ABOUT NEELADRI BISWAS · MUMBAI, INDIA

I STARTED WITH TECHNOLOGY.
DESIGN TAUGHT ME WHO IT WAS FOR.

I got into engineering because I was endlessly curious about how things worked. I loved science, electronics, code, and the feeling of being able to turn an idea into something real.

For my engineering thesis, I built an automatic pill dispenser for elderly people. Technically, it worked exceptionally well. I had figured out the electronics, mechanisms, and automation.

But I had missed the most important part: the elderly person actually using it.

That project made me realise that functionality alone doesn’t make something good. Technology needs to understand the person on the other side of it. That realisation is what pulled me toward design — and it still shapes how I think about products today.

Neeladri Biswas Portrait

NEELADRI BISWAS • MUMBAI

01 CURRENTLY

Product Manager & Interaction Designer at Reliance Jio, working on large-scale operational products.

02 BACKGROUND

Electronics & Communication Engineering at VIT → Interaction Design at IIT Hyderabad.

03 WHAT I CARE ABOUT

Products that understand people, reduce friction, and make complex things feel obvious.

04 PHILOSOPHY

The best design doesn’t ask to be learned. It balances form and function so naturally that using it almost feels like magic.

CHAPTER 01

Bridging engineering reality, interaction design, and product ownership.

My work sits at the intersection of complex operational workflows, physical computing, and cognitive software. Rather than focusing solely on visual UI layers, I approach products from system architecture, data flows, and state models.

Whether designing nationwide recruitment platforms serving 6,000+ locations or soldering microcontrollers for desk gadgets, I build to solve friction where humans meet technology.

CHAPTER 02

How I Got Here: Engineering → Design → Product

My path didn't start with traditional Figma wireframes. I began in engineering at VIT University, developing a deep appreciation for software architecture, electronics, and technical constraints.

Driven by how humans interact with complex systems, I pursued specialized Interaction Design at IIT Hyderabad, focusing on embodied interaction, spatial computing, and tangible UI.

At Reliance Jio, I designed enterprise tools operating at national scale—including QuickHire, where I transitioned from initial 0→1 Product Designer to day-to-day Product Manager ownership.

"0→1 proves something can exist. 1→10 proves it can survive."
CHAPTER 03

Educational & Professional Milestones

2023 — PRESENT

Reliance Jio • Product Manager & Interaction Designer

Leading product UX, candidate intake systems, and internal operational tools at national scale across distributed teams. Managing release PRDs, engineering triage, and operational integrations.

POST-GRADUATE

IIT Hyderabad • Master of Design (Interaction Design)

Specialized in tangible & embodied interaction, spatial computing, human-computer interaction theory, and interactive hardware prototyping.

UNDERGRADUATE

VIT University • Bachelor of Technology

Engineering foundation providing technical depth across software development, circuit electronics, data structures, and physical computing.

CHAPTER 04

How I help products move forward

01. PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

Shape the product

Turn user and business needs into a clear direction, usable requirements, and decisions that carry through delivery.

02. INTERACTION DESIGN

Clarify the experience

Map end-to-end workflows, reduce friction, and design interfaces around the people and tasks they serve.

03. SYSTEMS & DELIVERY

Connect the moving parts

Bring product, design, and engineering together across roles, edge cases, integrations, and daily operations.

04. PROTOTYPING & EMERGING TECH

Make ideas tangible

Prototype with software, electronics, and spatial interfaces to explore interactions and learn what is worth building.

CHAPTER 05

Builder Manifesto: Core Operating Rules

RULE 01

Design the system, not just the screen.

A polished UI cannot rescue a broken state model. The most effective UX decisions are architecture decisions.

RULE 02

Production is research.

Repeated operational support tickets reveal exactly where the system asks humans to compensate for it.

RULE 03

0→1 proves existence. 1→10 proves survival.

Launching a product is only the first hypothesis. Real growth happens by fixing what production exposes.

RULE 04

Push back with an alternative model.

Disagreement with stakeholders becomes productive when you surface trade-offs and present a viable alternative system.

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