ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This project is the result of the collective efforts of various people and I am grateful to them for their support.

I am grateful to Titan Company Limited for having given me a peek into the world of watch design and a chance to contribute to it.

Special thanks to Mahendra Chauhan, Michael Foley, Krishnesh Mehta, Gayatri Menon and Praveen Nahar for having provided mentorship to bring light at crucial points in this project. Their inputs have helped shaped this project into all that it is.

My thanks to Ujjwal Anand, Prassanna El, Malvika Sainath, Keith D’Souza, Chetan Sharma, Suparna Dapke, Shatabdi Sangeeta, Karthick Nitish, Rohan Kartha, Kanwalpreet Kaur, Divya Barange, Rajesha and Visakh for lending key internal support within Titan.

I am grateful to Sahil Thappa and the Watch Collecting Community for having infused me with enthusiasm and determination to practice design in the watch space.

I thank Chinmayee Nalawade, Navin Gonga, Swarnika Nimje, Mallika Talwar and Reena Regmi for having modelled for the Photographs that went into the document. Aniket Kunte’s photography made the products and people behind them shine.

My journey through the four years of NID would have been much shades darker without the energy of the product design family and batchmates from other disciplines. I thank Sooraj, Harshali, Ravishankar, Saket, Rajdeep, Simoul and Rahul for having kept me alive when I fell into crisis at different points during the last few years.

Lastly, thank you Mom, Dad and Zo for being my core support throughout.