drawings. EDUCATION 6/1998 IIT - Roorkee India-Uttaranchal-Roorkee Professional-Engineering(BE or BTech) Bachelor of Architecture- 5 yr course. Department of Architecture and Planning. Course covered - Design,Climate,Structures,Computer Programming,Town Planning,Urban Design, Construction, Arts, Workshop. Dissertation ( A comparative analysis of Vastushastra and FengShui and their relevance today. ) and thesis ( Toy City - GNOIDA ) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 1989-District topper ICSCE Xth 1992- 47th ranker , Roorkee arch. all india entrance exam. 1993- Autocad Course from Datapro Calcutta 1994- part time job with Brij Panjwani Roorkee 1995- Sponsorship Coordinator National Convention of Students of Architecture 1995- winner of JAM, OASIS, BITS PILANI 1996- Faculty - Computer Graphics Centre -noida 1997 - Conducted 14 day hands on workshop on 'computer aided design tools and techniques' for design staff of CBRI roorkee. 1998- Built first residence in dlf city gurgaon 1999- Chip magazine publishes my article on ' The future of Computing' 2000- First commercial project as independent architect - Vimal Harmony Boutique - Lucknow is completed 2001-completion of METAL showroom at PVR saket complex - Delhi ( http://akash1234.tripod.com/saket3.jpg) OPTIONAL INFORMATION Gender Male Nationality India Date Of Birth 20/10/1973