
Kshitiz Anand
Program Director, School of Design
About
Kshitiz Anand is the Program Director at the School of Design, Rishihood University, and a design strategist with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of design, technology, and social impact. An alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Indiana University Bloomington, he has held leadership roles at Paytm and Tata 1mg, and worked with organizations including Motorola, Indiana University, and Infosys. He is also the founder of Fondesan, driving innovation through human-centered design, AI, and systems thinking.
Work Experience
Director, Happy Horizons Care
CEO, Fondeson
Founder, The Happy Kids
Associate Vice President and Head of Design, Paytm
Assistant Vice President - UX, TATA 1MG
Assistant Instructor, Indiana University Bloomington
Education
MS, Human Computer Interaction Design
B Des, Communication Design
Indiana University Bloomington
IIT Guwahati
Publications
Awards & Recognitions
Ramesh Chandra Mishra Memorial Award, Issued by Vidya Vihar Group · Nov 2024
Young Entrepreneur Award, 2017, Issued by Bihar Entrepreneur Association & Govt of Bihar · Dec 2017
IIT Guwahati Alumni Excellence Award, Issued by IIT Guwahati · Nov 2014
Jagriti Yatra Fellow, Issued by Jagriti Sewa Sansthan · Dec 2013
Merit Scholarship for Graduate Studies, Issued by Indiana University · Aug 2007
President's Silver Medal, Issued by IIT Guwahati, Government of India · May 2005
Fellowships & Grants
Teach for India X Fellow, Issued by Teach for India · May 2017
Wipro Seeding Fellow, Issued by Wipro · Jul 2017
Further Additions
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Member of Institution's Innovation Council Development Management Institute (DMI) - Patna
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Founding Director, Bihar Development Collective
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President, IIT Guwahati Alumni Association





