Kirti Hanumant Kanitkar studied at IDC (IIT Bombay) and completed her M.Des in Interaction Design in 2010. Kirti Kanitkar specialised in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience Design, User Research, Digital Transformation, Design Strategy, Interaction Design, Design Thinking, Usability Evaluation/Testing, Illustration, Visualisation. Currently, she is working with Microsoft as a Senior Design Manager (Jan 2020–Present). Her previous experiences are: Associate Researcher at the Industrial Design Centre, IIT, Bombay (2007-2008); Intern at Learningmate (May 2009-Jun 2009); Senior User Interface Designer at Infosys (2010-2011); User Experience Designer at Nokia (2011-2012), Volunteer UX Researcher at Clemson University (2013-2014), Manager- User Experience Design at Mobiliya (2015-2020).